Topic: The Global Village
Peccy's photo
Wed 12/28/11 07:26 AM
I discovered a remarkable tidbit of information. Someone had taken the world's population statistics, and, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, shrunk the Earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people. (However, this was calculated in 1993, so I am not sure how true it is today, especially the computer part.)

This newly created small village, reflecting exactly the proportions of our large world, would look like this:

There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (North and South) and eight Africans.

Fifty-one would be female; 49 would be male.

Seventy would be non-white; 30 white.

Seventy would be non-Christian; 30 Christian.

Fifty percent of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only six people and all six would be citizens of the United States.

Eighty would live in substandard housing; 70 would be unable to read.

Fifty would suffer from malnutrition; one would be near death and one would be near birth.

One would have a college education and less than one would own a computer.

Remember, this was written in 1993, so it really doesn't hold true today. But interesting nonetheless.

msharmony's photo
Wed 12/28/11 12:40 PM
its a big diverse world,,,,