If the World were 100 PEOPLE

The current world population estimate is 6,790,062,216. The following statistics are an abbreviated version of the research that we commissioned from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.  If the World were 100 PEOPLE: 50 would be female 50 would be male 20 would be children There would be 80 adults, 14 of whom would be 65 and older There would be: 61 Asians 12 Europeans 13 Africans 14 people from the Western Hemisphere There would be: 31 Christians 21 Muslims 14 Hindus 6 Buddhists 12 people who practice other religions 16 people who would not be aligned with a religion 17 would speak a Chinese dialect 8 would speak Hindustani 8 would speak English 7 would speak Spanish 4 would speak Arabic 4 would speak Russian 52 would speak other languages 82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer 75 people would have some supply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 would not 1 would be dying of starvation 17 would be undernourished 15 would be overweight 83 would have access to safe drinking water 17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink. The chart below shows past world population data bank to the world population projection through the year 2050. World Population Growth Year Population 1 200 million 1000 275 million 1500 450 million 1650 500 million 1750 700 million 1804 1 billion 1850 1.2 billion 1900 1.6 billion 1927 2 billion 1950 2.55 billion 1955 2.8 billion 1960 3 billion 1965 3.3 billion 1970 3.7 billion 1975 4 billion 1980 4.5 billion 1985 4.85 billion 1990 5.3 billion 1995 5.7 billion 1999 6 billion 2006 6.5 billion 2009 6.8 billion 2011 7 billion 2025 8 billion 2050 9.4 billion Sources: Fritz Erickson, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and John A. Vonk, University of Northern Colorado, 2006; Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, 1992; Donella H. Meadows, The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990.