Only 100 in the Village
March 8, 2007 by Steve
Filed under The Cultural Conversation

I loved this unique way to look at the world when it first came out and now the info appears to have been reviewed and verified. It sure gives you a different perspective when you think about the world as a village of only 100. What do you think?
If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following. There would be:
60 Asians
12 Europeans
8 Latin Americans/Carribeans
5 North Americans
1 Oceanian
14 Africans
50 would be female
50 would be male
73 would be non-white
27 would be white
27 would be 0-14 years old
65 would be between 15-64 years old
7 would be older than 65
33 would be Christian
20 would be Muslim
14 would be other religions
13 would be Hindus
12 would be non-religious or agnostics
6 would be Buddhists
2 would be atheists
14 would speak Chinese, Mandarin
5 would speak English
5 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Russian
4 would speak Arabic
3 would speak Hindi
3 would speak Bengali
3 would speak Portuguese
The others would speak Indonesian, Japanese, German, French, or some other language.
41 would work in agriculture
21 would work in industry
38 would provide services
The 5 North Americans would possess 23% of the entire village’s wealth
98 would be heterosexual
2 would be homosexual
33 would live in substandard housing
16 would be unable to read
33 would suffer from malnutrition
37 would not have access to drinking water
1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth
19 would have a land line telephone
33 would have a mobile phone
16 would own a computer
16 would be internet users
(source verified at Snopes.com and at the World Factbook)

What that mean? only 100 in the village. Can any one explain me what they say…