The Global Population in a capsule
This is very brilliant piece of insight on global population that I received recently. Really insightful and interesting too! The Global Population in a capsule The current population of the Earth is around 7.8 Billion. For most people, it is a large figure, that is all. However, someone has condensed the 7.8 billion in the world into 100 persons, and then into various percentage statistics. The resulting analysis is relatively much easier to comprehend. Out of 100: 11 are in Europe 5 are in North America 9 are in South America 15 are in Africa 60 are in Asia 49 live in the countryside 51 live in cities 12 speak Chinese 5 speak Spanish 5 speak English 3 speak Arabic 3 speak Hindi 3 speak Bengali 3 speak Portuguese 2 speak Russian 2 speak Japanese 62 speak their own language. 77 have their own houses 23 have no place to live. 21 are over-nourished 63 can eat full 15 are under-nourished 1 ate the last meal, but did not make it to the next meal. The daily cost of living for 48 is les...