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   Afghanistan: women live longer than 10 of 12 UN projections expected — by 11.2 years (median)

   The 1998 projection expected 56 years for 2020–2025, the 2022 one 67.4 years for 2023; the UN now estimates 67.5 years. Before 2020 the projections missed the same way, by 13.8 years (median).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

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• Afghanistan: in 2020–2023 net migration was lower than 11 of 12 UN projections assumed
• Afghanistan: 17% fewer babies in 1983 than before the war; 19% more in countries without war
• Afghanistan: 3 downturns since 2020; the IMF expected none a year ahead
• Morocco: people live longer than in Russia
• United States: more adults live with obesity than use tobacco

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