The world as "Village of 100" concept

(This will help you visualize this ol' world of ours...)

If our world of 6 billion was reduced to a village of only 100 people...

52 would be female
48 would be male

60 would be Asians
14 would be Africans
11 would be Europeans
8 would be Latin Americans
5 would be North Americans
1 would be Australian or New Zealander
1 would be "other"

17 people would speak Mandarin
9 people would speak English
8 people would speak Hindu or Urdu
6 people would speak Russian
6 people would speak Spanish
4 people would speak Arabic
The rest would speak Bengali, Portuguese, Indonesian, Japanese, German, French and 20 other languages!

30 would be Christians
17 would have no religion
14 would be Moslems
13 would be Hindus
12 would be Buddhists
9 would be Confucian and Shinto
4 would be Animist (traditional)
1 would be Jewish

70 would be unable to read and write
80 would live in substandard housing
50 would be malnourished with 1 dying of starvation
33 would be without access to a safe water supply
39 would lack access to decent sanitation
24 would not have any electricity
7 would have access to the Internet

1 would have a college education
1 would have HIV

2 would be near birth; 1 near death

5 would control 32% of the entire world's wealth

20 would be able to drive