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Estimates of Regional and Global Life Expectancy, 1800–2001

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Historians and demographers have gone to considerable trouble to reconstruct life expectancy in the past in individual countries. This overview collects information from a large body of that work and links estimates for historical populations to those provided by the United Nations, the World Bank, and other sources for 1950–2001. The result is a picture of regional and global life expectancy at birth for selected years from 1800 to 2001. The bibliography of more than 700 sources is published separately on the web.

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  • James C. Riley, 2005. "Estimates of Regional and Global Life Expectancy, 1800–2001," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 31(3), pages 537-543, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:popdev:v:31:y:2005:i:3:p:537-543
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2005.00083.x
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