Tuesday, May 8, 2007

100 people

100 People A World Portrait
100 PEOPLE STATISTICS PROJECTS WHO WE ARE GET INVOLVED SCHOOLS
100 PEOPLE 100 People
100 PEOPLE Detailed Statistics
100 PEOPLE About The Data
The following is a detailed version of our 100 People statistics. Source information for each of the categories is available at the bottom of the page.

If the World were 100 PEOPLE:
Gender 50 would be female
50 would be male

Age 20 would be 0-14
67 would be 15-64
14 would be 65 and older

Geography 5 would be from North America
9 would be from Latin America & the Caribbean
12 would be from Europe
61 would be from Asia
13 would be from Africa

Religion 31 would be Christian
21 would be Muslim
14 would be Hindu
6 would be Buddhist
12 would believe in other religions
16 would not be religious or identify themselves
as being aligned with a particular faith

First Language 17 would speak Chinese
8 would speak Hindustani
8 would speak English
7 would speak Spanish
4 would speak Arabic
4 would speak Russian
3 would speak Bengali
2 would speak Malay-Indonesian
2 would speak French
45 would speak other languages

Overall Literacy 82 would be able to read and write
18 would not

Literacy by Gender 87 males would be able to read and write
13 males would not be able to read and write
77 females would be able to read and write
23 females would not be able to read and write

Education 76 males would have a primary school education
72 females would have a primary school education

66 males would have a secondary school education
63 females would have a secondary school education

1 would have a college education

Urban/Rural 47 would be urban dwellers
53 would be rural dwellers

Drinking Water 83 would have access to safe drinking water
17 would use unimproved water

Food 17 would be undernourished
Infectious Disease <1% would have HIV/AIDS
<1%would have tuberculosis

Poverty 53 would live on less than 2USD per day
50 would live in poverty

Electricity 69 would have electricity
31 would not

Technology 34 would be cell phone subscribers
17 would be active internet users
1 would own a computer

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