If the world were a village
Subtitle: a book about the world's people
By: written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong.
Contributors: Armstrong, Shelagh, 1961-
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Toronto, ON; Tonawanda, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781550747799
Subjects: Population -- Juvenile literature; Human geography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Tells us who we are, where we live, how fast we are growing, what languages we speak, what religions we practice and more by imagining the whole world is a village of 100 people.
Notes: "Information updated May 2005"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 32).
Table of contents: title: Welcome to the global village; title: Nationalities; title: Languages; title: Ages; title: Religions; title: Food; title: Air and water; title: Schooling and literacy; title: Money and possessions; title: Electricity; title: The village in the past; title: The village in the future; title: Teaching children about the global village; title: A note on sources and how the calculations were made.