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25 Aug, 2026

1.03 Billion People Live Under a GDPR-Style Law in 2026

About 1.03 billion people, 12.6% of the world's population, live in a country the European Commission has formally certified as providing GDPR-equivalent data protection as of 2026. See the country-by-country breakdown, how Gartner's 2020 forecast compares, and why a broader definition pushes the total toward half the world.

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16 Aug, 2026

171 Million Americans Covered by a State Privacy Law in 2026

An estimated 171 million Americans, or 50.2% of the country, live in one of the 20 states with a comprehensive privacy law in effect as of 2026, per PrivacyTerms.io's analysis of US Census Bureau population data against the IAPP's US State Privacy Legislation Tracker.

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