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DEFINITION
Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in ' jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.
Crime Statistics > Prisoners (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 |
United States: |
2,078,570 prisoners |
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| #2 |
China: |
1,549,000 prisoners |
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| #3 |
Russia: |
846,967 prisoners |
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| #4 |
India: |
313,635 prisoners |
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| #5 |
Brazil: |
308,304 prisoners |
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| #6 |
Thailand: |
213,815 prisoners |
|
| #7 |
Ukraine: |
198,386 prisoners |
|
| #8 |
South Africa: |
180,952 prisoners |
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| #9 |
Mexico: |
175,253 prisoners |
|
| #10 |
Iran: |
163,526 prisoners |
|
| #11 |
Rwanda: |
112,000 prisoners |
|
| #12 |
Pakistan: |
87,000 prisoners |
|
| #13 |
Indonesia: |
84,357 prisoners |
|
| #14 |
Poland: |
80,093 prisoners |
|
| #15 |
Germany: |
79,153 prisoners |
|
| #16 |
Bangladesh: |
74,170 prisoners |
|
| #17 |
Philippines: |
70,383 prisoners |
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| #18 |
Japan: |
69,502 prisoners |
|
| #19 |
Turkey: |
64,051 prisoners |
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| #20 |
Spain: |
59,251 prisoners |
|
| #21 |
Kazakhstan: |
58,300 prisoners |
|
| #22 |
Italy: |
57,238 prisoners |
|
| #23 |
France: |
56,957 prisoners |
|
| #24 |
Taiwan: |
56,225 prisoners |
|
| #25 |
Belarus: |
55,156 prisoners |
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| #26 |
Vietnam: |
55,000 prisoners |
|
| #27 |
Morocco: |
54,207 prisoners |
|
| #28 |
Colombia: |
54,034 prisoners |
|
| #29 |
Uzbekistan: |
48,000 prisoners |
|
| #30 |
Tanzania: |
43,244 prisoners |
|
| #31 |
Romania: |
41,817 prisoners |
|
| #32 |
Nigeria: |
40,447 prisoners |
|
| #33 |
Malaysia: |
39,258 prisoners |
|
| #34 |
Argentina: |
38,604 prisoners |
|
| #35 |
Canada: |
36,024 prisoners |
|
| #36 |
Kenya: |
35,278 prisoners |
|
| #37 |
Algeria: |
34,243 prisoners |
|
| #38 |
Chile: |
33,098 prisoners |
|
| #39 |
Peru: |
27,493 prisoners |
|
| #40 |
Saudi Arabia: |
23,720 prisoners |
|
| #41 |
Tunisia: |
23,165 prisoners |
|
| #42 |
Australia: |
22,894 prisoners |
|
| #43 |
Madagascar: |
20,109 prisoners |
|
| #44 |
Cameroon: |
20,000 prisoners |
|
| #45 |
Sri Lanka: |
19,974 prisoners |
|
| #46 |
Venezuela: |
19,554 prisoners |
|
| #47 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
19,500 prisoners |
|
| #48 |
Netherlands: |
18,242 prisoners |
|
| #49 |
Czech Republic: |
18,143 prisoners |
|
| #50 |
Hungary: |
16,700 prisoners |
|
| #51 |
Azerbaijan: |
16,345 prisoners |
|
| #52 |
Singapore: |
16,310 prisoners |
|
| #53 |
Syria: |
14,000 prisoners |
|
| #54 |
Yemen: |
14,000 prisoners |
|
| #55 |
Dominican Republic: |
13,836 prisoners |
|
| #56 |
Portugal: |
13,670 prisoners |
|
| #57 |
Zambia: |
13,173 prisoners |
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| #58 |
Honduras: |
11,502 prisoners |
|
| #59 |
Israel: |
11,027 prisoners |
|
| #60 |
Ghana: |
10,992 prisoners |
|
| #61 |
Panama: |
10,630 prisoners |
|
| #62 |
El Salvador: |
10,278 prisoners |
|
| #63 |
Bulgaria: |
9,918 prisoners |
|
| #64 |
Libya: |
9,763 prisoners |
|
| #65 |
Belgium: |
9,147 prisoners |
|
| #66 |
Slovakia: |
8,891 prisoners |
|
| #67 |
Greece: |
8,841 prisoners |
|
| #68 |
Mozambique: |
8,812 prisoners |
|
| #69 |
Burundi: |
8,647 prisoners |
|
| #70 |
Malawi: |
8,566 prisoners |
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| #71 |
Costa Rica: |
8,526 prisoners |
|
| #72 |
Bolivia: |
8,315 prisoners |
|
| #73 |
Guatemala: |
8,307 prisoners |
|
| #74 |
Austria: |
8,114 prisoners |
|
| #75 |
Lithuania: |
8,063 prisoners |
|
| #76 |
Mongolia: |
7,871 prisoners |
|
| #77 |
Latvia: |
7,857 prisoners |
|
| #78 |
Ecuador: |
7,716 prisoners |
|
| #79 |
Nicaragua: |
7,198 prisoners |
|
| #80 |
Nepal: |
7,132 prisoners |
|
| #81 |
Uruguay: |
7,100 prisoners |
|
| #82 |
Sweden: |
6,755 prisoners |
|
| #83 |
Georgia: |
6,406 prisoners |
|
| #84 |
Cambodia: |
6,346 prisoners |
|
| #85 |
New Zealand: |
6,226 prisoners |
|
| #86 |
Angola: |
6,008 prisoners |
|
| #87 |
Botswana: |
5,890 prisoners |
|
| #88 |
Lebanon: |
5,535 prisoners |
|
| #89 |
Jordan: |
5,448 prisoners |
|
| #90 |
Senegal: |
5,360 prisoners |
|
| #91 |
Switzerland: |
5,266 prisoners |
|
| #92 |
Benin: |
4,961 prisoners |
|
| #93 |
Namibia: |
4,814 prisoners |
|
| #94 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
4,794 prisoners |
|
| #95 |
Jamaica: |
4,744 prisoners |
|
| #96 |
Estonia: |
4,571 prisoners |
|
| #97 |
Central African Republic: |
4,168 prisoners |
|
| #98 |
Haiti: |
4,152 prisoners |
|
| #99 |
Paraguay: |
4,088 prisoners |
|
| #100 |
Mali: |
4,040 prisoners |
|
| #101 |
Denmark: |
3,908 prisoners |
|
| #102 |
Chad: |
3,883 prisoners |
|
| #103 |
Albania: |
3,778 prisoners |
|
| #104 |
Finland: |
3,719 prisoners |
|
| #105 |
Papua New Guinea: |
3,302 prisoners |
|
| #106 |
Swaziland: |
3,245 prisoners |
|
| #107 |
Guinea: |
3,070 prisoners |
|
| #108 |
Lesotho: |
3,000 prisoners |
|
| #109 |
Norway: |
2,914 prisoners |
|
| #110 |
Armenia: |
2,866 prisoners |
|
| #111 |
Croatia: |
2,852 prisoners |
|
| #112 |
Burkina Faso: |
2,800 prisoners |
|
| #113 |
Mauritius: |
2,565 prisoners |
|
| #114 |
Togo: |
2,043 prisoners |
|
| #115 |
Oman: |
2,020 prisoners |
|
| #116 |
Suriname: |
1,933 prisoners |
|
| #117 |
Kuwait: |
1,735 prisoners |
|
| #118 |
Guyana: |
1,507 prisoners |
|
| #119 |
Mauritania: |
1,354 prisoners |
|
| #120 |
Bahamas, The: |
1,280 prisoners |
|
| #121 |
Slovenia: |
1,170 prisoners |
|
| #122 |
Belize: |
1,097 prisoners |
|
| #123 |
Barbados: |
992 prisoners |
|
| #124 |
Fiji: |
982 prisoners |
|
| #125 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
918 prisoners |
|
| #126 |
Bahrain: |
911 prisoners |
|
| #127 |
Qatar: |
570 prisoners |
|
| #128 |
Luxembourg: |
498 prisoners |
|
| #129 |
Gambia, The: |
450 prisoners |
|
| #130 |
Djibouti: |
384 prisoners |
|
| #131 |
Saint Lucia: |
365 prisoners |
|
| #132 |
Cyprus: |
355 prisoners |
|
| #133 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
302 prisoners |
|
| #134 |
Dominica: |
298 prisoners |
|
| #135 |
Grenada: |
297 prisoners |
|
| #136 |
Malta: |
278 prisoners |
|
| #137 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
186 prisoners |
|
| #138 |
Seychelles: |
157 prisoners |
|
| #139 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
135 prisoners |
|
| #140 |
Solomon Islands: |
134 prisoners |
|
| #141 |
Sao Tome and Principe: |
130 prisoners |
|
| #142 |
Tonga: |
113 prisoners |
|
| #143 |
Iceland: |
112 prisoners |
|
| #144 |
Palau: |
103 prisoners |
|
| #145 |
Vanuatu: |
93 prisoners |
|
| #146 |
Andorra: |
61 prisoners |
|
| #147 |
Kiribati: |
55 prisoners |
|
| #148 |
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
39 prisoners |
|
| #149 |
Marshall Islands: |
23 prisoners |
|
| #150 |
Liechtenstein: |
18 prisoners |
|
| #151 |
Monaco: |
13 prisoners |
|
| #152 |
Tuvalu: |
6 prisoners |
|
| #153 |
Nauru: |
6 prisoners |
|
| #154 |
Comoros: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #155 |
United Arab Emirates: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #156 |
Egypt: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #157 |
Tajikistan: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #158 |
Ethiopia: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #159 |
Turkmenistan: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #160 |
Sudan: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #161 |
Niger: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #162 |
Cuba: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #163 |
Uganda: |
0 prisoners |
|
| #164 |
Zimbabwe: |
0 prisoners |
|
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Total: |
8,374,136 prisoners |
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Weighted average: |
51,061.8 prisoners |
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DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in ' jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.
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