Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The minature earth

If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this...
  • 61 asians
  • 12 europeans
  • 8 north americans
  • 5 south americans (and the carribean)
  • 13 africans
  • 1 oceana
  • 50 women
  • 50 men
  • 47 live in an urban area
  • 9 are disabled
  • 33 are Christian (Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Anglicans and other Christians)
  • 18 are Muslim
  • 14 are Hindus
  • 16 are non religious
  • 6 are Buddhist
  • 13 practice other religions
  • 43 live without basic sanitation
  • 18 live without an improved water source
  • 6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community
  • 13 are hungry or malnourished
  • 14 can't read
  • only 7 are educated at a secondary level
  • only 12 have a computer
  • only 3 have an internet connection
  • 1 adult aged 15-49 has HIV/AIDS
  • The village spend more than US$1.2 trillion on military expenditures and only US$100 billion on developement aid.
  • If you keep your food in a refridgerator, clothes in a closet, if you have a bed to sleep in, a roof over your head, You are richer than 75% of the entire world population.
  • If you have a bank account, you are one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world.
  • 18 people live on US$1.00 per day or less
  • 53 struggle to live on US$2.00 per day or less

Appreciate what you have.

1 comment:

Xunoz said...

I am not sure from where did you get these numbers, but, somehow I feel these numbers are right and give us a bird's eye view of this enormous world. I liked it. Great job.