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Depends on who you are talking too and what you want to convey.

In the 1950s the terms were "1st world" vs "3rd world". Then "developed" vs. "developing" in recent decades. In the past 10 years there was a push to do away with the euphemisms and use "rich" vs "poor", but I don't think it stuck.

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