2026-03-17 · percent of world population
Most people live in low-homicide countries
Global averages are pulled up by violent pockets.
Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides world population (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Low homicide countries, Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.1 percent of world population (0.1% of world population) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from OWID — Homicide rate put Low homicide countries at 70% of world population and Asia & Pacific at 15.6% — about 100 percent of world population in this edition's rounding.
Intentional homicides per 100,000 (UNODC via OWID).
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2026-03-17-pol-violence-low-rate