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Introduction
| Overview | Population
| Life expectancy
A world of empires | Independence
| Rich and poor
Before and after | Did
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Life expectancy
In 1900, you could – if you were lucky enough to live in Europe
and survive childhood – be expected to live until some time in your
50s. Across the globe, many died before reaching their first birthday,
and a large percentage before their 21st.
By 2000, your life expectation was 70 if you lived in China and 63 if
you lived in India – despite the poverty of these countries. In the West,
life expectation had risen to about 80, with women living longer than
men.
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