Wednesday, July 18, 2012

A World of 100 People


A World of 100 People
arihanttec.com
The world population has now reached 7 billion people. Imagine if all the people of the world’s population were condensed and put on an island or in a world of only 100 citizens and they all had the same attributes that the 7 billion people have now. The world would probably surprise you…check out the following figures…..and see how this world would look.





If the World were 100 PEOPLE:
~ 100people.org ~

50 would be female
50 would be male

26 would be children
There would be 74 adults,
8 of whom would be 65 and older

There would be:
60 Asians
15 Africans
14 people from the Americas
11 Europeans

33 Christians
22 Muslims
14 Hindus
7 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
12 people who would not be aligned with a religion

12 would speak Chinese
5 would speak Spanish
5 would speak English
3 would speak Arabic
3 would speak Hindi
3 would speak Bengali
3 would speak Portuguese
2 would speak Russian
2 would speak Japanese
62 would speak other languages

83 would be able to read and write; 17 would not

7 would have a college degree
22 would own or share a computer

77 people would have a place to shelter them
from the wind and the rain, but 23 would not

1 would be dying of starvation
15 would be undernourished

21 would be overweight

87 would have access to safe drinking water
13 people would have no clean, safe water to drink

Sources: 2012 - Fritz Erickson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ferris State University (Formerly Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) and John A. Vonk, University of Northern Colorado, 2006; Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, 1992; Donella H. Meadows, The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990
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1 comment:

  1. thats amazing. it really shows how many people in the world we all share are dying in sin, starving to death, illiterate, and homeless, as well as how few people are are as fortunate as those in this country.

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