If the World Were 100 People...

50 would be female
50 would be male

20 would be children
80 would be adults
14 of whom would be 65 and older

There would be:
61 Asians
12 Europeans
13 Africans
14 people from the Western Hemisphere

There would be:
31 Christians
21 Muslims
14 Hindus
6 Buddhists
12 people who practice other religions
16 people who would not be aligned with a religion

17 would speak a Chinese dialect
8 would speak Hindustani
8 would speak English
7 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Russian
52 would speak other languages

1 would die of starvation
17 would be undernourished
15 would be overweight

83 would have access to safe drinking water
17 would not

82 would be able to read and write
18 would not

1 would have a college education
1 would own a computer

News Flash Americans... we aren't the majority of the world. Those of us with a college education and a computer....only 2 get to make it on the boat. The reality is that 82 people would be literate and only 1 would be chosen to pursue quality education.

I found these numbers on a StumbleUpon search while riding the train to work today. This isn't necessarily a reliable data spread and I wouldn't bet money on these numbers. BUT entertain the idea. Only 14% of the world's population is from the Western Hemisphere and I bet more than half of those people live in South America. The way America does things is not how the rest of the world does them. I just realized how very, very small we are. And for those of you who went to college...how very, very lucky.

Yeah, I'm pointing at you.