Countries by prison population

The World Prison Population List is the data list hosted by the by the Institute For Criminal Policy Research (ICPR). The data is published in the World Prison Brief.
The World Prison Population List is compiled from a variety of sources. In almost all cases the original source is the national prison administration of the country concerned, or else the Ministry responsible for the prison administration.
Figures for Eritrea, Somalia and the Democratic People’s Republic of (North) Korea are not available and those for China and Guinea Bissau are incomplete (see footnote to Table 3 concerning China). Also missing are prisoners held under authorities not recognised internationally and those pre-trial prisoners who are held in police facilities and not included in published national prison population totals.
World Prison Population List
Data source: Institute For Criminal Policy Research
Year: 2018
Prison population per 100000 | Prison population total | Comments | |
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655 | 2 121 600 | ![]() |
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604 | 38 714 | ![]() |
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552 | 30 452 | ![]() |
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542 | 577 | ![]() |
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526 | 364 288 | ![]() |
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510 | 57 337 | ![]() |
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499 | 1 852 | ![]() |
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482 | 270 | ![]() |
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470 | 134 | ![]() |
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464 | 61 000 | ![]() |
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438 | 1 746 | ![]() |
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437 | 423 | ![]() |
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435 | 465 | ![]() |
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426 | 469 | ![]() |
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404 | 667 | ![]() |
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402 | 582 889 | ![]() |
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395 | 87 | ![]() |
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393 | 253 | ![]() |
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393 | 220 | ![]() |
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390 | 16.183 | ![]() |
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374 | 19 226 | ![]() |
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367 | 55 | ![]() |
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364 | 34 600 | ![]() |
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356 | 1 297 | ![]() |
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345 | 193 | ![]() |
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324 | 690 722 | ![]() |
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321 | 11 078 | ![]() |
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321 | 305 | ![]() |
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319 | 209 | ![]() |
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313 | 10 475 | ![]() |
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300 | 874 | ![]() |
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298 | 1 542 | ![]() |
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295 | 7 400 | ![]() |
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289 | 211 | ![]() |
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288 | 232 886 | ![]() |
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284 | 230 000 | ![]() |
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283 | 2 200 | ![]() |
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282 | 3 610 | ![]() |
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280 | 158 111 | ![]() |
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280 | 527 | ![]() |
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276 | 17 196 | ![]() |
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270 | 87 995 | ![]() |
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270 | 3 667 | ![]() |
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268 | 9 990 | ![]() |
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265 | 62 634 | ![]() |
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249 | 726 | ![]() |
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240 | 118 708 | ![]() |
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238 | 26 286 | ![]() |
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236 | 19 325 | ![]() |
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236 | 377 | ![]() |
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235 | 23 320 | ![]() |
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235 | 6 544 | ![]() |
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234 | 3 485 | ![]() |
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233 | 42 683 | ![]() |
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232 | 82 512 | ![]() |
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229 | 48 | ![]() |
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225 | 126 | ![]() |
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222 | 37 497 | ![]() |
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216 | 18 950 | ![]() |
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216 | 970 | ![]() |
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214 | 10 435 | ![]() |
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212 | 7 510 | ![]() |
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211 | 814 | ![]() |
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210 | 1 889 | ![]() |
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208 | 4 343 | ![]() |
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208 | 1 371 | ![]() |
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205 | 21 806 | ![]() |
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204 | 400 | ![]() |
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201 | 11 691 | ![]() |
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199 | 13 607 | ![]() |
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199 | 569 | ![]() |
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197 | 61 000 | ![]() |
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197 | 15 700 | ![]() |
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195 | 3 765 | ![]() |
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195 | 2 575 | ![]() |
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194 | 73 524 | ![]() |
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194 | 2 499 | ![]() |
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193 | 543 | ![]() |
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191 | 10 415 | ![]() |
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191 | 3 373 | ![]() |
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188 | 5 407 | ![]() |
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186 | 81 975 | ![]() |
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186 | 33 989 | ![]() |
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183 | 1 000 | ![]() |
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181 | 20 755 | ![]() |
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180 | 1 123 | ![]() |
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179 | 188 278 | ![]() |
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178 | 57 096 | ![]() |
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177 | 55 413 | ![]() |
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176 | 28 414 | ![]() |
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173 | 16 947 | ![]() |
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172 | 42 942 | ![]() |
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171 | 10 574 | ![]() |
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166 | 176 | ![]() |
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165 | 170 | ![]() |
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165 | 109 | ![]() |
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165 | 56 | ![]() |
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164 | 204 422 | ![]() |
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157 | 56 246 | ![]() |
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157 | 6 000 | ![]() |
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156 | 17 946 | ![]() |
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154 | 10 807 | ![]() |
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153 | 62 | ![]() |
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150 | 43 900 | ![]() |
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146 | 60 000 | ![]() |
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146 | 25 000 | ![]() |
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145 | 79 668 | ![]() |
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145 | 1 119 | ![]() |
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143 | 7 771 | ![]() |
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141 | 24 386 | ![]() |
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141 | 2 931 | ![]() |
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140 | 14 | ![]() |
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140 | 83 014 | ![]() |
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138 | 3 866 | ![]() |
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137 | 130 002 | ![]() |
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134 | 565 | ![]() |
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133 | 588 | ![]() |
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130 | 1 148 | ![]() |
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129 | 54 059 | ![]() |
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127 | 113 727 | ![]() |
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127 | 13 065 | ![]() |
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127 | 132 | ![]() |
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126 | 59 087 | ![]() |
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126 | 45 000 | ![]() |
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126 | 6 330 | ![]() |
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125 | 9 028 | ![]() |
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125 | 106 | ![]() |
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122 | 130 | ![]() |
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121 | 29 341 | ![]() |
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121 | 9 317 | ![]() |
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120 | 19 521 | ![]() |
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119 | 8 201 | ![]() |
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119 | 3 536 | ![]() |
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118 | 1 649 804 | ![]() |
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118 | 308 | ![]() |
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117 | 251 | ![]() |
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116 | 106 000 | ![]() |
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114 | 41 145 | ![]() |
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113 | 129 | ![]() |
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112 | 8 306 | ![]() |
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111 | 21 527 | ![]() |
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110 | 11 | ![]() |
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109 | 55 198 | ![]() |
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108 | 54 000 | ![]() |
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107 | 650 | ![]() |
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104 | 9 826 | ![]() |
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102 | 3 099 | ![]() |
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100 | 65 084 | ![]() |
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99 | 6 187 | ![]() |
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98 | 59 135 | ![]() |
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98 | 8 692 | ![]() |
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97 | 10 409 | ![]() |
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96 | 10 512 | ![]() |
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95 | 1 648 | ![]() |
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94 | 20 598 | ![]() |
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93 | 248 765 | ![]() |
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93 | 24 000 | ![]() |
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92 | 2 073 | ![]() |
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88 | 30 000 | ![]() |
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88 | 10 073 | ![]() |
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84 | 10 093 | ![]() |
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83 | 710 | ![]() |
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82 | 20 954 | ![]() |
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81 | 6 863 | ![]() |
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80 | 14 795 | ![]() |
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78 | 3 816 | ![]() |
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78 | 3 190 | ![]() |
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78 | 477 | ![]() |
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76 | 12 500 | ![]() |
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76 | 29 | ![]() |
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76 | 1 435 | ![]() |
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75 | 62 194 | ![]() |
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73 | 1 722 | ![]() |
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71 | 192 | ![]() |
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69 | 52 | ![]() |
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68 | 7 890 | ![]() |
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66 | 16 127 | ![]() |
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66 | 600 | ![]() |
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66 | 35 | ![]() |
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66 | 863 | ![]() |
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65 | 18 881 | ![]() |
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64 | 4 859 | ![]() |
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64 | 1 333 | ![]() |
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63 | 4 945 | ![]() |
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63 | 3 635 | ![]() |
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63 | 3 373 | ![]() |
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63 | 500 | ![]() |
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61 | 18 185 | ![]() |
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61 | 10 464 | ![]() |
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59 | 8 000 | ![]() |
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59 | 5 979 | ![]() |
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58 | 31 382 | ![]() |
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58 | 4 519 | ![]() |
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58 | 1 121 | ![]() |
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53 | 88 424 | ![]() |
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53 | 14 000 | ![]() |
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53 | 10 383 | ![]() |
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52 | 21 000 | ![]() |
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52 | 6 504 | ![]() |
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51 | 15 063 | ![]() |
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51 | 2 842 | ![]() |
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51 | 659 | ![]() |
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47 | 2 211 | ![]() |
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46 | 1 920 | ![]() |
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43 | 83 718 | ![]() |
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41 | 51 805 | ![]() |
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41 | 7 670 | ![]() |
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37 | 73 631 | ![]() |
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37 | 131 | ![]() |
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36 | 1 300 | ![]() |
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33 | 419 623 | ![]() |
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33 | 5 209 | ![]() |
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29 | 20 550 | ![]() |
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27 | 1 240 | ![]() |
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27 | 10 | ![]() |
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25 | 3 200 | ![]() |
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23 | 191 | ![]() |
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16 | 764 | ![]() |
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12 | 6 | ![]() |
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10 | 196 | ![]() |
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