Quick… what percent of the world is from Asia? If we had a random sample of the people in the world how many would be Christian? Muslim? Buddhist? Check the charts below or see 100people.org.
If the world were 100 people (100people.org)
| Geography | 60 would be from Asia 15 would be from Africa 11 would be from Europe 9 would be from Latin America & the Caribbean 5 would be from North America |
| Religion | 33 would be Christian 22 would be Muslim 14 would be Hindu 7 would be Buddhist 12 would believe in other religions 12 would not be religious or identify themselves as being aligned with a particular faith |
| First Language | 12 would speak Chinese 5 would speak Spanish 5 would speak English 3 would speak Arabic 3 would speak Hindi 3 would speak Bengali 3 would speak Portuguese 2 would speak Russian 2 would speak Japanese 62 would speak other languages |
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Very interesting. What does Asia consist of? Does it refer to South Asia, also, i.e. India? I’d guess that more than 5 could speak some English, but perhaps not be fluent in it.
Yep, India would be part of Asia. I’m not sure how they calculated the English speakers of India in their equation.