Curious statistics of the earthly population on the example of a settlement with a hundred inhabitants

The number of people on Earth in 2019 reached 7.7 billion people. And each of them is unique in its own way, each has its own preferences, tastes and desires. That is why it is sometimes so curious to find out how other people live and what they are addicted to. In this we can help science statistics. Unfortunately, its calculations are expressed as a percentage, and when it comes to the entire population in the world, it is difficult to imagine what exactly all these numbers tell us. We will try to simplify everything as much as possible.

To do this, imagine that our whole world fits in one small village and its population is not 7 billion, but only a hundred people. Immediately everything becomes much more clear.

It turns out that out of this number, 70 would be adults, and 30 would be children. Only 30 people would have white skin, while the rest would be dark-skinned.

The gender ratio would be almost equal: 48 males and 52 females. And only one would be infected with HIV.

Of the total population, 86 people could read, the rest would remain illiterate. Half of all people would constantly experience hunger, not being able to eat normally.

Only one of the entire population would have graduated. Most of the inhabitants, 80 people, would not be afraid of anything, while 20 would have experienced a variety of fears: from bombing to hanging.

In our life, everything is in balance. Therefore, one person dies, and two babies are born.

68 out of 100 people would constantly pollute the air. Only 52 people could boast of freedom of choice in their life, while the rest, due to various circumstances, would remain limited in it.

All neighbors in this settlement would speak different languages: 6 would speak Russian, 9 would speak English, 17 would speak Chinese, 8 would be Hindi, six would be in Spanish, four would be in Arabic, and the rest would be in other languages.

We rarely think about how many different religions exist in the world, but meanwhile the inhabitants of our town would have to build churches and temples for each of them. A variety of parishioners would then look like this: 33 Christians, 19 Muslims, 13 Hindus, six would be Buddhists, five pagans, the remaining 24 would be atheists or hold different beliefs. Of all the inhabitants, only 83 people could drink clean water, 17 would not have such an opportunity.

We use electricity all the time, and we don’t even have an idea that out of the hundred people we represented, 24 would not have it at all.

The wealth of these people would be distributed as follows: 6 rich people would own 59% of all money, 74 people would be considered middle-class people and possess 39% of monetary resources, the remaining 20 people would be satisfied with only 2%.

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