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Some interesting statistics to help put things into perspective

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)
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