Only 100 in the Village March 8, 2007
Posted by Steve in : The Cultural Conversation , trackback
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)
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