A: They believed it was the only was to get to the after life
The countries can be ranked as follows: from the highest percentage of the population who lived on less than $2.00 a day in mid-2000 (Note: all countries are developing countries)
Name of Country %
Nigeria -87.2
<span>India -80.4</span>
<span>Egypt -43.9</span>
<span>China -34.9</span>
<span>Brazil - 21.2</span>
<span>Mexico - 20.4</span>
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