The global gender advantage in life expectancy for women is 5.4 years: 68.4for men, 73.8 for women. Women are projected to live longer in every region. The difference in largest in Latin America and the Caribbean (7 years).
Today is the day of 8 billion. It took only 12 years for world population to grow from 7 to 8 billion. But growth is slowing. The UN projects it will take longer -- 15 years -- to reach 9 billion. #dayof8billion