Countries by prison population

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Prison population per 100000 Prison population total Comments
United States
655 2 121 600 Data refer to 2016.
El Salvador
604 38 714 Data refer to 2018.
Turkmenistan
552 30 452 Data refer to 2017.
United States Virgin Islands
542 577 Data refer to 2013.
Thailand
526 364 288 Data refer to 2018.
Cuba
510 57 337 Data refer to 2012.
Maldives
499 1 852 Data refer to 2017.
Northern Mariana Islands
482 270 Data refer to 2017.
British Virgin Islands
470 134 Data refer to 2014.
Rwanda
464 61 000 Data refer to 2017. The prison population of Rwanda still includes many thousands detained in connection with the genocide of 1994.
Bahamas
438 1 746 Data refer to 2017.
Seychelles
437 423 Data refer to 2018.
Grenada
435 465 Data refer to 2016.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
426 469 Data refer to 2018.
Guam
404 667 Data refer to 2017.
Russia
402 582 889 Data refer to 2018.
Palau
395 87 Data refer to 2017.
Cayman Islands
393 253 Data refer to 2018.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
393 220 Data refer to 2017.
Panama
390 16.183 Data refer to 2018.
Costa Rica
374 19 226 Data refer to 2017.
Anguilla
367 55 Data refer to 2018.
Belarus
364 34 600 Data refer to 2016.
Belize
356 1 297 Data refer to 2017.
American Samoa
345 193 Data refer to 2017.
Brazil
324 690 722 Data refer to 2018.
Uruguay
321 11 078 Data refer to 2017.
Antigua and Barbuda
321 305 Data refer to 2018.
Bermuda
319 209 Data refer to 2015.
Puerto Rico
313 10 475 Data refer to 2017.
Barbados
300 874 Data refer to 2018.
Cape Verde
298 1 542 Data refer to 2017.
Namibia
295 7 400 Data refer to 2016. Approximately.
Dominica
289 211 Data refer to 2016.
Turkey
288 232 886 Data refer to 2018.
Iran
284 230 000 Data refer to 2017.
Guyana
283 2 200 Data refer to 2018.
Swaziland
282 3 610 Data refer to 2015.
South Africa
280 158 111 Data refer to 2017.
Saint Lucia
280 527 Data refer to 2017.
Nicaragua
276 17 196 Data refer to 2017.
Peru
270 87 995 Data refer to 2018.
Trinidad and Tobago
270 3 667 Data refer to 2015.
Georgia
268 9 990 Data refer to 2018. The figures for Georgia do not include prisoners in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which have declared internationally unrecognised independence from Georgia.
Taiwan
265 62 634 Data refer to 2018.
French Guiana
249 726 Data refer to 2018.
Colombia
240 118 708 Data refer to 2018.
Dominican Republic
238 26 286 Data refer to 2018.
Israel
236 19 325 Data refer to 2017.
Curaçao
236 377 Data refer to 2016.
Azerbaijan
235 23 320 Data refer to 2018.
Lithuania
235 6 544 Data refer to 2018.
Bahrain
234 3 485 Data refer to 2017.
Chile
233 42 683 Data refer to 2018.
Morocco
232 82 512 Data refer to 2018.
Cook Islands
229 48 Data refer to 2016.
Greenland
225 126 Data refer to 2016.
Ecuador
222 37 497 Data refer to 2018.
Honduras
216 18 950 Data refer to 2017.
Guadeloupe
216 970 Data refer to 2018.
New Zealand
214 10 435 Data refer to 2018.
Moldova
212 7 510 Data refer to 2018. The figures for Moldova do not include prisoners in the internationally unrecognised territory that has declared independence from Moldova and is known variously as Transdniestria, Transnistria or Pridnestrovie. The territory is reported to have contained 2,840 prisoners in 2014.
Martinique
211 814 Data refer to 2018.
Fiji
210 1 889 Data refer to 2016.
Botswana
208 4 343 Data refer to 2017.
Macau
208 1 371 Data refer to 2018.
Czech Republic
205 21 806 Data refer to 2018.
Samoa
204 400 Data refer to 2017.
Singapore
201 11 691 Data refer to 2017.
Paraguay
199 13 607 Data refer to 2017.
French Polynesia
199 569 Data refer to 2018.
Saudi Arabia
197 61 000 Data refer to 2017.
Jordan
197 15 700 Data refer to 2018.
Latvia
195 3 765 Data refer to 2018.
Estonia
195 2 575 Data refer to 2018.
Poland
194 73 524 Data refer to 2018.
Mauritius
194 2 499 Data refer to 2018.
New Caledonia
193 543 Data refer to 2018.
Slovakia
191 10 415 Data refer to 2018.
Gabon
191 3 373 Data refer to 2015.
Albania
188 5 407 Data refer to 2018.
Argentina
186 81 975 Data refer to 2016.
Kazakhstan
186 33 989 Data refer to 2018.
Suriname
183 1 000 Data refer to 2014. Approximately.
Tunisia
181 20 755 Data refer to 2017.
Montenegro
180 1 123 Data refer to 2016.
Philippines
179 188 278 Data refer to 2018.
Venezuela
178 57 096 Data refer to 2017.
Malaysia
177 55 413 Data refer to 2017.
Cambodia
176 28 414 Data refer to 2017.
Hungary
173 16 947 Data refer to 2018.
Australia
172 42 942 Data refer to 2018.
Kyrgyzstan
171 10 574 Data refer to 2018.
Tonga
166 176 Data refer to 2014.
Aruba
165 170 Data refer to 2014.
Guernsey
165 109 Data refer to 2018.
Gibraltar
165 56 Data refer to 2016.
Mexico
164 204 422 Data refer to 2018.
Ukraine
157 56 246 Data refer to 2018. The 2015 and 2018 figures for Ukraine do not include prisoners in Crimea and Sebastopol and those areas of Donetsk and Luhansk that are not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities.
Kuwait
157 6 000 Data refer to 2018.
Bolivia
156 17 946 Data refer to 2018.
Serbia
154 10 807 Data refer to 2018.
Sint Maarten
153 62 Data refer to 2018.
Uzbekistan
150 43 900 Data refer to 2014. Approximately.
Algeria
146 60 000 Data refer to 2017. Approximately.
Zambia
146 25 000 Data refer to 2017.
Myanmar
145 79 668 Data refer to 2017.
Bhutan
145 1 119 Data refer to 2014.
Scotland
143 7 771 Data refer to 2018.
Guatemala
141 24 386 Data refer to 2018.
Macedonia
141 2 931 Data refer to 2018.
Nauru
140 14 Data refer to 2014.
England and Wales
140 83 014 Data refer to 2018.
Jamaica
138 3 866 Data refer to 2016.
Vietnam
137 130 002 Data refer to 2017.
Brunei
134 565 Data refer to 2015.
Malta
133 588 Data refer to 2017.
Réunion
130 1 148 Data refer to 2018.
Uganda
129 54 059 Data refer to 2017.
Ethiopia
127 113 727 Data refer to 2013-2014.
Portugal
127 13 065 Data refer to 2018.
Federated States of Micronesia
127 132 Data refer to 2014.
Spain
126 59 087 Data refer to 2018.
Iraq
126 45 000 Data refer to 2015.
Lebanon
126 6 330 Data refer to 2017.
Bulgaria
125 9 028 Data refer to 2014.
Isle of Man
125 106 Data refer to 2018.
Jersey
122 130 Data refer to 2018.
Cameroon
121 29 341 Data refer to 2016.
Tajikistan
121 9 317 Data refer to 2010.
Zimbabwe
120 19 521 Data refer to 2017.
Laos
119 8 201 Data refer to 2016.
Armenia
119 3 536 Data refer to 2018.
China
118 1 649 804 Data refer to 2015. The China figures are for sentenced prisoners only. Figures for pre-trial detention and other forms of detention are not available; more than 650,000 were so held in 2009 (Supreme People’s Procuratorate).
Mayotte
118 308 Data refer to 2018.
São Tomé and Príncipe
117 251 Data refer to 2017.
Egypt
116 106 000 Data refer to 2016. Approximately.
Canada
114 41 145 Data refer to 2015-2016.
Kiribati
113 129 Data refer to 2016.
Hong Kong
112 8 306 Data refer to 2018.
Romania
111 21 527 Data refer to 2018.
Tuvalu
110 11 Data refer to 2014.
South Korea
109 55 198 Data refer to 2017.
Kenya
108 54 000 Data refer to 2018.
Luxembourg
107 650 Data refer to 2018.
United Arab Emirates
104 9 826 Data refer to 2014.
Mongolia
102 3 099 Data refer to 2017.
France
100 65 084 Data refer to 2018. The figures for France are those for Metropolitan France. Those for French departments and territories in Africa, the Americas and Oceania are shown under those continents in tables 1, 2 and 5.
Libya
99 6 187 Data refer to 2014.
Italy
98 59 135 Data refer to 2018.
Austria
98 8 692 Data refer to 2018.
Greece
97 10 409 Data refer to 2018.
Haiti
96 10 512 Data refer to 2017.
Kosovo
95 1 648 Data refer to 2016.
Sri Lanka
94 20 598 Data refer to 2017.
Indonesia
93 248 765 Data refer to 2018.
Angola
93 24 000 Data refer to 2016.
Lesotho
92 2 073 Data refer to 2014.
Afghanistan
88 30 000 Data refer to 2017.
Belgium
88 10 073 Data refer to 2018.
Burundi
84 10 093 Data refer to 2017.
Cyprus
83 710 Data refer to 2016. The figures for Cyprus do not include prisoners in the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). There were 443 prisoners in TRNC in September 2017.
Madagascar
82 20 954 Data refer to 2017.
Switzerland
81 6 863 Data refer to 2017.
Malawi
80 14 795 Data refer to 2017.
Ireland
78 3 816 Data refer to 2018.
Croatia
78 3 190 Data refer to 2018.
Solomon Islands
78 477 Data refer to 2017.
Senegal
76 12 500 Data refer to 2018.
Monaco
76 29 Data refer to 2018. By agreement with France, some persons imprisoned by Monaco may be held in French prisons.
Northern Ireland
76 1 435 Data refer to 2018.
Germany
75 62 194 Data refer to 2018.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation
73 1 722 Data refer to 2014.
Vanuatu
71 192 Data refer to 2016.
Andorra
69 52 Data refer to 2018.
Benin
68 7 890 Data refer to 2017.
Ivory Coast
66 16 127 Data refer to 2017.
Djibouti
66 600 Data refer to 2016. Approximately.
Marshall Islands
66 35 Data refer to 2014.
Republika Srpska
66 863 Data refer to 2017.
Nepal
65 18 881 Data refer to 2017.
Togo
64 4 859 Data refer to 2017.
Slovenia
64 1 333 Data refer to 2018.
Papua New Guinea
63 4 945 Data refer to 2016.
Denmark
63 3 635 Data refer to 2018.
Norway
63 3 373 Data refer to 2018.
Equatorial Guinea
63 500 Data refer to 2015. Approximately.
Mozambique
61 18 185 Data refer to 2017.
Netherlands
61 10 464 Data refer to 2017.
Chad
59 8 000 Data refer to 2015.
Sweden
59 5 979 Data refer to 2017.
Tanzania
58 31 382 Data refer to 2015.
Sierra Leone
58 4 519 Data refer to 2018.
The Gambia
58 1 121 Data refer to 2014.
Bangladesh
53 88 424 Data refer to 2018.
Yemen
53 14 000 Data refer to 2013. Approximately.
Niger
53 10 383 Data refer to 2015.
Sudan
52 21 000 Data refer to 2017. Approximately.
South Sudan
52 6 504 Data refer to 2015.
Ghana
51 15 063 Data refer to 2018.
Finland
51 2 842 Data refer to 2018.
East Timor
51 659 Data refer to 2017.
Liberia
47 2 211 Data refer to 2017.
Mauritania
46 1 920 Data refer to 2016.
Pakistan
43 83 718 Data refer to 2018.
Japan
41 51 805 Data refer to 2018.
Burkina Faso
41 7 670 Data refer to 2016.
Nigeria
37 73 631 Data refer to 2018.
Iceland
37 131 Data refer to 2018.
Oman
36 1 300 Data refer to 2013.
India
33 419 623 Data refer to 2015.
Mali
33 5 209 Data refer to 2014.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
29 20 550 Data refer to 2015. Approximately.
Republic of the Congo
27 1 240 Data refer to 2014. Approximately.
Liechtenstein
27 10 Data refer to 2016. By agreement with Austria and Switzerland, some persons imprisoned by Liechtenstein may be held in prisons in those countries.
Guinea
25 3 200 Data refer to 2017. Approximately.
Comoros
23 191 Data refer to 2017.
Central African Republic
16 764 Data refer to 2015.
Faroe Islands
12 6 Data refer to 2017.
Guinea-Bissau
10 196 Data refer to 2017. The Guinea Bissau total is for three prisons only. Figures for pre-trial prisoners held in police custody are not available.
San Marino
- 3 Data refer to 2018. The figures for San Marino do not show prison population rates because, by agreement with Italy, most persons imprisoned by San Marino are held in Italian prisons and the number of such prisoners is not available.