This claim was made popular by being said in the movie The Social Network. It exactly says:

> Did you know there are more people with genius IQs living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States?

It sounds mind-blowing, almost impossible actually, but let's check the facts.

In theory, the statement could be true. According to the UN, in 2015 the United States had an estimated population of 322 million people, while China, according to the World Bank, had approximately 1.4 billion. If we consider that the distribution of high IQs follows a normal or Gaussian distribution, we could estimate the number of people with
The claim is indeed true but it is a bit overly dramatic since just having a high IQ score doesn't make you a genius in real life. The number is based on an estimate provided by a psychologist, and it is often used to highlight the difference between IQ scores distribution in the US and other Asian countries.

The statement refers to people with IQ scores above 130, considered the threshold for "genius" or "very superior" intelligence according