- As of 2012 there were around 5,050,000,000 people on planet Earth
- 32 countries have over 40 bill
- 100 person village
- 1 person = 70,500,000 in the village
- Nationality
- 60 from Asia
- 15 from Africa
- 11 are from Europe
- 8 are from South America, Central America including Mexico and the Caribbean
- 5 from Canada and the US
- 1 from Oceania which includes Australia, New Zealand
- Languages
- 21 speak Chinese dialect
- 9 speak Hindi
- 9 speak English
- 7 spanish
- 4 Bengali
- 4 Arabic
- 3 Potugese
- 3 Russian
- Ages
- 9 children -5
- 10 are 5-9
- 18 are 10-19
- 17 are 20-29
- 15 are 30 - 39
- 12 are 40-49
- 9 are 50-59
- 6 are 60-69
- 3 are 70-79
- 1 are 79+
- Religions
- 33 = Christians
- 22 = Muslims
- 15 = non-religious or atheist
- 14 = Hindus
- 9 = shamanism, animism and other folk religions
- 5 = Buddhists
- 2 = other global religions
- Foods
- 31 = sheep and goats
- 23 = cows, bulls, and oxen
- 15 = pigs
- 3 = camels
- 2 = horses
- 700 chickens
- 30 people in the village do not have a reliable source of food and are hungry some/all of the time
- 17 people are severely undernourished and are always hungry.
- Air and water
- 87 have a good source of water
- 13 do not have a good reliable source of water that is not in short distance
- 62 = have adequate sanitation - public or household sewage disposal
- 38 = do not
- 68 breathe clean air
- 32 breathe air that is polluted
- School and work
- 36 school aged children (5-24) but only 30 of them attend school
- 6 could be in school but are working instead
- 14 people are illiterate
- 63 adults could have jobs only 52 of them are working
- 6 people want jobs but can't find jobs
- 6 people are retired and either do not or cannot work
- 5 people are in school
- $ and possessions
- 10 richest people have 85% percent of the worlds wealth
- 10 poorest people each less than $2 a day
- the 80 people in between have something in between most average $6 a week
- Necessities in the village cost $5000
- In the village there are:
- 50 radios
- 45 televisions
- 103 telephones (more than 86 are cell phones)
- 28 computers
- 2 trucks
- 10 automobiles
- 20 bicycles
- Energy
- 76 have energy
- 24 do not
- Of the 76 most use it only for light at night but other use it for other uses at home or at work
- 73% of the villages's energy comes from fossil fuels such as coal oil gas
- 17% comes from nuclear power
- 10% comes from renewable sources like water and wind
- Health
- 41 people live in areas with malaria
- 6 people actually get it a year
- 80 people have vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus ad measles
- Past, present and future
- 1000 bce=1
- 1 ce= 3 people
- 1500= 5 people
- 1800= 17 people
- 2012= 100 people
- grows 1.15 people per year
- By the yr 2150 there will be 250 people in the village
- By then there will be shortages of food, shelter and other resources
My Reflection Paragraph
There was a lot of things in this book that surprised me. Like the fact that 38% of people do not have adequate sanitation - public or household sewage disposal which is very close to half of the world. Also Asia's population takes up more than half of the whole world-60% of the world's population. *5% of the world's wealth is with the top 10% of people in the world. I also think it is very sad that 30 people in the village do not have a reliable source of food and are hungry some or all of the time. Going along with that is the fact that 17 people are severely undernourished and are always hungry. I was also like "wow" when I heard that we have about 7 times more chickens on our earth than humans. There are definitely some sad things that are happening in our world with things that are pretty basic like food and water. I think we definitely need to hurry up with coming up with solutions to these problems. One solution is to start to inhabit Mars so we can deal with our rapidly increasing population.