in february 1999, as much as 47.97 million people were classified as poor, representing 47.43% of the nation's population. however, this figure must take into account the slide of the rupiah in the asian financial crisis. by july 2005, that number had been reduced to 35.10 million, representing 41.97% of the total population. latest available figures, march 2007, show that 37.17 million people are under the poverty line representing 20.58% of the entire population.