The world is currently home to 7.5 billion people – a number which has increased by
2 billion in my life time alone!
There is 57.3 billion square miles of habitable land…although, unlike the population, that
number is unlikely to change too much.
Some are concerned that the population will swell further and there will be too many of
us to sustain life on earth… but what if the reverse happened?
What if all but 100 people were wiped from the face of the earth.
Hello and welcome back to Life's Biggest Questions…the channel that loves a good
discussion on basically any topic.
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I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking What if the world was just 100 people?
Before we get into this video, why don't you guys let me know where it is in the world
that you are from an, if you know it, the population of your town or city.
Also while you are down there, why don't you leave a thumbs up on this video and share
it with a friend.
Social.
Okay – so before we talk logistics lets talk stats.
Stats stats stats stats stats.
If we condensed down what we already have to be represented by 100 people then, according
to Gabriel Reilich and 100 people dot org, 50 would be men, 50 would be women… lovely…
who run da world – well…. both of us.
In terms of race – the world would be 60 percent Asian.
If the 100 people of the world were broken down by continents, there would be 14 Americans,
11 Europeans, 60 Asians and 15 Africans.
In terms of religion, there would be 31 Christians, 23 Muslims, 15 Hindus, 7 Buddhists and 16
non affiliated or non religious people.
There would be 6 main languages spoken, with the two most popular being Mandarin and Spanish,
followed by English, Hindi and Arabic – there would be a person who didn't understand
any of them, though!
86 people would have the ability to read and write and 14 simply wouldn't.
Money would be very unfairly distributed - most people would make between 2 to 10 dollars
a day, and only one person would make more than 90 dollars a day… and that same person
controls 50 % of all of the money out there.
which maybe makes you would be if you were one person in the hundred and perhaps how
lucky you are.
1 of the 100 hundred people would be starving and on the brink of death and 11 would be
malnourished.
26 people would be over weight and 8 obese.
On the other hand, 8 people don't have access to safe drinking water.
I'm already sensing a lot of tension.
So….if there were 100 people on earth, despite our backgrounds, ethnicities and differences,
the only way to protect the human race is to live together as a tribe.
If I've learned anything from Game of Thrones it is that the lone wolf dies but the pack
survives.
Wait…what am I talking about…they basically all die.
Anyway… we would need to make our way to one another for protection, but where would
we choose?
As is, 56 people would be from cities and 46 from countryside but what is the point
of a city if there are only 100 people to fill it – we would need pastoral living
– land to farm and a clean water supply as well as temperate conditions.
Perhaps somewhere in Mediterranean Europe or the southern US states.
What is wrong with Florida….aligators, that is what.
With just 100 people in the world, animal life would likely blooming.
We would vastly outnumbered by predators – all the more reason to stick together.
The one thing we have on our side is sentience and the ability to control machines.
Perhaps we could gather what is left and useful of our former civilisations and build a fortress
– unlike our ancestors living in tribes, we have powerful weapons – the most powerful
of which is knowledge.
We KNOW now how to look after ourselves, how to feed ourselves, how and where to build,
we know how to create and harness electricity….
To stay alive we will need to not only use but remember these things.
Let's talk breeding options for a second – like I said – we need to stay alive
and there is one sure fire way to ensure that- create more humans.
– if the world was just 100 people then 26 of them would be under the age of 15.
Urm…right.
Between the ages of 16 and 34, lets consider them the breading years – there would only
be 32 people…so 16 couples.
Yes, some of the 20 people aged between 35 and 49 could breed too but the 22 people over
the age of 50 may struggle.
So…with 16 ish breeding couples…there isn't a lot of genepool for new generations…although
wide enough I guess….
You just better not be too picky about small things like actually being attracted to or
in love with your partner.
Oh and if the world was as it is now but scaled down, one person would have HIV and 5 would
have an STD. so…
So we are all living together and trying to keep the human race alive.
Think about it – you probably know more than 100 people, although they are likely
similar to you.
Imaging knowing 99 other people and relying on one another to survive?
This would kind of be great for humanity – we would need to communicate with each other,
learn one anothers languages and ways of thinking.
If there were just 100 of us and one person was stinking rich and well fed while others
were poor and starving, we would probably do something about it?
The less fortunate may rebel and try and steal from the person with the wealth, but this
may end in blood shed, then our already dwindling population would be even smaller.
A bad move.
Perhaps if the world were just 100 people we would realise the value in helping one
another, the value in us all being healthy, the value in being peaceful.
Doesn't that sound kind of lovely… do you think we could do it?
Well this is a huge question that could be debated for a very long time – so why don't
we continue our discussion in the comments section down below.
What do you think would happen if the world was just 100 people – would it be peaceful
or would we kill ourselves off?
Cheery!
While you are down there – thumbs up!
Comments fro what if the sun went out for 24 hours:
Killin Holm said: Lucky , I am in Florida and it never snows here . I have only seen
snow 3 times in my life?
– I live in Canada where it snows a lot…and it is lovely when it first falls….
But then comes slush…and slush is NOT nice.
Sisters show asked: What would happen if the sun moved closer to earth?
A paranoian said: I'd be more than happy to talk about British weather... it's crap, there
done lol.?
Yep.
Although lets be fair – you had a good year!



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