A Summary of the World

If the world were a village of 100 people:

• 50 are Asian
• +2 Asians who are in the newly industrialized economies like Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan
• 5 are North American (US + Canada)
• 7 are Latin American (Mexico and south …)
• 7 are European
• 4 are Middle Eastern
• 10 are African
• 7 are Russian or in the former Soviet states
• 8 are in other areas such as Oceania
• 52 would be female; 48 would be male
• 33 are Christian, 18 Muslim, 17 Non-religious, 13 Hindu, 6 Buddhist, 4 Atheist,

           9 are other faiths (including .3% Jewish, and .1% Baha’i)

• 16 people speak Mandarin Chinese, 9 people are native English speakers (although 34 people speak it at least as a second language), 8 speak Hindi or Urdu, 6 speak Spanish, 6 speak Russian, and 4 speak Arabic.  (Over half of the population use languages other than these.)

- Adapted from the World Bank “Basic Indicators Table” and other UN-based statistics (1989-published in 1991).