Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate

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Data shown in the highest to lowest lists are the most recent available but not necessarily from the same date. Please click on each individual country to see the date to which the data refer. As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists.

Ranking Title Prison Population Rate
  Tunisia 267
  India 37
  South Africa 260
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 196
  Ecuador 195
  Seychelles 392
  Bangladesh 45
  New Zealand 199
  Macau (China) 190
  Guam (USA) 530
  Brazil 416
  Spain 121
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 186
  Paraguay 257
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 262
  Uganda 150
  Switzerland 77
  Nepal 93
  United States of America 542
  Portugal 120
  Albania 188
  Panama 527
  Chile 325
  Hong Kong (China) 135
  Belize 302
  Liberia 60
  Moldova (Republic of) 255
  Romania 129
  Thailand 395
  Singapore 178
  Aruba (Netherlands) 233
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 24
  Greenland (Denmark) 294
  Poland 190
  Georgia 262
  Estonia 115
  Taiwan 264
  Peru 299
  Burundi 85
  Belgium 109
  Norway 54
  Czech Republic 179
  Cambodia 320
  Zimbabwe 147
  Eswatini/Swaziland 369
  Japan 33
  Haiti 59
  United Kingdom: Scotland 149
  Indonesia 97
  Mexico 186
  Colombia 200
  Nigeria 35
  Martinique (France) 298
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 324
  Reunion (France) 166
  Turkey 488
  Slovenia 73
  Lesotho 117
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 140
  Italy 107
  Ireland, Republic of 99
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 136
  France 123
  Austria 104
  Sri Lanka 159
  Mauritius 226
  New Caledonia (France) 193
  Guadeloupe (France) 245
  Mayotte (France) 207
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 109
  Slovakia 150
  Dominican Republic 219
  Ghana 41
  Dominica 356
  Angola 65
  Sao Tome e Principe 129
  Argentina 284
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 169
  Niger 55
  Vanuatu 68
  Rwanda 620
  Senegal 76
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 467
  Tajikistan 145
  Maldives 225
  Kazakhstan 163
  Yemen 14
  Uruguay 449
  Ukraine 116
  North Macedonia 142
  Liechtenstein 20
  Iceland 35
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 49
  Andorra 71
  Croatia 115
  Bulgaria 99
  Morocco 267
  Sweden 92
  Germany 71
  Azerbaijan 264
  Denmark 69
  Bahamas 336
  Gabon 226
  Virgin Islands (USA) 251
  Central African Republic 52
  Serbia 177
  Luxembourg 91
  Latvia 175
  Finland 54
  Armenia 83
  Palau 367
  Fiji 248
  Suriname 134
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 156
  Guinea (Republic of) 38
  Chad 56
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 304
  Netherlands 64
  Montenegro 168
  San Marino 44
  Monaco 81
  Hungary 196
  Australia 163
  Somalia (Federal Republic of) 16
  Kuwait 101
  El Salvador 1659
  French Polynesia (France) 200
  Canada 90
  Papua New Guinea 57
  Nauru 345
  Tonga 516
  Lithuania 156
  Malta 119
  Greece 98
  Cyprus (Republic of) 107
  Afghanistan 54
  St. Lucia 310
  Grenada 324
  Solomon Islands 74
  Malaysia 256
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 304
  Costa Rica 345
  Benin 144
  Honduras 188
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 361
  Barbados 240
  Zambia 137
  Mozambique 63
  Cote d'Ivoire 94
  Cameroon 118
  Pakistan 45
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 79
  Puerto Rico (USA) 177
  Sierra Leone 52
  Lebanon 141
  Madagascar 101
  Philippines 149
  Guyana 288
  Kenya 103
  Vietnam 135
  Jordan 194
  Kosovo/Kosova 99
  Libya 269
  Comoros 46
  Guatemala 123
  Mali 48
  Bolivia 252
  Democratic Republic of Congo 46
  Israel 217
  Qatar 69
  Uzbekistan 85
  South Sudan 58
  Cuba 794
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 426
  Tanzania 41
  Burkina Faso 38
  Egypt 113
  Republic of (South) Korea 115
  Kyrgyzstan 112
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240
  Trinidad and Tobago 276
  St. Kitts and Nevis 296
  Jamaica 125
  Mauritania 57
  Botswana 161
  Russian Federation 300
  Gambia 22
  Samoa 179
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55
  American Samoa (USA) 538
  Iraq 179
  Venezuela 199
  Mongolia 166
  Equatorial Guinea 63
  Togo 59
  Algeria 217
  Malawi 78
  Namibia 318
  Laos 166
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183
  Guinea Bissau 31
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 273
  Turkmenistan 576
  China 119
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 200
  Djibouti 74
  Saudi Arabia 207
  Congo (Republic of) 27
  Brunei Darussalam 143
  Iran 228
  Belarus 345
  Marshall Islands 66
  Nicaragua 332
  Bahrain 234
  Sudan 52
  Ethiopia 99
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 113
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 46
  Tuvalu 110
  Micronesia, Federated States of 127
  Bhutan 145
  United Arab Emirates 104
  Syria 60