A Look at the World as it is Today

If the World Werea Village of 100 PEople

If the World Were a Village of 100 People

If we could reduce the world’s population of nearly 6.5 billion people to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios of goods, food, water, etc., remaining the same, the world would look something like this...

The village would have:

60 Asians

13 Africans

12 Europeans

9 Latin Americans (Central and South America, Mexico)

5 from USA and Canada

1 from the Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific Islands)

Gender Ratio

51 would be male

49 would be female

Language

14 would speak Mandarin (Chinese)

8 would speak Hindu/Urdu

8 would speak English

7 would speak Spanish

4 would speak Russian

4 would speak Arabic

Religion

33 would be Christian

20 would be Muslims

13 would be Hindus

6 would be Budduists

14 would be members of other religions

12 would be non-religious

Age

27 would be under 15 years of age

7 would be over 64 years old

Homes

65 would live in an adequate home

35 would be living in substandard housing

Literacy

84 would be able to read and write at some level

16 would be unable to read or write at all

Daily Sustenance

67 would have various levels of food supplies deemed adequate

33 would be malnourished

Clean Drinking Water

67 would have access to clean water while

33 would be without access to a safe water supply

Running Water

61 would have running water

39 would lack access to running water

Electricity

24 would not have electricity

Of the 76 that do have electricity, most would only be able to use it for light at night

Modern Conveniences

There would be:

42 radios,

24 TVs

14 telephones

7 computers

7 would own a car

7 would have access to the internet

Education

10 would have a college education

Wealth

5 would control 32% of the entire world’s wealth

33 would be receiving (and struggling to live on) just 3% of the world’s income

53 would live on less than $2.00 a day

Parting Thoughts

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are more comfortable than 75% of the people in this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you can read this, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

Source

Family Care Foundation

www.familycare.org