If the population of the world was only 100 people, instead of 7.4 billion, while the statistics remaining the same, what would today’s society look like? A video published by GOOD Magazine (produced and written by Gabriel Reilich, animation by Jake Infusino) answers that question.

• There would be 50 women and 50 men.
• The populations of the continents would be like: Asia 60, Africa 15, Americas 15 and Europe 11.
• Age distribution: 0-14 age 26 people, 15-24 age 16 people, 25-54 age 41 people, 55-64 age 9 people, and 65+ age 8 people.
• There would be 31 Christians, 23 Muslims, 15 Hindus, 7 Buddhists, 8 with other religions, and 16 Non-religious people.
• 12 people’s native language would be Mandarin. 6 Spanish, 5 English, 4 Hindi, 3 Arabic, and 70 people would speak 6500 other languages.
• 86 could read and write, 14 couldn’t.
• 15 people would make $2 or less a day. 56 between $2-$10, 13 between $10-$20, 9 between $20-$50, 6 between $50-$90 and 1 person would make more than $90 per day. In fact, 1 person would control 50% of all the money.
• 21 would overweight, 63 normal/healthy weight, 15 malnourished and 1 starving.
• 87 would have access to clean water, 13 wouldn’t.
• 77 would have some kind of shelter, 23 wouldn’t.
• 44 people would have internet access, 56 wouldn’t. (I think this statistic is rapidly changing)
• 75 would have mobile phone, 25 wouldn’t (I think this statistic is also rapidly changing)
• 7 would attended college, 97 not

For the sources, see the video on youtube.