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

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   United States: 715 per 100,000 people 
# 2   Russia: 584 per 100,000 people 
# 3   Belarus: 554 per 100,000 people 
# 4   Palau: 523 per 100,000 people 
# 5   Belize: 459 per 100,000 people 
# 6   Suriname: 437 per 100,000 people 
# 7   Dominica: 420 per 100,000 people 
# 8   Ukraine: 416 per 100,000 people 
# 9   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 
= 18   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 
= 43   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 
= 49   Brazil: 169 per 100,000 people 
= 51   Slovakia: 165 per 100,000 people 
= 51   Hungary: 165 per 100,000 people 
= 53   Malaysia: 161 per 100,000 people 
= 53   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 
= 62   Nicaragua: 143 per 100,000 people 
= 64   Madagascar: 130 per 100,000 people 
= 64   Portugal: 130 per 100,000 people 
= 66   Cameroon: 129 per 100,000 people 
= 66   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 
= 73   Australia: 116 per 100,000 people 
= 73   Tanzania: 116 per 100,000 people 
# 76   Netherlands: 112 per 100,000 people 
= 77   Luxembourg: 111 per 100,000 people 
= 77   Kenya: 111 per 100,000 people 
= 79   Central African Republic: 110 per 100,000 people 
= 79   Algeria: 110 per 100,000 people 
= 79   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 
= 84   Jordan: 106 per 100,000 people 
= 86   Albania: 105 per 100,000 people 
= 86   Sri Lanka: 105 per 100,000 people 
# 88   Peru: 104 per 100,000 people 
= 89   Kuwait: 102 per 100,000 people 
= 89   Bolivia: 102 per 100,000 people 
= 91   Austria: 100 per 100,000 people 
= 91   Italy: 100 per 100,000 people 
# 93   Germany: 96 per 100,000 people 
= 94   Qatar: 95 per 100,000 people 
= 94   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 
= 98   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 
= 102   Greece: 83 per 100,000 people 
= 104   Benin: 81 per 100,000 people 
= 104   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 
= 108   Paraguay: 75 per 100,000 people 
= 110   Switzerland: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 110   Denmark: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 110   Malta: 72 per 100,000 people 
= 113   Vietnam: 71 per 100,000 people 
= 113   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 
= 118   Croatia: 64 per 100,000 people 
# 120   Djibouti: 61 per 100,000 people 
= 121   Ecuador: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 121   Pakistan: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 121   Slovenia: 59 per 100,000 people 
= 124   Tuvalu: 56 per 100,000 people 
= 124   Kiribati: 56 per 100,000 people 
= 126   Senegal: 54 per 100,000 people 
= 126   Japan: 54 per 100,000 people 
= 128   Haiti: 53 per 100,000 people 
= 128   Liechtenstein: 53 per 100,000 people 
# 130   Ghana: 52 per 100,000 people 
= 131   Mozambique: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 131   Bangladesh: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 131   Cyprus: 50 per 100,000 people 
= 134   Nauru: 48 per 100,000 people 
= 134   Mauritania: 48 per 100,000 people 
= 136   Chad: 46 per 100,000 people 
= 136   Togo: 46 per 100,000 people 
# 138   Cambodia: 45 per 100,000 people 
= 139   Angola: 44 per 100,000 people 
= 139   Marshall Islands: 44 per 100,000 people 
= 139   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 
= 144   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 
= 147   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 
= 152   Nepal: 29 per 100,000 people 
# 154   Burkina Faso: 23 per 100,000 people 
= 155   United Arab Emirates: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Niger: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Cuba: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Uganda: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Egypt: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Sudan: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Ethiopia: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Turkmenistan: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   Comoros: 0 per 100,000 people 
= 155   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.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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COMMENTARY     

B Smart
16th December 2009 		China isn't even on this list. I would not rely on this list as "reliable data."
Boomer
2nd December 2009 		@Michael Lovett
It's probably because we (United States) don't get reliable data from those nations.
Michael Lovett
29th July 2009 		I noticed that Egypt, #155, is listed as having no prisoners out of 100,000 in population, tied with other countries like Cuba and Zimbabwe. How is that explained?
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Priya
22nd February 2005 		Check again
Priya
22nd February 2005 		Just checking - ignore this Suchita
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