Sunday, February 13, 2011

If 100 People Lived on Earth

Posted by cutiefasha at 12:42 PM
Something from my reading that I thought worth sharing: New Society 6th ed.

If 100 People Lived on Earth


If the earth's population was shrunk to exactly 100 people, and all proportions were kept the same, there would be:




58 Asians
10 East and West Europeans
14 North and South Americans, and
12 Africans




About 1/3 would have access to clean, safe drinking water



 
1/3 of the population would be children, only half of which would be vaccinated against preventable infectious diseases such as measles and polio





Of the 67 adults, 1/3 would be illiterate






20 people would receive 75% of the entire world's available income






Only 7 people would own an automobile






One person would have control over nuclear weapons





1/3 of the available land would be desert, tundra, pavement, and other wasteland; about 1/8 would be suitable for crops.



Source: Sustainability Institute

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