{"id":2315,"date":"2013-07-28T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T22:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccihome.com\/pablos-stories\/?p=363"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T00:16:00","slug":"earths-population-in-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gccihome.com\/travel\/earths-population-in-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth&#8217;s Population in Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2752\" src=\"http:\/\/gccihome.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/lax-to-puerta-vallarta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Earths's population\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>This is a really interesting story that puts earth&#8217;s population in perspective. If you could fit the entire\u00a0Earth&#8217;s Population into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>57 Asians<\/li>\n<li>21 Europeans<\/li>\n<li>14 Americans (North, Central and South)<\/li>\n<li>8 Africans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There would be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>52 women and<\/li>\n<li>48 men<\/li>\n<li>30 Caucasians and<\/li>\n<li>70 non-Caucasians<\/li>\n<li>30 Christians and<\/li>\n<li>70 non-Christians<\/li>\n<li>89 heterosexuals and<\/li>\n<li>11 homosexuals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA<\/p>\n<p>80 would live in poverty\u00a0 \u000b70 would be illiterate \u000b50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition \u000b1 would be dying \u000b1 would be being born \u000b1 would own a computer<\/p>\n<p>1 (yes, only one) would have a university degree<\/p>\n<h2>Earth&#8217;s Population &#8211; Understanding<\/h2>\n<p>If we looked at the\u00a0Earth&#8217;s Population in this way, the need for acceptance and understanding would be obvious.<\/p>\n<p>But, consider again the following :<\/p>\n<p>If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won\u2019t live through the week.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death from starvation, then you are better off than 500 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Can you go to your place of worship without fear that Someone will assault or kill you. If yes, then you are luckier than 3 billion (that\u2019s right) people.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p>Do you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse? You are one of 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.<\/p>\n<p>If your parents are still alive and still married, you\u2019re a rare individual.<\/p>\n<h3>You are Fortunate<\/h3>\n<p>If someone sent you this message, you\u2019re extremely lucky,<\/p>\n<p>Because someone is thinking of you and because you don\u2019t comprise one of those 2 billion people who can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n<p>and so?<\/p>\n<p>Work like you don\u2019t need the money. \u000bLove like nobody has ever hurt you. \u000bDance like nobody is watching. \u000bSing like nobody is listening. \u000bLive as if this was paradise on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Send this message to your friends.<\/p>\n<p>Bypass those who are determined to see the worst in the world no matter what. If you don\u2019t send it, nothing will happen.\u000bIf you do send it, someone might smile while they are reading it, and that will be a positive.<\/p>\n<p>AND APART FROM THAT, SIMPLY HAVE A NICE DAY<\/p>\n<p>Author Unknown<\/p>\n<p>For lots more posts about travel related topics, <a href=\"http:\/\/gccihome.com\/travel\/category\/uncategorized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a really interesting story that puts earth&#8217;s population in perspective. 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