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	Continent	Human Beings (millions)
	It's getting crowded here. In the beginning of the 20th century the entire world population was less than 2 billion people. Today the current world population has exceeded 6 billions (6,396,000,000) Some Demographic Data for the Countries and Regions of the World. Top 20 World Population The most populated countries of the world. Population Density Countries with the highest population density. Summary of the World Earth as a village of precisely 100 people.
	World Population by Continents
	World	6,396
	Africa	885
	The Americas and the Caribbean	875
	Asia	3,875
	Europe	727
	Oceania	32
	To find world population by countries click on the links above. updated: May 2004 Source: Population Reference Bureau (World Population Data Sheet)
	Top 20 World Population The most populated countries of the world.
	Country	Human Beings (millions)
	China	1,300.1
	India	1,086.6
	United States	293.6
	Indonesia	218.7
	Brazil	179.1
	Pakistan	159.2
	Russia	144.1
	Bangladesh	141.3
	Nigeria	137.3
	Japan	127.6
	Mexico	106.2
	Philippines	83.7
	Germany	82.6
	Viet Nam	81.5
	Egypt	73.4
	Ethiopia	72.4
	Turkey	71.3
	Iran	67.4
	Thailand	63.8
	France	60.0
	United Kingdom	59.7
	Italy	57.8
	updated: Nov 2004 - Source: 2004 World Population Data SheetPopulation Reference Bureau

Countries by population density
Population Density Countries with the highest population density. World Population Density (Map Source: Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
Country	Pop/sq. mile	Capital City
World	123
Macao SAR	58,146	Macao
Monaco	44,000	Monaco
Singapore	17,541	Singapore City
Hong Kong SAR	16,494	--
Malta	3,229	Valletta
Bahrain	2,714	Manama
Maldives	2,573	Malé
Bangladesh	2,542	Dhaka
Channel Islands	1,987	St. Helier/St. Peter Port
Taiwan	1,621	Taipei
Mauritius	1,568	Port Louis
Barbados	1,542	Bridgetown
Palestinian Territory	1,584	(Jerusalem)
Nauru	1,412	(Yaren District)
Korea, South	1,258	Seoul
San Marino	1,252	San Marino
Mayotte	1,201	Mamoudzou
Puerto Rico	1,128	San Juan
Lebanon	1,121	Beirut
Netherlands	1,033	Amsterdam
Tuvalu	900	Funafuti
updated: May 2004, Sources: 2004 World Population Data Sheet - Population Reference Bureau (World Population Data Sheet) United Nations Population Division - The 2000 Revision Department of Economic and Social Affairs Related Categories: Population by continents: Africa The Americas Asia Australia/Oceania Europe Most populated cities of the world Human Development Index (HDI) Countries by standards of the UN Human Development Index. First, Second and Third World Countries by Gross National Income Countries in comparison of their gross national income based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita in int'l Dollars.

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.
No wonder, that the governments mistrust their people.

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 around 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.

When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for cooperation, tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.

(credit goes to the author, whoever that is!
I read the "Summary of the World" for the first time in the internet, but its origin seems to go back to the Twenties of the last century.
Fascinated from this simple concept OWNO has extended its content
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), UNICEF, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Habitat For Humanity and others.

Klaus Kästle, Editor Nations Online Project

Thanks to L. Burt, USA, C. Perret, UK, Tom Baker,UK, and Bob MacDonald, USA for their suggestions.

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