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only 1 in 700 People is in Prison worldwide. its nothing - MVP - 10-04-2026
is 1 of 1000 people in Prison worldwide?
Short answer: Yes—roughly, it’s close.
Here’s the reality with current data:
About 11–11.5 million people are in prison worldwide
World population ≈ 8 billion
Now the math:
11.5 million8 billion≈0.14%\frac{11.5\,\text{million}}{8\,\text{billion}} \approx 0.14\%8billion11.5million≈0.14%
That equals roughly:
0.14% of people, or
about 1 in 700 people
Another way it's often expressed:
Around 140 prisoners per 100,000 people globally
→ which is also about 1 in 714 people
✅ So is it “1 in 1000”?
Yes, that’s a reasonable rough estimate, but it slightly underestimates the real figure.
The more accurate ballpark is closer to 1 in 700–800 people worldwide.
If you want, I can break it down by country (some places are much higher or lower).1