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<p>Not true. India alone has about as many lawyers as the U.S. Of course, India has a much bigger population than the U.S. so it’s ratio of lawyers per capita is lower, but still, that’s enough to belie the “more than 50% of the world’s lawyers” figure. The European Union, with a population a bit larger than the U.S., has perhaps 70% or 75% as many lawyers. Latin America taken as a whole has probably about as many lawyers as the U.S.—Brazil alone has about half as many, with a population about 60% that of the U.S. Latin America has fewer fewer lawyers on a per capita basis, but add those to the EU and India totals and you’ll see the "more than 50% " claim is a total fraud.</p>
<p>Then of course you have China, Central Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, where you have essentially no lawyers . . . and no rule of law as we know it. I’m not sure they’re better off for it. So, you pay your money and you take your choice.</p>