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Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Per capita (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

United States:

715 per 100,000 people

Russia:

584 per 100,000 people

Belarus:

554 per 100,000 people

Palau:

523 per 100,000 people

Belize:

459 per 100,000 people

Suriname:

437 per 100,000 people

Dominica:

420 per 100,000 people

Ukraine:

416 per 100,000 people

Bahamas, The:

410 per 100,000 people

#10

South Africa:

402 per 100,000 people

#11

Kyrgyzstan:

390 per 100,000 people

#12

Singapore:

388 per 100,000 people

#13

Kazakhstan:

386 per 100,000 people

#14

Barbados:

367 per 100,000 people

#15

Panama:

354 per 100,000 people

#16

Trinidad and Tobago:

351 per 100,000 people

#17

Thailand:

340 per 100,000 people

#18

Estonia:

339 per 100,000 people

#19

Latvia:

339 per 100,000 people

#20

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

338 per 100,000 people

#21

Grenada:

333 per 100,000 people

#22

Botswana:

327 per 100,000 people

#23

Swaziland:

324 per 100,000 people

#24

Mongolia:

303 per 100,000 people

#25

Antigua and Barbuda:

278 per 100,000 people

#26

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

270 per 100,000 people

#27

Namibia:

267 per 100,000 people

#28

Tunisia:

253 per 100,000 people

#29

Taiwan:

250 per 100,000 people

#30

Saint Lucia:

243 per 100,000 people

#31

Lithuania:

234 per 100,000 people

#32

Costa Rica:

229 per 100,000 people

#33

Iran:

226 per 100,000 people

#34

Mauritius:

214 per 100,000 people

#35

Poland:

210 per 100,000 people

#36

Uruguay:

209 per 100,000 people

#37

Seychelles:

207 per 100,000 people

#38

Chile:

204 per 100,000 people

#39

Azerbaijan:

198 per 100,000 people

#40

Romania:

193 per 100,000 people

#41

Uzbekistan:

184 per 100,000 people

#42

Czech Republic:

178 per 100,000 people

#43

Morocco:

176 per 100,000 people

#44

Jamaica:

176 per 100,000 people

#45

Guyana:

175 per 100,000 people

#46

Israel:

174 per 100,000 people

#47

Libya:

173 per 100,000 people

#48

Honduras:

172 per 100,000 people

#49

Mexico:

169 per 100,000 people

#50

Brazil:

169 per 100,000 people

#51

Slovakia:

165 per 100,000 people

#52

Hungary:

165 per 100,000 people

#53

Malaysia:

161 per 100,000 people

#54

Tajikistan:

161 per 100,000 people

#55

New Zealand:

160 per 100,000 people

#56

El Salvador:

158 per 100,000 people

#57

Dominican Republic:

157 per 100,000 people

#58

Bahrain:

155 per 100,000 people

#59

Georgia:

148 per 100,000 people

#60

Lebanon:

146 per 100,000 people

#61

Spain:

144 per 100,000 people

#62

Lesotho:

143 per 100,000 people

#63

Nicaragua:

143 per 100,000 people

#64

Madagascar:

130 per 100,000 people

#65

Portugal:

130 per 100,000 people

#66

Cameroon:

129 per 100,000 people

#67

Burundi:

129 per 100,000 people

#68

Bulgaria:

127 per 100,000 people

#69

Colombia:

126 per 100,000 people

#70

Zambia:

121 per 100,000 people

#71

China:

119 per 100,000 people

#72

Fiji:

117 per 100,000 people

#73

Canada:

116 per 100,000 people

#74

Australia:

116 per 100,000 people

#75

Tanzania:

116 per 100,000 people

#76

Netherlands:

112 per 100,000 people

#77

Luxembourg:

111 per 100,000 people

#78

Kenya:

111 per 100,000 people

#79

Central African Republic:

110 per 100,000 people

#80

Algeria:

110 per 100,000 people

#81

Saudi Arabia:

110 per 100,000 people

#82

Rwanda:

109 per 100,000 people

#83

Argentina:

107 per 100,000 people

#84

Tonga:

106 per 100,000 people

#85

Jordan:

106 per 100,000 people

#86

Albania:

105 per 100,000 people

#87

Sri Lanka:

105 per 100,000 people

#88

Peru:

104 per 100,000 people

#89

Kuwait:

102 per 100,000 people

#90

Bolivia:

102 per 100,000 people

#91

Austria:

100 per 100,000 people

#92

Italy:

100 per 100,000 people

#93

Germany:

96 per 100,000 people

#94

Qatar:

95 per 100,000 people

#95

France:

95 per 100,000 people

#96

Philippines:

94 per 100,000 people

#97

Syria:

93 per 100,000 people

#98

Armenia:

92 per 100,000 people

#99

Turkey:

92 per 100,000 people

#100

Andorra:

90 per 100,000 people

#101

Belgium:

88 per 100,000 people

#102

Yemen:

83 per 100,000 people

#103

Greece:

83 per 100,000 people

#104

Benin:

81 per 100,000 people

#105

Oman:

81 per 100,000 people

#106

Sao Tome and Principe:

79 per 100,000 people

#107

Venezuela:

76 per 100,000 people

#108

Sweden:

75 per 100,000 people

#109

Paraguay:

75 per 100,000 people

#110

Switzerland:

72 per 100,000 people

#111

Denmark:

72 per 100,000 people

#112

Malta:

72 per 100,000 people

#113

Vietnam:

71 per 100,000 people

#114

Finland:

71 per 100,000 people

#115

Malawi:

70 per 100,000 people

#116

Guatemala:

68 per 100,000 people

#117

Papua New Guinea:

66 per 100,000 people

#118

Norway:

64 per 100,000 people

#119

Croatia:

64 per 100,000 people

#120

Djibouti:

61 per 100,000 people

#121

Ecuador:

59 per 100,000 people

#122

Pakistan:

59 per 100,000 people

#123

Slovenia:

59 per 100,000 people

#124

Tuvalu:

56 per 100,000 people

#125

Kiribati:

56 per 100,000 people

#126

Senegal:

54 per 100,000 people

#127

Japan:

54 per 100,000 people

#128

Haiti:

53 per 100,000 people

#129

Liechtenstein:

53 per 100,000 people

#130

Ghana:

52 per 100,000 people

#131

Mozambique:

50 per 100,000 people

#132

Bangladesh:

50 per 100,000 people

#133

Cyprus:

50 per 100,000 people

#134

Nauru:

48 per 100,000 people

#135

Mauritania:

48 per 100,000 people

#136

Chad:

46 per 100,000 people

#137

Togo:

46 per 100,000 people

#138

Cambodia:

45 per 100,000 people

#139

Angola:

44 per 100,000 people

#140

Marshall Islands:

44 per 100,000 people

#141

Vanuatu:

44 per 100,000 people

#142

Iceland:

40 per 100,000 people

#143

Monaco:

39 per 100,000 people

#144

Indonesia:

38 per 100,000 people

#145

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

38 per 100,000 people

#146

Guinea:

37 per 100,000 people

#147

Micronesia, Federated States of:

34 per 100,000 people

#148

Mali:

34 per 100,000 people

#149

Nigeria:

33 per 100,000 people

#150

Gambia, The:

32 per 100,000 people

#151

Solomon Islands:

31 per 100,000 people

#152

India:

29 per 100,000 people

#153

Nepal:

29 per 100,000 people

#154

Burkina Faso:

23 per 100,000 people

#155

United Arab Emirates:

0 per 100,000 people

#156

Niger:

0 per 100,000 people

#157

Cuba:

0 per 100,000 people

#158

Uganda:

0 per 100,000 people

#159

Egypt:

0 per 100,000 people

#160

Sudan:

0 per 100,000 people

#161

Ethiopia:

0 per 100,000 people

#162

Turkmenistan:

0 per 100,000 people

#163

Comoros:

0 per 100,000 people

#164

Zimbabwe:

0 per 100,000 people

Weighted average:

147.9 per 100,000 people

DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.

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