
World Population
You've got 23 people in a room.
- 3 are from the Americas. One of those is from the US.
- 3 are from Europe and the Ex-Soviet Union.
- 3 are from Africa. Click for more on Africa
- 1 is from South West Asia (Turkey, Iran, etc).
- 5 are from the Indian sub-continent.
- 5 are from China.
- 1 is from Indonesia
- 1 is from Vietnam, Korea, or Japan.
- 1 is from elsewhere in SouthEast Asia.
Each person represents 1/4 of a billion people.
Welcome to our world.
Additional world population details
GLF Famine in China
Cris A Fitch cfitch@alum.mit.edu