Some interesting statistics to help put things into perspective

[rcooled]

The population of Earth is around 7.8 Billion. However, if you condensed those 7.8 billion into 100 individuals, the resulting analysis is somewhat easier to comprehend.

Out of those 100 people:
11 are in Europe
5 are in North America
9 are in South America
15 are in Africa
60 are in Asia

49 live in the countryside
51 live in cities

12 speak Chinese
5 speak Spanish
5 speak English
3 speak Arabic
3 speak Hindi
3 speak Bengali
3 speak Portuguese
2 speak Russian
2 speak Japanese
62 speak their own local dialect.

77 have their own shelter
23 have no place to live.

21 are over-nourished
63 have regular meals
15 are under-nourished

The cost of living for 48 is less than $2.00/day.

87 have clean drinking water
13 only have access to a dirty or polluted water source.

75 have mobile phones

30 have internet access

7 received a university education

83 can read

33 are Christians
22 are Muslims
14 are Hindus
7 are Buddhists
12 are other religions
12 have no religious beliefs

26 live less than 14 years
66 died between 15 - 64 years of age
Only 8 are over 65 years old

So, if you have your own home, enjoy full meals & drink clean water, have a mobile phone, can access the internet, and have gone to college, you are in a small privileged lot (less than 7% of those 100 can claim that)

[stevej37]

The one stat I remember hearing......

If all the people of the world...stood shoulder to shoulder they would occupy 2 ft square of space each.

That total space...would be equivalent to the area of Jacksonville, Florida.

[unclebilly]

How do you figure that 33 are Christian?

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

How do you figure that 33 are Christian?

Well, according to Wiki, it's actually a little less...just over 31 out of the 100 would be Christian by their accounting.



I assume those numbers I posted were fairly accurate at the time they were compiled. It's just a way to help understand where we fit in the bigger picture, but not to be taken as an exact head count.

[Bill Douglas]

No mention of how many owns Porsches.

[Noah930]

What if someone speaks more than one language?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

How do you figure that 33 are Christian?

Presumably, he didn't figure anything. I suspect he found this list somewhere and did a copy paste.

It's not terribly surprising, really. There's lots of Christians, they are everywhere. Remember besides all of the other groups, the Catholics have been around for ~1800 years, and for a bunch of that time, they were actively traveling the globe to find new members. Many/most other Christian groups do the same to some extent.

And if you're thinking that Islam should be far ahead of Christianity, according to history.com

Islam is the second largest religion in the world after Christianity, with about 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide. Although its roots go back further, scholars typically date the creation of Islam to the 7th century, making it the youngest of the major world religions.

The a page on same site puts Christians ahead, but only by 10%, not 33%. Based on those numbers, that site thinks that there would be 26 Christians and 23 Muslims.

Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world, with more than 2 billion followers. The Christian faith centers on beliefs regarding the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While it started with a small group of adherents, many historians regard the spread and adoption of Christianity throughout the world as one of the most successful spiritual missions in human history.

Wikipedia puts it at 31 and 25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations

I saw a couple of other sites that put the numbers at 31 and 23.

I assume that it's a really hard figure to determine, and lots of guessing and probability is involved.

Only the Lord really knows.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

No mention of how many owns Porsches.

Mostly the smart, good looking ones.