Gender	50 would be female 50 would be male
Age	25 would be 0-14 65 would be 15-64 10 would be 65 and older
Geography	15 would be from Sub-Saharan Africa 7 would be from Northern Africa and Western Asia 26 would be from Central and Southern Asia 29 would be from Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 8 would be from Latin America & the Caribbean 1 would be from Australia/New Zealand/Oceania 14 would be from Europe and Northern America
Religion	31 would be Christian 25 would be Muslim 16 would not be religious or identify themselves as being aligned with a particular faith 15 would be Hindu 7 would be Buddhist 5 people who practice a Folk religion 1 person would be Jewish or practice another religion
First Language	12 would speak Mandarin Chinese 6 would speak Spanish 5 would speak English 5 would speak Arabic 4 would speak Hindi 3 would speak Bengali 3 would speak Portuguese 2 would speak Russian 2 would speak Japanese 58 would speak other languages
Overall Literacy	87 would be able to read and write 13 would not
Literacy by Gender	90% of males would be able to read and write 10% of males would not be able to read and write 83% of females would be able to read and write 17% of females would not be able to read and write
Education	91% of eligible males would have a primary school education 90% of eligible females would have a primary school education 66% of eligible males would have a secondary school education 66% of eligible females would have a secondary school education 36% of eligible males would have a tertiary/college degree 41% of eligible females would have a tertiary/college degree
Shelter	78 people would have an adequate place to shelter them from the wind and the rain, but 22 would not
Urban/Rural	57 would be urban dwellers 43 would be rural dwellers
Drinking Water	92 would have access to safe drinking water 8 would use unimproved water
Food	11 would be undernourished 29 would be moderately or severely food insecure
Infectious Disease	1 would have HIV/AIDS 3 would experience Long COVID
Poverty	8 would live in Extreme Poverty at less than $2.15 USD per day
Electricity	91 would have electricity 9 would not
Technology	91 would be cell phone users 66 would be active internet users 95 live in an area with a mobile- cellular network
Sanitation	79 would have access to a private toilet or latrine 21 would not have access to a private toilet or latrine

References

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https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/#/dashboard?COUNTRY_YEAR=2023&COUNTRY_YR_ANIM=2023

Worldometer. (2023). Current world population. Retrieved on July 16, 2023
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

Gender

Countrymeters. (2023). World population. Retrieved on October 18, 2023.
https://countrymeters.info/en/World#:~:text=Below%20are%20the%20key%20figures%20for%20the%20world,rural%20areas%20%2846%20%25%20of%20total%20world%20population%29 

Ritchie, H. & Roser, M. (2019). Gender ratio. Our World Data.
https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio#what-share-of-the-population-is-male-and-female

The World Bank. (2022). Data: Population, female (% of total population).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.FE.ZS

The World Bank. (2022). Data: Population, male (% of total population).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.MA.ZS 

Age: 

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). Field listing- Age structure. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/age-structure/

United Nations. (2022). World population prospects 2022: Standard population.
https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/Population/

Geography:

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). World. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/world/

United Nations. (2022). World Population Prospects 2022: Summary of Results.
https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf 

Religion

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). People and society. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/world/#people-and-society

Most-Spoken First Language

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). Field listing- Languages. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/languages

Most-Spoken Language

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). Field listing- Languages. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/languages

Overall Literacy

Roser, M. & Ortiz-Ospina, E. (2018, September 20). Literacy. Our World in Data.
https://ourworldindata.org/literacy

The World Bank. (2022). Data: Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.MA.ZS

The World Bank. (2022). Data: Literacy rate, adult female (% of males ages 15 and above).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS

The World Bank. (2022). Data: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2017). Literacy rates continue to rise from one generation to the next
https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/fs45-literacy-rates-continue-rise-generation-to-next-en-2017_0.pdf

UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2019). SDG 4 data digest how to produce and use the global and thematic education indicators.
https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/sdg4-data-digest-2019-en.pdf

Education

The World Bank. (2022, October 24). Data: Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.FE.ZS

The World Bank. (2022, October 24). Data: Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.MA.ZS

UNESCO. (2023). Gender equality in education.
https://uis.unesco.org/en/topic/gender-equality-education

World Economic Forum. (2019, December 16). Global gender gap report 2020: Infographics.
https://www.weforum.org/reports/gender-gap-2020-report-100-years-pay-equality/infographics

Shelter

United Nations. (2020, March 9). First-ever United Nations resolutions on homelessness.
https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/2020/03/resolution-homelessness/

Henry, P. (2021, October 29). These innovative projects are tackling homelessness around the world. World Economic Form.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/10/innovative-projects-tackling-homelessness-around-the-world/

World Population Review. (2023). Homelessness by country 2023.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/homelessness-by-country

Urban/Rural

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, November 6). Field listing- Urbanization. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/urbanization/

Drinking Water

Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Field listing – Drinking water sources. The World Factbook. 
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/drinking-water-source

Mao, B. (2022, August 2). Low-income communities lack access to clean water. It’s time for change. World Economic Forum.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/08/access-clean-water-inequality-financing/#:~:text=Yet%2C%20our%20world's%20water%20resources,between%20water%20supply%20and%20demand

World Health Organization. (2023, September 13). Drinking-water.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water

World Economic Forum. (2019). Global gender gap report 2020. The pay gap.
https://www.weforum.org/reports/gender-gap-2020-report-100-years-pay-equality/infographics

Food

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2022). The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2022:  Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. 
https://www.fao.org/3/cc0639en/online/cc0639en.html

Ritchie, H. (2022, February 4). What is undernourishment and how is it measured? Our World in Data.
https://ourworldindata.org/undernourishment-definition

Ritchie, H., Rosado, P. & Roser, M. (2023). Hunger and Undernourishment. Our World in Data.
https://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment 

World Health Organization. (2022, July 6). UN report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021.
https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021

Infectious Disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023, July 29). Long COVID or post-COVID updates.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/index.html?fbclid=IwAR205Nh4K-1pg9YWxunQF3N-vd0d1JWqLXApjzm0DRCtZl3wDWJ3m8wKE8E

Chen, C., Haupert, S., Zimmermann, L., Shi, X., Fritsche, L., & Mykherjee, B. (2022). Global prevalence of post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or long Covid:  A meta-analysis and systematic review. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 226(9), 1593-1607. 

Davis, H., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J., & Topol, E. (2023). Long Covid:  Major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 21, 133-146. 

Holder, J. (2023, March 13). Tracking Coronavirus vaccinations around the world. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html

O’Mahoney, L., Routen, A., Gillies, C., Ekezie, W., Welford, A., Zhang, A., Karamchandani, U., Simms-Williams, N., Cassambai, S., Ardavani, A., Wilkinson, T., Hawthorne, G., Curtis, F., Kingsnorth, A., Almaqhawi, A., Ward, T., Ayoubkhani, D., Banerjee, A., Calvert, M., Shafran, R., Stephenson, T., Sterne, J., Ward, H., Evans, R., Zaccardi, F., Wright, S., & Khunti, K. (2023). The prevalence and long-term health effects of Long Covid among hospitalised and non-hospitalised populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet, 55, 1-10. 

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https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/civil-rights-covid19/guidance-long-covid-disability/index.html

World Health Organization. (2023, May 19). Global excess deaths associated with COVID-19 (modelled estimates).
https://www.who.int/data/sets/global-excess-deaths-associated-with-covid-19-modelled-estimates

World Health Organization. (2022). The global health observatory: HIV.
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/hiv-aids#:~:text=Globally%2C%2038.4%20million%20%5B33.9%E2%80%93,considerably%20between%20countries%20and%20regions.

World Health Organization. (2022). World health statistics 2022: Monitoring health for the SDGs, sustainable development goals.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240051157

Poverty

The World Bank. (2023). Understanding poverty.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/understanding-poverty

The World Bank. (2022). Fact sheet: An adjustment to global poverty lines.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/factsheet/2022/05/02/fact-sheet-an-adjustment-to-global-poverty-lines

United Nations. (2023). Global issues:  Ending poverty.
https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/ending-poverty

Electricity 

Cozzi, L, Westzel, D., Tonolo. G., & Hyppolite II, J. (2022, November 3). For the first time in decades, the number of people without access to electricity is set to increase in 2022. IEA.
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/for-the-first-time-in-decades-the-number-of-people-without-access-to-electricity-is-set-to-increase-in-2022

The World Bank. (2023). Access to electricity (% of population).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS?most_recent_value_desc=true

Technology

Central Intelligence Agency. (2023, October 3). Communications. The World Factbook.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/world/#communications

The Telecommunications Development Sector. (2023). Statistics.
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx

The World Bank. (202). Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people).
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.CEL.SETS.P2

Sanitation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, May 31). Global water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH): Fast facts.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_statistics.html

The World Bank. (2022, October 6). Sanitation.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/sanitation

World Health Organization. (2023, October 3). Sanitation.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sanitation

References

Gender:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

Age:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

Geography:
http://esa.un.org/wpp/unpp/panel_population.htm
http://www.geohive.com/earth/world.aspx
http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contnent.htm

Religion:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

First Language:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/human-conditions.php#2

Overall Literacy and Education:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
http://www.uis.unesco.org/FactSheets/Documents/FS16-2011-Literacy-EN.pdf
http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/tertiary-education.aspx
http://www.uis.unesco.org/Library/Documents/Tech1-eng.pdf
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5058
http://data.worldbank.org/
http://www.barrolee.com/
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/barro/files/p_jwha.pdf
http://ged.eads.usaidallnet.gov/query/do?_program=/eads/ged/countryUNE

Literacy by Gender:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

Shelter:
https://unhabitat.org/up-for-slum-dwellers-transforming-a-billion-lives-campaign-unveiled-in-europe/

Urban/Rural:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

Drinking Water:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

Food:
http://www.fao.org/hunger/en/
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html
http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm

Infectious Disease:
http://www.who.int/gho/tb/epidemic/cases_deaths/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/hiv/data/en/index.html

Poverty:
http://www.prb.org/pdf11/2011population-data-sheet_eng.pdf
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2005/kotharibrf050511.doc.htm
http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
http://econ.worldbank.org

Electricity:
http://www.iea.org/country/maps.asp http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/human-conditions.php#2

Technology:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/

Sanitation:
http://www.wssinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/resources/JMP-report-2012-en.pdf

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Source variables and documentation provided by:

Fritz J. Erickson: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ferris State University (Formerly Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay); John A. Vonk: Professor Emeritus, University of Northern Colorado