NationMaster - Prisoners (most recent) by country

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

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

United States:

2,078,570 prisoners

China:

1,549,000 prisoners

Russia:

846,967 prisoners

India:

313,635 prisoners

Brazil:

308,304 prisoners

Thailand:

213,815 prisoners

Ukraine:

198,386 prisoners

South Africa:

180,952 prisoners

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

#18

Japan:

69,502 prisoners

#19

Turkey:

64,051 prisoners

#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

#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

#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

#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

Total:

8,374,136 prisoners

Weighted average:

51,061.8 prisoners

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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