Sunday, August 5, 2007

What if we were a Village of 100 people?

If the Earth was represented as a small village of 100 people, it would be something thus:

Sex
50 men
50 women

Population by continents
61 Asians
12 Europeans
14 Americans
13 Africans
1 Australian

Religion
33 are Christian
18 are Muslim
14 are Hindus
16 are not religious
6 are Buddhist
13 people practice other religions

Economy
41 live without basic cleaning
47 live in an urban area
6 people have 59% of the total fortune
18 live without a potable water source
18 people fight to survive with less than $1 or per day
53 people fight to survive with less than $2 or per day

Feeding
13 are hungry

Education
14 cannot read
7 have secondary education
12 have a computer
3 have connection to Internet

Health
1 adult between 15 and 49 years has AIDS
9 are incapacitated people

More data
The village uses more than $1,12 trillions in military expenses
The village uses only $100 billions in aids to the development
If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes in your locker, ceiling on your head, and have a bed for sleeping, you are richer than 75% of the whole population of the world
If you have a banking account you are one of the 30 richer people in the world

This it is an interesting summary of a presentation at TheMiniatureEarth

The message that it give us is that we must value what we have; the person who is reading this message is because she is one of the 3 people in this village that has connection to Internet and would bet that also they have a house and in his great majority they have an account in a bank. We must value what we have!
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1 comment:

Piping Girl said...

Thanks for posting this, a very thoughtful project overall.