World population hits 7 billion! Imagine the world as a village of 100 people...

[Kitkitty246]

this is soo important i love the video and the music!

[JT4784]

How many don't have access to family planning? Without that, we'll be 8 billion very soon. What a self-destructive species we are.

[OntarioScienceCentre]

Thanks for the thoughtful comments, everyone. The name of the song is "Turn it Around" by Tim McMorris - we thought it captured the urgency of the information. Tim's a musician from the Niagara Falls area in Ontario.

[figureskater0126]

what's the song called?

[figureskater0126]

This is inspiring

too take care of our

planet

[vlembik]

This is Liberal propaganda.

There is no data about birth rates in Africa -- they need less children, more responsibility.

There is no data about corruption in Asia, Africa, Latin America -- they need less of that.

There is no data about religions -- and expansion of islamism?

These are their problems, not ours -- as the presentation implicitly tries to say: because we've got clean water, electricity etc.

[mariamole011]

@vlembik you are right i think

[CrisisC0re]

*shrugs* impossible for everyone 2 live with what they have now unless others suffer. Soon we will have overpopulation as a problem as well, guess what more people are going to die.

[fireonignition]

this really brought into focus how self centred we humans can be. There isn't enough we could do as individuals, but as we spread the word & need & humble ourselves so that the world can change. One by one.

[pdrpicker]

I showed this to my 8 year old son, and he was fascinated by the statistics. Very moving. Makes me proud to be a supporting member of the Ontario Science Centre.

[Cheryl01ish]

We'd still have children dying of hunger...! Insane, but not surprising...

[whatdouthink96]

4.83 billion of us are illiterate? Oh God

[gleefan4eva]

Whoa... Reality check much... Almost 70% of the population is illiterate... Scary stuff

[Urgo6667]

@gleefan4eva thats the same number I clung onto. Wow.