MANILA, Philippines - About 1 billion people are absolutely poor, living on less than US$1 a day, said International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - including 11 million Filipinos (13.5% of the country's population) live on less than $1 a day; 9.1 percent or 7.4 million are subjacent poor (living on 75c to 1$) and 4.4% or 3.6 million are medial poor (living on 50 - 75c). There is no figure for the ultra poor (living on less than 50 cents).