Estimates of Regional and Global Life Expectancy, 1800–2001

@article{Riley2005EstimatesOR,
  title={Estimates of Regional and Global Life Expectancy, 1800–2001},
  author={James C. Riley},
  journal={Population and Development Review},
  year={2005},
  volume={31},
  pages={537-543}
}
  • J. Riley
  • Published 1 September 2005
  • History
  • Population and Development Review
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… 
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