If The World Were 100 People…

Map created by dailyexcitingmapsThe map above shows where you find the World’s top 4 religions and how many people would be a member of each if the world had only 100 people as found on 100people.org.

Here are some more facts:

If the World Were 100 People…

Religion: 

31 Christians
25 Muslims
16 people who would not be aligned with a religion
15 Hindus
7 Buddhists
5 people who practice a Folk religion
1 person who is Jewish or practices another religion

Gender:

50 would be female
50 would be male

Age:

25 would be children
There would be 75 adults,
10 of whom would be 65 and older

Geography: 

60 Asians
18 Africans
13 people from the Americas
9 Europeans

Languages (first-only):  

12 would speak Mandarin Chinese
6 would speak Spanish
5 would speak English
5 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Hindi
3 would speak Bengali
3 would speak Portuguese
2 would speak Russian
2 would speak Japanese
58 would speak other languages

Literacy: 

87 would be able to read and write
13 would not

Education: 

91% of eligible males would have a
primary school education
90% of eligible females would have a
primary school education

66% of eligible males would have a
secondary school education
66% of eligible females would have a
secondary school education

36% of eligible males would have a
tertiary/college degree
41% of eligible females would have a
tertiary/college degree

Shelter:

78 people would have an adequate place to shelter them
from the wind and the rain, but 22 would not

Urban/Rural:

57 would be urban dwellers
43 would be rural dwellers

Food & Water:

11 would be undernourished
29 would be moderately or severely food insecure

92 would have access to safe drinking water
8 people would have no clean, safe water to drink

Infectious Diseases:

1 would have HIV/AIDS
3 would experience Long COVID

Poverty:

Poverty 8 would live in Extreme Poverty at less than $2.15 USD per day

Electricity: 

91 would have electricity
9 would not

Technology:

91 would be cell phone users
66 would be active internet users
95 live in an area with a mobile- cellular network

Sanitation:

79 would have access to a private toilet or latrine
21 would not have access to a private toilet or latrine

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