How common is acrophobia?

Acrophobia in a simple and clear term, is the persistent irrational or extreme fear someone tends to have at the sight or thought of high places. There is possibility that you must have found yourself on a mountain and the chance to view the landscape of the area seemed impossible because you already had this irrational fear that suggested any further step might lead to being thrown down and finally death.

While this is normal to a certain extent because most people tend to show the fear but there is this irrational fear shown by some people even with only the thought coming to their mind. According to the research, there are 2-5% of people with the acrophobia condition in the world, it also shows that the population of women who have acrophobia is twice that of men. Meaning women tend to show the condition more and that it is prevalent among them than men.