Summary Of The World

Summary Of The World

If we could shrink the Earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this:

81 would be from less developed countries with a gross income per capita and year of US$ 3,580;

19 would be from developed countries with a gross income per capita and year of US$ 22,060.

There would be 61 Asians, 12 Europeans, 13 Africans, 9 would be from South America and the Caribbean, and 5 from North America including Canada; 75 would be non-white, while 25 would be white. 60 would mistrust their own government. 60 would live within 62 miles of a coastline. 50 would be female, and 50 would be male. 50 would rely in some manner on coastal and marine habitats for food, building sites, transportation, recreation, and waste disposal. 48 would live on less than US $2 a day. 48 would lack access to basic sanitation. 47 would be urban dwellers. (The world’s urban areas are expected to surpass rural areas in population since the year 2005). 29 would believe in witchcraft. 25 would live in substandard housing or have no home at all. 20 would live on less than US $1 a day. 17 would be under 18 years old. 16 would lack access to safe drinking water. 16 would be unable to read and write. 14 would suffer from malnutrition. 10 would live in least developed countries. 8 would have Internet access from home. 4.5 would be citizens of the United States. 1 would be infected with HIV/AIDS. 1 would be near death, and 1 would be near birth. Only 1 would have a college education. Half of the entire village’s wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people, and most of them would be citizens of the United States.

Source: Author unknown (http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/worldpopulation.htm)

When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, it makes it easy to see how blessed we are individually plus the need for the church to wake up to its responsibility to preach the gospel and show love to the poor. The questions you need to ask yourself are these: do you realize how blessed are you? Do you donate to any charity helping the poor?  Proverbs 19: 17 says: “He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again”.