If The Earth Were a Small Village

If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of 100 people, with everything else remaining the same, it would look like this:
There would be:

  • 57 Asians
  • 21 Europeans
  • 14 from the Western Hemisphere
  • 8 Africans
  • 52 would be female
  • 48 would be male
  • 70 would be non-white
  • 30 would be white
  • 70 would be non-Christian
  • 30 would be Christian
  • 95 would be heterosexual
  • 5 would be homosexual
  • 6 people would own 59% of the world’s wealth, and all 6 would be from the United States
  • 80 would live in substandard housing
  • 70 would be unable to read
  • 50 would suffer from malnutrition
  • 1 would be near death
  • 1 would be near birth
  • 1 would have a college education
  • 1 would own a computer
  • 0 would play oboe

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