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Crime > Police officers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Number of police officers per 100,000 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Bahrain 1,866.7 2004
2 Brunei 1,086.5 2006
3 Kuwait 1,065.2 2002
4 Mauritius 776.5 2006
5 Northern Ireland 698.3 1995
6 Cyprus 609.3 2006
7 Latvia 604.8 2006
8 Lebanon 574.2 2006
9 Italy 549.9 2006
10 Barbados 548 2000
11 Uruguay 532.1 2001
12 Ukraine 467 1995
13 Kazakhstan 462 2000
14 Czech Republic 449.6 2006
15 Portugal 435.7 1995
16 Malta 433.8 2006
17 Croatia 424.4 2006
18 Albania 389.7 2002
19 Belize 377.2 2006
20 Greece 376.4 2006
21 Thailand 365.2 1995
22 Scotland 361.4 1995
23 Belgium 357.1 2004
24 Malaysia 354 2000
25 South Africa 343.5 1995
26 Kyrgyzstan 337.6 2000
27 Lithuania 333.5 2006
28 Israel 330.1 2004
29 Austria 328.6 2006
30 Belarus 325.5 2004
31 Georgia 315.7 2006
32 Hungary 310.1 2004
33 Germany 303.8 2006
34 Dominican Republic 303.5 2006
35 Ireland 303.3 2006
36 Maldives 302.7 2004
37 Ecuador 292.6 2006
38 Luxembourg 291.8 2002
39 Sweden 280.5 1995
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 280 2006
41 Costa Rica 275.3 2006
42 El Salvador 275.2 2006
43 Jamaica 273.9 2000
44 Iceland 271.1 2004
45 United States 243.6 1995
46 Estonia 240.8 2006
47 Romania 237.9 1995
48 Guatemala 237.2 2000
49 Norway 233.9 1998
50 Colombia 229.2 2000
51 Bolivia 223.6 2002
52 Australia 222.7 2004
53 France 210.2 2000
54 Japan 199.8 2006
55 Denmark 197.8 2006
56 Canada 191.4 2006
57 Chile 187.6 2004
58 Finland 157.9 2006
59 Philippines 149.1 1998
60 Burma 146.6 2001
61 Azerbaijan 137 2006
62 India 122.5 2006
63 Jordan 115.9 2006
64 Zambia 111.3 1998
65 Kenya 98.5 2006
66 Bangladesh 79.2 2006
67 Venezuela 15.1 2001
68 Turkey 7.4 2011
69 Slovenia 6.3 2011
70 Moldova 4.7 2011
71 Singapore 3.8 2011
72 Swaziland 2.7 2011
73 Zimbabwe 2.1 2011
74 Nepal 1.7 2011
=75 Netherlands 0.9 2011
=75 South Korea 0.9 2011
=75 Switzerland 0.9 2011
78 Sri Lanka 0.7 2011
79 Panama 0.6 2011
80 Slovakia 0.3 2011
=81 Poland 0.1 2011
=81 Spain 0.1 2011
=81 New Zealand 0.1 2011
=84 Morocco 0.0 2011
=84 Papua New Guinea 0.0 1998

Citation

Crime > Police officers: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Crime > Police officers

  • All of the top 2 countries by police officers are Muslim.
  • All of the top 2 countries by police officers are Hot countries.
  • All of the top 3 countries by police officers are Former British Colonies'.
  • 40 of the top 59 countries by police officers are Christian.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by police officers are Middle East and North African.
  • Mauritius has ranked in the top 2 for police officers since 1995.
  • Italy ranked first for police officers amongst High income OECD countries in 2006.
  • Albania has ranked in the top 2 for police officers since 1997.
  • Cyprus ranked first for police officers amongst Europe in 2006.
  • Latvia ranked first for police officers amongst NATO countries in 2006.
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