According to the organization Business For Diplomatic Action, if you shrank the earth’s population to a village of only 100 people and maintained all the existing human ratios, there would be:
61 from Asia
21 from China
17 from India
13 from Africa
12 from Europe
5 from the U.S.
1 from Australia and New Zealand
Of those. . .
22 speak a Chinese dialect, 18
of whom speak Mandarin
9 speak English
8 speak Hindi
And there would be. . .
50 females
50 males
Their religious affiliation would be:
32 Christians
68 non-Christians, 15
of whom are nonreligious
19 Muslims
6 Buddhists
1 Jew
And there would be. . .
30 who have enough to eat
88 old enough to read, 17
of whom cannot read at all
1 teacher
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