migration

Earth’s Population in Perspective

The population of Earth is around eight billion, an interesting figure. However, if you condense eight billion to 100 persons and then into various statistics, the resulting analysis is easier to comprehend.

Out of 100:

11 are in Europe
5 are in North America
9 are in South America
15 are in Africa
60 are in Asia & Australia (Oceania)

49 live in the countryside
51 live in cities

75 have mobile phones
25 do not

30 have internet access
70 do not

83 can read
17 are illiterate

33 are Christians
22 are Muslims
14 are Hindus
7 are Buddhists
12 are other religions
12 have no religious beliefs

26 live less than 15 years
66 die between 15 and 64
8 are 65 and over

If you own your home, eat full meals and drink clean water, have a mobile phone, can surf the internet, and have gone to college, you are in a privileged lot, less than seven percent.

Archaeologists have demonstrated that humankind began in Africa. Here in the Americas, we are all immigrants, including so-called indigenous, and migration is an on-going process everywhere.

Genesis gives us the story of God’s intentions.