Friday, June 13, 2008

Diverse World Composition

If the entire world were a village of 100 people, what would it look like?

Do you know?

Here are a few facts about those 100 people courtesy of Dr Donella Meadows
  • 57 Asian, 21 European, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, 8 African

  • 52 Female, 48 Male

  • 70 Non-white, 30 White

  • 70 Non-Christian, 30 Christian

  • 89 Straight, 11 Gay

  • 6 people hold 59% of the world's worth (all from the US)

  • 80 live in substandard housing

  • 70 are unable to read

  • 50 suffer from malnutrition

  • 1 has a college education

  • 1 has a computer

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