The table compares demographic indicators across high, middle, and low-income
nations
in 2002 and 2004.
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Overall
, lower-income Linking Words
countries
experienced higher population growth and birth rates, Use synonyms
while
wealthier Linking Words
nations
enjoyed significantly longer life expectancy. These disparities persisted throughout the period, though some convergence occurred.
Regarding population growth, low-income Use synonyms
countries
saw the highest rates at 2.0% in 2002, declining marginally to 1.8% by 2004. Middle-income Use synonyms
nations
maintained stable growth near 0.9%, whilst high-income Use synonyms
countries
recorded the lowest expansion, dropping from 0.8% to 0.7%.
Birth rates followed a similar pattern. Women in low-income Use synonyms
countries
averaged 3.9 births in 2002, falling to 3.7 in 2004—considerably higher than middle-income Use synonyms
nations
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respectively
) and high-income Punctuation problem
, respectively
countries
, which remained constant at 1.7.
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Conversely
, life expectancy strongly correlated with income levels. High-income Linking Words
countries
led with 78.0 years in 2002, rising to 78.7, Use synonyms
while
middle-income Linking Words
nations
increased from 69.1 to 70.0 years. Low-income Use synonyms
countries
lagged substantially at 58.1 years, improving only slightly to 58.8 by 2004.Use synonyms