National Geographic magazine continues a yearlong series examining the specific challenges and solutions we face as the worldwide population reaches 7 billion people in 2011. In the March 2011 issue, the magazine delves into “The Surprising Face of Seven Billion,” a poster showing a composite face of the world’s most typical person. It’s a 28 year old Han Chinese man. There are over 9 million of them. The composite image was created by averaging 190k photos together to show the World’s Most Typical person. This image won’t be typical for long, By 2030 that person will come from India.
Watch the video for more interesting stats about the world we live in and learn more about the composite image here.
World’s Most Typical person