THE WORLD POPULATION - AND ITS COMPONENT


Today I want to tell about the population of the world – and how it is composed.  It might be an inspiration to reflect upon many questions, including the small part we Europeans actually are.

The point of departure is that we put the world’s population at 100.  Then the more detailed information:

 

Geography:

60 Asians, 16 Africans, 13 Americans ( incl. 8 North-Americans ), 10 Europeans, 1 from the Pacific


Language – what is the main language of people:

12 Mandarin, 6 Spanish, 5 English, 4 Hindi, 3 Arabic, 2 French, 2 Russian, 2 Japanese.  The majority are speaking about 6.000 different languages, of which half are threatened by extinction.


Man-Woman:

51 men , 49 women


Age:

25 under 14 years, 8 over 65, 67 between 14 and 65 years


Wealth:

20 own 75 % 


Famine and overweight:

11 are starving or has poor nutrition

35 are overweight


Analfabetism
14 can’t read


Internet:

47 have access

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