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If the approximately 7 billion people in the world were represented by a village of just 100 people, how do we work out what 1 villager represents?

There are lots of different questions you could explore about your country:
How many people are there in each age group?
How are people distributed geographically? This could be urban/rural, or based on different geographic regions in your country.
How is income distributed in your country?