If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, the village would look like this:
- There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (North and South) and 8 Africans.
- 51 would be female; 49 male.
- 70 would be non-white; 30 white.
- 50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and those 6 would be from the United States.
- 80 would like in sub-standard housing.
- 70 would be unable to read.
- 50 would suffer from malnutrition.
- 1 would be near death; 1 would be near birth.
- Only 1 would have a college education.
- No one would own a computer.
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