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   Egypt: women live shorter lives than 11 of 12 UN projections expected — by 3.1 years (median)

   The 1998 projection expected 75.7 years for 2020–2025, the 2019 one 75 years for 2020–2023; the UN now estimates 72.5 years. These years include the COVID-19 pandemic. Before 2020 the projections missed the same way, by 1.6 years (median).

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

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• Egypt now has more people than Italy
• Egypt: 297 thousand more people died than usual in 2020–2021; officially 22 thousand died of COVID
• Egypt: the undernourished share is 1.8 times what it was in 2010
• Egypt: 44% of adults are obese, yet 31% of people lack adequate food
• Goals to lower fertility: 2 of 4 came true on time. Ethiopia: 4.27 children per woman against a target of 3
• Renewables’ share of electricity: 8 targets, 4 reached by the deadline. Germany: 55.1% against a target of 40%

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