The Global Village: What it looks Like

The Global Village: What It Looks Like

If we could shrink down the Earth's population to a single village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaing the same, it would look like this:

There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western hemisphere (North & South America), and 8 Africans.

51 would be female; 49 would be male.

70 would be non-white, 30 would be white.

70 would be non-Christian; 30 would be Christian.

50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people, all six would be from the United States.

80 would live in substandard housing.

70 would be unable to read this note.

50 would be suffering from malnutrition.

1 would be near death, 1 would be near birth.

Only 1 would have a college education.

Not one would have a computer.

When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for tolerance, understanding and compassion becomes glaringly apparent.

Shalom,
Bobby Valentine