Editing 2003 (section)

== Demographics ==
The [[world population]] on January 1, 2003, was estimated to be 6.272&nbsp;billion people and increased to 6.353&nbsp;billion people by January 1, 2004.<ref name="UN Pop Prospects-2022">{{Cite report |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/MostUsed/ |title=World Population Prospects 2022 |date=2022 |publisher=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=July 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711213112/https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/MostUsed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An estimated 134.0&nbsp;million births and 52.5&nbsp;million deaths took place in 2003.<ref name="UN Pop Prospects-2022" /> The average global [[life expectancy]] was 67.1 years, an increase of 0.3 years from 2002.<ref name="UN Pop Prospects-2022" /> The rate of [[child mortality]] was 6.85%, a decrease of 0.27[[Percentage point|pp]] from 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Roser |first1=Max |author1-link=Max Roser |last2=Ritchie |first2=Hannah |author2-link=Hannah Ritchie |last3=Dadonaite |first3=Bernadeta |date=May 10, 2013 |title=Child and Infant Mortality |url=https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality |journal=Our World in Data |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=December 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216051011/https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality |url-status=live }}</ref> 25.54% of people were living in [[extreme poverty]], a decrease of 1.31pp from 2002.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hasell |first1=Joe |last2=Roser |first2=Max |last3=Ortiz-Ospina |first3=Esteban |last4=Arrigada |first4=Pablo |date=October 17, 2022 |title=Poverty |url=https://ourworldindata.org/poverty |journal=Our World in Data |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=March 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330072344/https://ourworldindata.org/poverty |url-status=live }}</ref>

There were approximately 10.6&nbsp;million global refugees at the beginning of 2003, and the number was reduced to 9.7&nbsp;million refugees by the end of the year.<ref name=":2">{{Cite report |url=https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/unhcrstats/40d015fb4/2003-global-refugee-trends-overview-refugee-populations-new-arrivals-durable.html |title=2003 Global Refugee Trends |date=15 June 2004 |publisher=[[UNHCR]] |access-date=October 6, 2023 |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012033657/https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/unhcrstats/40d015fb4/2003-global-refugee-trends-overview-refugee-populations-new-arrivals-durable.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Afghanistan was the largest source of refugees, with a total of 2.1&nbsp;million at the end of the year.<ref name=":2" />