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   India  18%
   United States  16.4%
   Mexico  8.6%
   Italy  5.6%
   Germany  4.3%
   Japan  4%
   Thailand  3.7%
   Turkey  2.9%
   United Kingdom  2.7%
   France  2.2%
   Spain  2%
   Philippines  2%
   South Africa  1.8%
   Poland  1.7%
   Colombia  1.6%
   Korea, South  1.6%
   Malaysia  1.4%
   Kazakhstan  1.2%
   Burma  1.2%
   Australia  1%


Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   India: 1,032,960 
#2   United States: 941,139 
#3   Mexico: 495,821 
#4   Italy: 322,483 
#5   Germany: 250,104 
#6   Japan: 231,700 
#7   Thailand: 215,450 
#8   Turkey: 165,833 
#9   United Kingdom: 152,576 
#10   France: 124,284 
#11   Spain: 115,656 
#12   Philippines: 112,994 
#13   South Africa: 101,582 
#14   Poland: 99,014 
#15   Colombia: 91,155 
#16   Korea, South: 90,210 
#17   Malaysia: 82,383 
#18   Kazakhstan: 69,096 
#19   Burma: 68,959 
#20   Australia: 59,812 
#21   Canada: 58,422 
#22   Czech Republic: 46,770 
#23   Nepal: 46,481 
#24   Romania: 46,345 
#25   Portugal: 45,776 
#26   Morocco: 41,977 
#27   Belgium: 36,940 
#28   Sri Lanka: 34,609 
#29   Netherlands: 34,281 
#30   Hong Kong: 33,072 
#31   Azerbaijan: 32,874 
#32   Chile: 30,090 
#33   Hungary: 29,113 
#34   Kuwait: 25,983 
#35   Austria: 24,553 
#36   Zimbabwe: 20,535 
#37   Slovakia: 20,246 
#38   Croatia: 19,924 
#39   Bolivia: 19,365 
#40   Uruguay: 18,173 
#41   Kyrgyzstan: 16,727 
#42   Sweden: 16,149 
#43   El Salvador: 16,149 
#44   Panama: 15,255 
#45   Switzerland: 14,847 
#46   Moldova: 13,766 
#47   Zambia: 12,802 
#48   Albania: 11,987 
#49   Lithuania: 11,678 
#50   Ireland: 11,642 
#51   Georgia: 11,507 
#52   Norway: 11,134 
#53   Latvia: 10,325 
#54   Denmark: 10,323 
#55   Costa Rica: 10,124 
#56   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 9,789 
#57   Mauritius: 8,967 
#58   Finland: 8,323 
#59   New Zealand: 7,165 
#60   Slovenia: 7,152 
#61   Jamaica: 7,033 
#62   Papua New Guinea: 5,462 
#63   Cyprus: 4,729 
#64   Venezuela: 3,954 
#65   Estonia: 3,633 
#66   Malta: 1,796 
#67   Luxembourg: 1,307 
#68   Iceland: 823 
#69   Dominica: 442 
#70   Maldives: 300 
#71   Montserrat: 73 
Total: 5,754,103  
Weighted average: 81,043.7  


DEFINITION: Total number of police

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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COMMENTARY     

Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

12th March 2005
Hi Aaron, the list is a compilation of available comparable data. Statistics are hard to come by, especially in developing countries where data management is poor. The specific problems with stats on crime and the policing of crime are discussed in a concise article at: http://www.iss.org.za/Pubs/CrimeIndex/01Vol5No3/Figure.html. You may like to read that.
Akshay
15th June 2005
Whoops, India has the largest police force in the world AND the largest number of acquittals?! Shows how *urgently* we need police reforms in the country.
Kaiser Soze
18th September 2005
Anik!

Police and detectives held about 840,000 jobs in 2002. About 81 percent were employed by local governments. State police agencies employed about 11 percent and various Federal agencies employed about 6 percent. A small proportion worked for educational services, rail transportation, and contract investigation and security services.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor
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