If the World Were 100 People...

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If the World were 100 PEOPLE:

Gender

  • 50 would be female
  • 50 would be male
     

Age

  • 26 would be 0-14
  • 66 would be 15-64
  • 8 would be 65 and older
     

Geography

  • 60 would be from Asia
  • 15 would be from Africa
  • 11 would be from Europe
  • 9 would be from Latin America & the Caribbean
  • 5 would be from North America
     

Religion

  • 33 would be Christian
  • 22 would be Muslim
  • 14 would be Hindu
  • 7 would be Buddhist
  • 12 would believe in other religions
  • 12 would not be religious or identify themselves
  • as being aligned with a particular faith
     

First Language

  • 12 would speak Chinese
  • 5 would speak Spanish
  • 5 would speak English
  • 3 would speak Arabic
  • 3 would speak Hindi
  • 3 would speak Bengali
  • 3 would speak Portuguese
  • 2 would speak Russian
  • 2 would speak Japanese
  • 62 would speak other languages
     

Overall Literacy83 would be able to read and write
17 would not
 

Literacy by Gender

  • 88% of males would be able to read and write
  • 12% of males would not be able to read and write
  • 79% of females would be able to read and write
  • 21% of females would not be able to read and write
     

Education

  • 76% of eligible males would have a primary school education
  • 72% of eligible females would have a primary school education 
  • 66% of eligible males would have a secondary school education
  • 63% of eligible females would have a secondary school education
  • 7 would have a college degree

Urban/Rural

  • 51 would be urban dwellers
  • 49 would be rural dwellers
     

Drinking Water

  • 87 would have access to safe drinking water
  • 13 would use unimproved water
     

Food

  • 15 would be undernourished

Infectious Disease

  • <1% would have HIV/AIDS
  • <1%would have tuberculosis
     

Poverty

  • 48 would live on less than $2 USD per day
  • 1 out of 2 children would live in poverty
     

Electricity

  • 78 would have electricity
  • 22 would not
     

Technology

  • 75 would be cell phone users
  • 30 would be active internet users
  • 22 would own or share a computer
     

Sanitation

  • 65 would have improved sanitation
  • 16 would have no toilets
  • 19 would have unimproved toilets

SOURCE: 100 People: A World Portrait