| The Global VillageIf the world's population was shrunk to a village of 100 people (three high school classrooms)...
34 would be Christian
22 would be Muslim
15 would be Hindu
14 would be non-religious
6 would be Buddhists
5 would be animists
21 would practice another religion or be atheist
17 would speak Mandarin
9 would speak English
8 would speak Hindi
6 would speak Spanish
6 would speak Russian
4 would speak Arabic
50 would suffer from malnutrition
70 would be unable to read
52 would be female
48 would be male
50 would be 25 years old or younger
1 person would be HIV+
6 people would possess 60% of the village's total wealth (and all 6 would be from the U.S.)
17 would live on LESS than $1 a day (adjusted for inflation!)
1 person would own a computer
1 person would have a college education
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