POPULATION
- In 2012, the world's population was around 7,050,000,000
- 32 countries have more than 40,000,000 people
- 11 countries have more than 100,000,000
- China has over 1,300,000,000 while India has more than 1,200,000,000
- 60 are from Asia
- 15 are from Africa
- 11 Europe
- 8 South America, Central America, and the Carabian
- 5 from Canada and the United States
- 1 is from Oceania - Australia, New Zealand, and island of the South, West, and Central Pacific
- 21 people speak Chinese
- 9 speak Hindi
- 9 speak English
- 7 speak Spanish
- 4 speak Bengali
- 4 speak Arabic
- 3 speak Portuguese
- 3 speak Russian
- 9 under age 5
- 10 between 5 and 9
- 18 between 10 and 19
- 17 between 20 and 29
- 15 between 30 and 39
- 12 between 40 and 49
- 9 between 50 and 59
- 6 between 60 and 69
- 3 between 70 and 79
- 1 over 79
- Every decade there will be 12 more people
- 100 years ago there will be around 44 young people
- Today, there will be around 37 young people
- 100 years ago there were only 8 people over 65 in the village of that time
- By 2050 there will be as many as 16
- 33 are Christians
- 22 are Muslims
- 15 are non-religious or Atheist
- 14 are Hindus
- 9 practice Shamanism, Animism, and other folk religions
- 5 are Buddhists
- 2 belong to other global religions such as Judaism, Confucianism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Jainism, or the the Baha'i faith
- 31 sheep and goats
- 23 cows, bulls, and oxen
- 15 pigs
- 3 camels
- 2 horses
- 2100 chickens - yes, there are 21 times as many chickens as people in the global village!
- 30 people in the village do not have a reliable source of food and are hungry some or all of the time
- 17 people are severely undernourished and are always hungry
- 47 of the people don't have food security
- The other 53 people are food secure
- 87 have access to a source of safe water either in their homes or within a short distance. The other 13 don't and must spend a large part of each day simply getting safe water. Most of the work of collecting water is done by women and girls.
- 62 have access to adequate sanitation - they have household sewage disposal - while 33 don't. They are at risk for diseases caused by poor sanitation.
- 68 breathe clean air, while 32 breathe air that is unhealthy because of pollution
- 36 kids are school-aged
- 30 of them go to school while 6 of them work
- 3 work around the house
- 3 are child laborers
- 14 are illiterate
- 63 adults could have jobs
- 52 work
- 6 are retired
- 50 radios
- 45 televitions
- 103 telephones (more than 86 are cell phones)
- 28 computers
- 2 trucks
- 10 automobiles
- 20 bicycles
- 76 have electricity
- 24 don't
- Of the 76 people who have electricity, most use it only for light at night
- 73 percent of the village's energy comes from fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and gas that have to be pumped from underground
- 17 percent comes from nuclear power
- 10 percent comes from renewable sources, such as wind or water
- 41 people live in areas that malaria is found
- 6 people in the village contract malaria each year
- The population is growing fast
- Today, the rate is growing at a rate of 1.15 per year
- Around he year 2150, there will be around 250 people in the village
- Experts think that that is the limit for how many people we can sustain