I came across the notion of shrinking the world down to 100 people in a blog post by Jim Estill.  I figured I’d look into it a bit deeper (I powered up the Google machine), to see what stats I can come across that would surprise me.  I came across a film project called “100 People: A World Portrait“.

The project will find and capture in film, photography, music and text 100 individuals who represent the global population, proportionate to annual global surveys and statistics. This World Portrait will be used to make an introduction between the peoples of the earth and to facilitate a greater understanding of the diversity and the commonalities among us.   

Looking through the stats of the people who would be part of the ‘ideal’ 100, it’s interesting to compare the world you would picture in 100 people to the actual 100.  I’d love to see the same idea applied to one of the world’s many global firms.  Take a look at some of the stats after the jump to see how different your image of the global 100 is to the actual. Continue…