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#13641 - 06/05/06 11:15 PM Interesting facts
Dotsie Offline
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Registered: 07/09/08
Posts: 23647
Loc: Maryland
I've seen this before but never shared it in here. I saw it again at www.50PlusMag.com

If we could reduce the world’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, the demographics would look something like this:

The village would have 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 from the USA and Canada, and 1 from the South Pacific

51 would be male, 49 would be female

82 would be non-white; 18 white

67 would be non-Christian; 33 would be Christian

80 would live in substandard housing

67 would be unable to read

50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

33 would be without access to a safe water supply

39 would lack access to improved sanitation

24 would not have any electricity (And of the 76 that do have electricity, most would only use it for light at night.)

7 people 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; all 5 would be US citizens

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#13642 - 06/13/06 06:46 PM Re: Interesting facts
Songbird Offline
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Registered: 06/03/04
Posts: 2830
Loc: Massachusetts, USA
Wow! What a picture! Interesting, and sad.

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#13643 - 06/14/06 07:05 AM Re: Interesting facts
jawjaw Offline
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Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
Gives me meaning to the phrase, "what's wrong with this picture?" This one, 50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation, REALLY bothers me.

JJ

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#13644 - 06/14/06 04:06 AM Re: Interesting facts
chatty lady Offline
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Registered: 02/24/04
Posts: 20267
Loc: Nevada
Seen this before and its always disturbing...

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