I read this and found it interesting.
If we could reduce the world’s population to a village of 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would like something like this:
60 Asians
14 Africans
12 Europeans
8 Latin Americans
5 North Americans (US and Canadian)
49 would be female, 51 would be male
82 would be non-white
89 hetrosexual, 11 homosexual
33 would be Christian, 67 would be non-Christian
5 people would control 32% of the world’s wealth (and they would all be US citizens)
80 people would live in substandard housing
24 would not have electricity (And of the 76 who have it, most would use it only at night)
67 would be unable to read
1 (only one!) would have a college education
50 would be malnourished, 1 would be starving
33 would be without access to safe water
1 would have HIV
1 would be near death
7 would have access to the internet
We are very fortunate. That is for sure.
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