People on Earth

People on Earth book cover
CONTENTS Human World Human Origins Population Growth A Long Life Diseases and Doctors Living in Cities Types of Government Armed Forces 4 Getting Heavy 6 Global Languages 8 Vacation Time 10 Education and Literacy 12 Religion 14 Mapping the World 16 Glossary and Websites 18 Index 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32 The world in 100 people If you reduced the world's population to just 100 people an average person would live in a town in Asia speak Chinese be able to read and write be between 15 and 64 years old and would not be undernourished or overweight WEIGHT ADULTS OVER 18 O Overweight and obese 39 O Underweight or OK 50 Undernourished 11 AGE LITERACY 26 0 14 years old a 66 15 64 years old a s 65 and older a Can read and write 83 O Can't read and write 17 FIRST LANGUAGE URBANIZATION Live in towns 54 Live In the country 48 Chinese 12 Hindl 3 Spanish 5 Bengall 3 English 5 O Portuguese 3 Arable 3 Other 66 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION Asla 60 Europe 110 North America B o Afrloa 15 a Latin America and Caribbean 9