The sheer size of the task hinders us from truly understanding the world population. We can measure numbers and statistics, but the reality of 6.5 billion people is infinitely more difficult to comprehend.
While no project could accurately portray the life experiences of each one of us, looking at a representative sample of 100 is a more manageable place to begin, and is a figure we can actually visualize.
The 100 People Foundation (100people.org), created the list below to educate, entertain, and inspire participants to learn more about world geography, culture, language, religion, music, and our shared resources. It is their hope that the foundation’s work will inspire others to see the world in a new way. Who are the people each of us shares our neighborhood, community, town, school, and country with? Where does each of us fit in?
The following statistics are an abbreviated version of the research that the foundation commissioned from the University of Wisconsin in 2006.
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100 People
100 People
If 100 people made up the world's population:
50 would be female
50 would be male
20 would be children
80 would be adults,
14 of whom would be 65 and older
17 would speak Chinese
8 would speak Hindustani
8 would speak English
7 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Russian
52 would speak other languages
There would be:
61 Asians
12 Europeans
13 Africans
14 people from the Western Hemisphere
31 Christians
21 Muslims
14 Hindus
6 Buddhists
12 people who believe in other religions
16 people who not be aligned with a religion
75 people would have some supply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 would not
1 would be dying of starvation
17 would be undernourished
15 would be overweight
83 would have access to safe drinking water
17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink
82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not
1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer
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