If the population of the world was only 100 people, instead of 8+ billion, while the statistics remain 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.
Produced and Written by Gabriel Reilich; Animation by Jake Infusino.
If 100 People Lived on Earth
- There would be 50 women and 50 men.
- The populations of the continents would be 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 6,500 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 were overweight, 63 were normal/healthy weight, 15 were malnourished, and 1 was starving.
- 87 would have access to clean water, 13 wouldn’t.
- 77 would have some kind of shelter, and 23 wouldn’t.
- 44 people would have internet access, and 56 wouldn’t. (I think this statistic is rapidly changing)
- 75 would have a mobile phone, 25 wouldn’t (I think this statistic is also rapidly changing)
- 7 would have attended college, 97 not
For the sources, see the video on YouTube.
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