Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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Ranking Title Prison Population Total
  Moldova (Republic of) 7762
  Peru 82200
  Guatemala 21642
  Chile 42819
  Tunisia 23543
  Togo 4427
  Sao Tome e Principe 178
  Namibia 3742
  Morocco 79368
  Madagascar 22000
  Liberia 2023
  Republic of Guinea 2900
  Djibouti 600
  Cameroon 27997
  Romania 27251
  Colombia 119269
  Jamaica 3866
  French Polynesia (France) 386
  Portugal 13927
  Poland 72677
  Kosovo/Kosova 1854
  Italy 55381
  Georgia 9451
  France 68432
  Czech Republic 22739
  Belarus 29776
  United Arab Emirates 9826
  United States of America 2145100
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 907
  Brazil 650956
  Argentina 72693
  Spain 60264
  Russian Federation 627702
  Thailand 286861
  El Salvador 37570
  United Kingdom: Scotland 7459
  Slovakia 10129
  Estonia 2813
  Indonesia 210682
  Mauritius 2140
  Netherlands 10274
  Kazakhstan 36343
  Ghana 13068
  Rwanda 54279
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 185
  Guam (USA) 756
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 37
  American Samoa (USA) 201
  Serbia 10067
  Iceland 124
  India 419623
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1405
  Switzerland 6884
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 10
  Belgium 11071
  Greenland (Denmark) 126
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 85442
  Puerto Rico (USA) 12074
  Burkina Faso 7544
  Malawi 14018
  New Caledonia (France) 501
  Andorra 41
  Lebanon 6502
  Israel 21072
  Martinique (France) 946
  Guadeloupe (France) 967
  Reunion (France) 1111
  Mayotte (France) 306
  Nepal 17966
  Austria 8177
  Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 3427
  Guyana 1944
  Burundi 10049
  Tanzania 34404
  Swaziland 3610
  Angola 24165
  Botswana 3960
  Solomon Islands 435
  New Zealand 9914
  Kiribati 129
  Vietnam 130679
  Sri Lanka 16939
  Singapore 12722
  Republic of (South) Korea 57451
  Japan 56805
  Hong Kong (China) 8457
  Albania 6090
  China 1649804
  Brunei Darussalam 565
  Turkey 201177
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 877
  Congo (Brazzaville) 1240
  Ireland, Republic of 3777
  Cambodia 21989
  Australia 39152
  Ethiopia 111050
  Germany 62865
  Grenada 450
  Sweden 5245
  Denmark 3408
  Croatia 3228
  Ukraine 60771
  Greece 9621
  Panama 17197
  Vanuatu 230
  Venezuela 49664
  Seychelles 735
  Lesotho 2073
  Malaysia 51602
  Macau (China) 1296
  Sierra Leone 3341
  Niger 8525
  Kenya 53841
  Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) 20550
  Central African Republic 764
  Armenia 4873
  Mongolia 7690
  Uganda 48714
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 142
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 85
  Hungary 18208
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 95
  Bolivia 14598
  Barbados 924
  Liechtenstein 10
  Honduras 17017
  Antigua and Barbuda 375
  Philippines 142168
  Lithuania 7355
  Kuwait 4000
  St. Lucia 607
  Papua New Guinea 4864
  Fiji 1555
  Trinidad and Tobago 3700
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 224
  Kyrgyzstan 10030
  Mozambique 15976
  Iraq 42880
  Bahrain 4028
  Bhutan 1119
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 348
  Bahamas 1396
  Aruba (Netherlands) 170
  Uruguay 9996
  Nicaragua 10569
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 230
  Zambia 18560
  Mali 5209
  Monaco 28
  Iran 225624
  Dominica 219
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 46
  Virgin Islands (USA) 577
  Azerbaijan 22526
  Mexico 233469
  Latvia 4409
  Canada 40663
  Montenegro 1131
  Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 501
  Malta 569
  Tuvalu 11
  Tonga 176
  Palau 72
  Nauru 14
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Marshall Islands 35
  Bulgaria 9028
  Pakistan 80169
  Bangladesh 69719
  Cote d'Ivoire 11192
  Paraguay 12741
  St. Kitts and Nevis 219
  Maldives 1513
  Jordan 11489
  Comoros 145
  Belize 1443
  Afghanistan 26519
  Suriname 1000
  Mauritania 1768
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 581
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 161
  Finland 3174
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 56
  Dominican Republic 25129
  South Africa 161984
  Norway 3874
  Slovenia 1308
  Luxembourg 705
  Taiwan 62655
  Algeria 61000
  Senegal 9422
  Costa Rica 17440
  Haiti 10500
  Zimbabwe 18857
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 70000
  Sudan 19101
  Saudi Arabia 47000
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 119
  Libya 6187
  Gambia 1121
  Turkmenistan 30568
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 412
  Oman 1300
  Ecuador 25902
  Yemen 14000
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 1569
  Egypt 106000
  Qatar 1150
  Uzbekistan 43900
  Tajikistan 9317
  Chad 4831
  Guinea Bissau 196
  Benin 7067
  San Marino 2
  Cyprus (Republic of) 681
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  South Sudan 6504
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1722
  Syria 10599
  Gabon 3373
  Eritrea
  Equatorial Guinea 500
  Cuba 57337
  Nigeria 68259
  Somalia
  Laos 8201

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