Monday, March 02, 2009

100 people

F THE WORLD ONLY HAD 100 PEOPLE

Let us not be stopped by that which divides us but look for that which unites us

If we could reduce the world's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this:

60 Asians 12 Europeans 5 US Americans and Canadians 8 Latin Americans 14 Africans

49 would be female 51 would be male

82 would be non-white 18 white

89 heterosexual 11 homosexual

33 would be Christian 67 would be non-Christian

a.. 5 would control 32% of the entire world's wealth, and all of them would be US citizens

a.. 80 would live in substandard housing

a.. 24 would not have any electricity (And of the 76% that do have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)

a.. 67 would be unable to read

a.. 1 (only one) would have a college education.

a.. 50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

a.. 33 would be without access to a safe water supply

a.. 1 would have HIV

a.. 1 near death

a.. 2 would be near birth

a.. 7 people would have access to the Internet

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