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What is your "place" among the world's 7,000,000 people alive today?
CBS News, building on work by National Geographic, tracked down "Earth's most typical person." He's 28-year-old Mu Li, who is "working in New York City as a reporter for People's Daily, China's state newspaper."
He fits the profile National Geographic came up with based on a set of data points that concluded there are 9 million Han Chinese men — the largest pool National Geographic could find — who also:
— Are 28 years old (the global median age).
— Right-handed.
— Christian.
— Speak Mandarin.
— Own a cell phone.
— Don't have a car or bank account.
— Make less than $12,000 a year.
"I have a common face, a common background. Suddenly you realize, you say, 'Wow, you are the most typical person in the world,' " Li told CBS.
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