- China has over one billion people
- if you combine China and India it is almost 1/4 of the entire population.
- The global village has 100 people 61 are from Asia. 14 from Africa. 11 from Europe. 8 from central and southern America. 5 from America and Canada. 1 from Oceania.
- People in the global village are clustered together with people who speak their own language. Half of these people come from 6 countries.
- 20 from china 17 from India 5 from America.
- There are 6,000 languages in the world. In the global village more than half speak 8 language.
- 21 speak Chinese. 9 speak English. 9 speak Hindi. 7 speak Spanish. 4 speak Arabic. 4 speak Bengali. 3 speak Portuguese. 3 speak Russian.
- Ages in the global village.
- 1/5 of the village are 9 yrs or younger.
- More than half of the village is younger than 30. 9 are under 5.
- 10 are between 5 and 9.
- 18 are between 10-19.
- 17 are between 20-29
- 15 are between 30-39
- 12 are between 40-49
- 9 are between 50-59
- 6 are between 60-69
- 3 are between 70-79
- 1 is over 79.
- 3At the present rate of growth, the village grows 12 people a year.
- Though lots of people grow old and die, or people move out of certain countries.
- The percentage of young people are going down because people are living longer.
- In the global village religion there are many different religions.
- 33 Christians
- 21 Muslims
- 13 Hindus
- 9 folk religions
- 6 Buddhist
- 2 other religions
- 1 Jewish.
- 15 non religious.
- Food
- There are 31 sheep and goats.
- 21 cows, bulls, and oxen.
- 15 pigs.
- 3 camels.
- 2 horses.
- 250 chickens. More than twice as many chickens as people.
- If the food was divided equally there would be enough to feed everyone.
- 30 people don't have a reliable source of food.
- 17 people are malnourished and are always hungry.
- 47 people do not have food security.
- The other 53 people have food.
- In most of the village the air and water is healthy.
- But in some parts of the village it is not the case.
- 87 have access to safe water.
- 13 do not, women and girls spend most of their days searching for water.
- 62 have clean sanitation.
- 38 do not, they are at risk of disease.
- 68 breathe clean air.
- 32 breathe dirty air.
- Some children can't go to school.
- There are 36 school aged kids but only 30 go to school, and they work when they aren't at school.
- Some are child soldiers.
- Not everyone can read or write, 14 percent can't read or write.
- More males are taught to read and write.
- There are 63 people who could have jobs but only 52 do.
- Money
- In one part of the village someone bought a new car. In another part they have to fix their bike.
- In the village, if the money were to be divided equally they would earn $10,300 a year.
- The richest 10 people own 85% of the world's money.
- The other 90 people get 15%.
- The 10 poorest people gain 2 dollars a day.
- The middle class people gain 6 dollars to much much more a day.
- 50 have radios.
- 45 have TV's (I found this amazing since most people in America have TVs.)
- 92 have telephones. (60 are cell phones.)
- 22 have computers.
- 10 automobiles, 2 trucks, and 16 bikes. (Wow!)
- 24 people don't have electricity.
- 73 percent of the energy is from fossil fuels.
- 12 percent is from nuclear power.
- 10 percent is from renewable power sources.
- Health.
- They can be expected to live to 68.
- Some will live longer, or shorter.
- One problem is malaria, and 6 people get malaria each year.
- Luckily, some people can get vaccines and they live longer.
- Today 100 people live in the village, 3,000 years ago 1 person lived in the village.
- 2,500 2 people lived in the village.
- 100 years ago 32 people lived in the village.
- In 100 years they tripled. (WOW!)
- It grows at 1.15 each year.
- Around 2150 there will be 250. Scientists think 250 will be the global village's limit.