The Global Village: A Microcosm of Who We Are
100 People
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.
|
100 |
60 Asians |
|
|
51 would be female 49 would be male |
|
|
82 would be non-white 18 would be white |
|
|
67 would be non-Christian 33 would be Christian |
|
80 |
would live in substandard housing |
|
67 |
would be unable to read |
|
50 |
would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation |
|
39 |
would lack access to improved sanitation |
|
33 |
would be without access to a safe water supply |
|
24 |
would not have any electricity |
|
7 |
people would have access to the Internet |
|
5 |
people would control 32% of the entire world's wealth and all 5 would be from the United States. |
|
33 |
would be receivng - and attempting to live on - only 3% of the income of "the village" |
|
2 |
would be near birth |
|
1 |
(yes 1) would have a college education |
|
1 |
would have HIV |
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for ACCEPTANCE, UNDERSTANDING and EDUCATION becomes glaringly apparent.