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What is the average life expectancy of a pope?

In 2014 Pope Francis alluded to the fact he didn't expect to live more than another two or three years. A group of statisticians have taken a look at the life expectancy of popes over the centuries and decided that he may have been rather pessimistic. Tim Harford reports.

First broadcast on More or Less, 24 April 2016.

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