A village of 100...

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If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this. There would be:

  • 57 Asians
  • 21 Europeans
  • 14 from the Western Hemisphere (north and south)
  • 8 Africans
  • 52 would be female
  • 48 would be male
  • 70 would be non-white, 30 white
  • 70 would be non-Christian, 30 would be Christian
  • 89 would be heterosexual, 11 homosexual
  • 59% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of 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
  • Only 1 would have a college education
  • Only 1 would own a computer

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