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