A:Answer Actually, that varies with each person... each persoms stride is different, a tall peson might "step" 1,750 times in a mile, where as, a short person may "step" 2150 times in a mile. This is evedent when my husband and I walk, he is 6'2" and I am 5'2"...I have to take many more steps than he does to cover the same distance.