if the world were 100 people:

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