The World as 100 People
If we could shrink the Earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same; the village would look like this.
There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the western hemisphere
(north and south) and 8 Africans.
51 would be female; 49 would be male
70 would be non-white; 30 white
70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian
50% of the entire world’s wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and
all 6 would be from the United States
80 would live in substandard housing and 70 would be unable to read
50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
Only 1 would have a college education
No one would own a computer