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If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following: |
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61 Asians, 12 Europeans, 14 from North and South American, 13 Africans, 1 from Australia (Oceania) |
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50 would be female, 50 would be male |
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70 would be non-white, 30 would be white |
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67 would be non-Christian, 33 would be Christian |
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6 people would possess 59% of the entire world’s wealth |
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80 would live in substandard housing |
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14 would be unable to read |
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13 would suffer from malnutrition |
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1 would be near death |
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1 would be near birth |
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1 would have a college education |
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Only 7 people of the 100 would own an automobile (some of them more than 1) |
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1 would own a computer |
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| “If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep … you are richer than 75% of the world” |
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| “If you have money in the bank, in your wallet and spare change in a dish somewhere … you are
among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy” |
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| Source: “Beyond the Limits” by Donella Meadows |
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