From www.miniature-earth.com/
“If the world’s population were reduced to 100, it would look something like this…”
The text that originated this movie was published on May 29, 1990 with the title, “State of the Village Report.” It was written by Donella Meadows, who passed away in February 2000. Nowadays Sustainability Institute, through Donella’s Foundation, carries on her ideas and projects. The Miniature Earth project was first published in 2001. Since then, more than two million people have seen this website.
The statistics have been updated based on specialized publications and mainly reports on the world’s population provided by different resources like UN publications, PRB.org and others. Bear in mind that these are only statistics and consequently, changes might occur after a few months or only after years.
Please see them only as a tendency, and not as accurate.
If we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this…
61 Asians
12 Europeans
8 North Americans
5 South Americans and the Caribbean
13 Africans
1 from Oceania
50 women
50 men
47 live in an urban area
9 are disabled
33 are Christian
18 are Muslims
14 are Hindus
16 are non-religious
6 are Buddhists
13 practice other religions
43 live without basic sanitation
18 live without an improved water source
6 people own 59% of the entire wealth of the community
13 are hungry or malnourished
14 can’t read
only 7 are educated at a secondary level
only 12 have a computer
only 3 have an Internet connection
1 adult aged 15-49 has HIV/AIDS
The Village spends more than US$1.12 trillion on military expenditures and only
US$100 billion on development aid
If you keep your food in a refrigerator, your clothes in a closet,
If you have a bed to sleep in and a roof over your head,
You are richer than 45% of the entire world population
If you have a bank account, you’re one of the 30 wealthiest people in the world
18 struggle to live on US$1.00 per day or less
53 struggle to live on US$2.00 per day or less
Appreciate what you have
And do your best for a better world