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A good chunk of the population, I'd imagine.
Well, in Japan it's 1 horse per 1575 citizens. Horses are more or less exclusive to racing stables. Far to few farming land for normal people to keep horses. Still, Japan is quite crazy for horse racing.
In India you aren't allowed to keep horses, if you're from the lower castes. Last year a Dalit got killed for buying a horse. A horse is a very expensive prestige object and luxury in India only a few can buy. Same with Arab countries. Oh, and your quite unlucky if you're female, as horse-keeping and sport is still a men-only thing in those countries.
In China it's 1 per 250. If you're from the small nomad population of northern and north western china, you're rather lucky. The majority of han chinese in the metropolitan areas see horse only in the racecourse if ever.
Everyday people keeping horses is quite exclusive to european/western cultures and nomads.
By the way, in my country it's 1 per 80.
In the US it's 1 per 35.
In Mongolia it's 1 per 1
