Room 150

The following statistics are an abbreviated version of the research that we commissioned from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The detailed research and source information can be found here. The statistics contained in the email that originally inspired the project have been retired, but can still be viewed here for purposes of comparison. If the World were 100 PEOPLE: 50 would be female 50 would be male 20 would be children There would be 80 adults, 14 of whom would be 65 and older There would be: 61 Asians 12 Europeans 13 Africans 14 people from the Western Hemisphere There would be: 31 Christians 21 Muslims 14 Hindus 6 Buddhists 12 people who believe in other religions 16 people who not be aligned with a religion 17 would speak Chinese 8 would speak Hindustani 8 would speak English 7 would speak Spanish 4 would speak Arabic 4 would speak Russian 52 would speak other languages 82 would be able to read and write; 18 would not 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer 75 people would have some supply of food and a place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 25 would not 1 would be dying of starvation 17 would be undernourished 15 would be overweight 83 would have access to safe drinking water 17 people would have no clean, safe water to drink Sources: Fritz Erickson, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay and John A. Vonk, University of Northern Colorado, 2006; Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, 1992; Donella H. Meadows, The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990.