For any writers looking to place purple-eyed characters in a non-fantastical setting (looking at you, Trixie Belden authors), the current known number of people with purple eyes as of January 2020 is about 600 around the entire world. And no one is born with purple eyes in a real world setting -they develop later.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett
For any writers looking to place purple-eyed characters in a non-fantastical setting (looking at you, Trixie Belden authors), the current known number of people with purple eyes as of January 2020 is about 600 around the entire world. And no one is born with purple eyes in a real world setting -they develop later.
Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. -Terry Pratchett