World Prison Brief

Institute for Criminal Policy Research

Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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Ranking Title Prison Population Total
  Puerto Rico (USA) 12327
  Palau 72
  Marshall Islands 35
  Kosovo/Kosova 1816
  Greece 11988
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 726
  Morocco 76000
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 453
  Macau (China) 1223
  Jordan 10089
  Bahrain 4028
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 161
  Nicaragua 9800
  Ireland, Republic of 3680
  Estonia 2842
  Peru 74486
  Chile 43240
  Mexico 255138
  Dominican Republic 24832
  South Africa 159241
  Mauritius 2123
  Slovenia 1511
  Norway 3710
  Luxembourg 631
  Georgia 10493
  Finland 3105
  Hong Kong (China) 8284
  Namibia 3560
  Portugal 14269
  El Salvador 31433
  Malta 582
  Azerbaijan 22526
  Solomon Islands 323
  Hungary 17716
  Taiwan 63108
  Vietnam 142636
  China 1657812
  United States of America 2217000
  Guyana 1998
  Senegal 8630
  United Kingdom: Scotland 7716
  Slovakia 10087
  Russian Federation 644696
  Romania 28487
  Poland 73062
  Italy 52389
  Czech Republic 20421
  Thailand 314303
  Colombia 121257
  France 66864
  Moldova (Republic of) 7643
  Guatemala 19021
  Turkey 165033
  Panama 15508
  Haiti 10266
  Zimbabwe 18857
  Sri Lanka 19774
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1632
  Spain 64271
  Kazakhstan 47939
  Singapore 12596
  Argentina 64288
  Iran 225624
  Virgin Islands (USA) 577
  Turkmenistan 30568
  Tunisia 23686
  Liberia 1719
  Republic of Guinea 2600
  Gambia 914
  Canada 37864
  Indonesia 161692
  Cambodia 16497
  Nepal 16813
  Uganda 45092
  Swaziland 3616
  Zambia 17160
  Libya 6187
  Mayotte (France) 173
  Reunion (France) 1022
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 60000
  Brunei Darussalam 554
  Mongolia 7773
  Sao Tome e Principe 201
  Mauritania 1768
  Mali 4963
  Djibouti 600
  Kenya 54154
  Uzbekistan 46200
  Tajikistan 9317
  Kyrgyzstan 10060
  Sudan 19101
  Niger 7116
  Mozambique 15663
  Madagascar 18719
  Pakistan 80169
  Egypt 62000
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 190
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 175
  American Samoa (USA) 212
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 85892
  Ukraine 71089
  Albania 5508
  Montenegro 1083
  Monaco 23
  Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 3034
  Lithuania 8848
  Germany 63628
  Denmark 3481
  Bulgaria 9028
  Andorra 55
  Belarus 29000
  Tuvalu 11
  Tonga 176
  Papua New Guinea 4580
  New Caledonia (France) 459
  Nauru 14
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Guam (USA) 797
  French Polynesia (France) 451
  Fiji 1520
  Bangladesh 69719
  Brazil 607731
  Bolivia 14587
  Maldives 1200
  Lebanon 6012
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Afghanistan 26519
  Venezuela 55007
  Suriname 1000
  Paraguay 10949
  Honduras 16331
  Greenland (Denmark) 116
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 230
  Belize 1545
  Barbados 884
  Bahamas 1396
  Aruba (Netherlands) 170
  Antigua and Barbuda 331
  Togo 4493
  Seychelles 735
  Lesotho 2073
  Comoros 233
  New Zealand 8641
  Australia 35804
  Switzerland 6923
  Sweden 5779
  Belgium 11769
  Austria 8241
  Israel 18658
  Rwanda 55618
  Kiribati 120
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 86
  Armenia 3923
  Costa Rica 17440
  Algeria 60220
  Serbia 10031
  San Marino 2
  Liechtenstein 7
  Iceland 147
  Cyprus (Republic of) 811
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 940
  Croatia 3853
  United Arab Emirates 11193
  Saudi Arabia 47000
  Oman 1300
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 133
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 96
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 48
  India 411992
  Uruguay 9632
  Ecuador 25902
  Malawi 12156
  Yemen 14000
  Iraq 45634
  Sierra Leone 3792
  Netherlands 12638
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 9
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1883
  Syria 10599
  Qatar 1150
  Kuwait 2900
  South Sudan 7500
  Guinea Bissau 92
  Benin 7247
  Angola 21634
  Vanuatu 194
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 25
  Gabon 3500
  Equatorial Guinea 1000
  Eritrea
  Martinique (France) 949
  Guadeloupe (France) 913
  Jamaica 4050
  St. Kitts and Nevis 334
  Ghana 14297
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 119
  Philippines 120076
  Republic of (South) Korea 50800
  Malaysia 49200
  Japan 61794
  Cuba 57337
  Nigeria 57121
  Dominica 238
  Burundi 8646
  Tanzania 34196
  Latvia 4745
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 57
  Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 481
  Trinidad and Tobago 3481
  Cote d'Ivoire 10850
  Congo (Brazzaville) 1240
  Burkina Faso 6251
  Botswana 3826
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 1434
  St. Lucia 634
  Somalia 3450
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 348
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 412
  Grenada 456
  Chad 4831
  Cameroon 25337
  Central African Republic 845
  Bhutan 1084
  Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) 22000
  Ethiopia 93044
  Laos 4020

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