The table depicts information about population growth, average birth per woman, and life expectancy at birth in three groups of countries with different levels of income in two years: 2002 and 2004.
Overall, it is clear that population growth and average birth per woman were highest in low-income countries for both years. However, life expectance at birth was higher for high-income countries.
Looking in detail, the percentages of population growth in low-income countries ranked first with 2% in 2002 and 1.8% in 2004. As for middle-income countries and high-income countries: the former accounted for 0.9% for both years and the latter made up 0.8% and 0.7%, according to the given years.
Turning to average birth per woman and life expectancy at birth, the former’s number was the highest in low-income countries, with 3.9 and 3.7. As for the high-income and middle-income countries, it made up within around 1.7 and 2.2. In comparison, the life expectancy at birth was the highest in high-income countries with 78 in 2002 and 78.7 in 2004.
