Based on the book of the same name by David Smith & Shelagh Armstrong published in 2003

Imagine Imagine 100 people100 people live in the global live in the global

village………..village………..

NationalitiesNationalities

6161 peoplepeople are from are from AsiaAsia

1313 peoplepeople are from are from AfricaAfrica

1212 peoplepeople are from are from EuropeEurope

88 peoplepeople are from South & Central are from South & Central America & the America & the

CaribbeanCaribbean5 5 peoplepeople are from Canada & the USA are from Canada & the USA11 personperson is from Oceania (Australia, new is from Oceania (Australia, new

ZealandZealand & the Pacific islands)& the Pacific islands)

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88

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More than half the people More than half the people come from the 10 most come from the 10 most populated countries…populated countries…• 21 people are from China• 17 people are from India• 5 people are from the USA• 4 people are from Indonesia• 3 people are from Brazil• 3 people are from Pakistan• 2 people are from Russia• 2 people are from

Bangladesh• 2 people are from Japan• 2 people are from Nigeria

In the global village there are almost 6000 languages but more

than half of the people speak these eight….

• 22 people speak a Chinese dialect

• 9 people speak English• 8 people speak Hindi• 7 people speak Spanish• 4 people speak Arabic• 4 people speak Bengali• 3 people speak

Portuguese• 3 people speak Russian

hello

Hola

Ahlan

Ni hao ma

Selamat pagi

Namaste

Zdraz vooy teh

Ages : here are the ages of the villagers

• 10 are children under age 5• 10 are children between 5

and 9• 19 are between 10 and 19• 16 are between 20 and 29• 15 are between 30 and 39• 11 are between 40 and 49• 9 are between 50 and 59• 6 are between 60 and 69• 3 are between 70 and 79• 1 is over 79

On average On average 1 1 person diesperson dies and and 3 3 babies are bornbabies are born each yeareach year

Religions : in the village Religions : in the village of 100 people …..of 100 people …..

• 32 are Christians32 are Christians• 19 are Muslims19 are Muslims• 13 are Hindus13 are Hindus• 12 practise shamanism, animism12 practise shamanism, animism

and other folk religionsand other folk religions• 6 are Buddhists6 are Buddhists• 2 belong to other global 2 belong to other global

religionsreligions

such as Baha’i, Shintoism,such as Baha’i, Shintoism,

SikhismSikhism• 1 is Jewish1 is Jewish• 15 are non religious15 are non religious

Food : the villagers rear animals Food : the villagers rear animals which help to produce food or are which help to produce food or are

a source of fooda source of food

There are :There are :

• 31 sheep31 sheep and and goatsgoats

• 23 cows23 cows, , bullsbulls and and oxenoxen

• 15 pigs15 pigs

• 3 camels3 camels

• 2 horses2 horses

• 189 chickens189 chickens (nearly twice as many chickens (nearly twice as many chickens as people)as people)

There is no shortage of There is no shortage of food in the global village food in the global village but the food is not but the food is not divided equally………divided equally………

50 people50 people do not have a reliable do not have a reliable source of food and are hungry source of food and are hungry some or all of the timesome or all of the time

20 people20 people are severely are severely undernourishedundernourished

Only Only 30 people30 people always have always have enough to eatenough to eat

Air and water: fresh air and Air and water: fresh air and clean drinking water are clean drinking water are

necessities….necessities….In the global village:In the global village:

7575 peoplepeople have access to safe water in their have access to safe water in their homes or within a short distancehomes or within a short distance

2525 peoplepeople have to spend a large part of each have to spend a large part of each day getting waterday getting water

6060 peoplepeople have access to adequate sanitation have access to adequate sanitation

4040 peoplepeople do not have access to public or do not have access to public or household sewage disposalhousehold sewage disposal

6868 peoplepeople breathe clean air breathe clean air

3232 peoplepeople breathe air which is pollutedbreathe air which is polluted

Schooling and LiteracySchooling and Literacy

Of the 38 school-aged villagers, Of the 38 school-aged villagers, only only 3131 childrenchildren attend school attend school

Of the 88 people old enough to Of the 88 people old enough to read, read, 7171 peoplepeople can read at least a can read at least a little butlittle but

17 people17 people cannot read at all cannot read at all

More males are taught to read More males are taught to read than femalesthan females

WealthWealth

If all the money in the village were If all the money in the village were divided equally, each person would have divided equally, each person would have about about US$ 9350 per year.US$ 9350 per year.

However the money is not divided However the money is not divided equally….equally….

The The richest 10richest 10 have more than have more than US$ 25 US$ 25 000 a year000 a year

The The poorest 10poorest 10 have only have only US$1 per day US$1 per day..

7575 of the 100 people average of the 100 people average US$4 per US$4 per dayday..

The average cost of food, shelter and The average cost of food, shelter and necessities in the village is necessities in the village is US$5000 per US$5000 per yearyear

Access to ElectricityAccess to ElectricityIn our global village…In our global village…

76 people76 people have electricity have electricity

24 people24 people do not do not

Of the Of the 76 people76 people who have electricity who have electricity most use it only for light at nightmost use it only for light at night

Some villagers have luxuries that Some villagers have luxuries that depend on electricity. In the village depend on electricity. In the village there are:there are:

42 radios42 radios 24 televisions24 televisions

30 telephones30 telephones 10 computers10 computers

How has the village How has the village grown?grown?Around 3000 years ago only 1 person lived in Around 3000 years ago only 1 person lived in

the villagethe village

2500 years ago there were 2 people2500 years ago there were 2 people

2000 years ago there were 3 people2000 years ago there were 3 people

1000 years ago there were 5 people 1000 years ago there were 5 people

500 years ago there were 8 people500 years ago there were 8 people

350 years ago there were 10 people350 years ago there were 10 people

200 years ago there were 17 people200 years ago there were 17 people

100 years ago there were 32 people100 years ago there were 32 people

In 2002 there were 100 peopleIn 2002 there were 100 people

The village in the future?The village in the future?The rate of growth of the global village means that there will probably be 250 people in the village by the year 2100.

This is an important number as many experts think that 250 is the maximum number of people the village can sustain.