Entire world - Prison Population Totals
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| 1 |
United States of America |
2,239,751 |
| 2 |
China |
1,640,000 |
| 3 |
Russian Federation |
695,500 |
| 4 |
Brazil |
548,003 |
| 5 |
India |
372,296 |
| 6 |
Thailand |
262,077 |
| 7 |
Mexico |
242,754 |
| 8 |
Iran |
217,000 |
| 9 |
Indonesia |
151,723 |
| 10 |
South Africa |
149,959 |
| 11 |
Ukraine |
144,491 |
| 12 |
Vietnam |
130,180 |
| 13 |
Turkey |
129,506 |
| 14 |
Colombia |
116,370 |
| 15 |
Ethiopia |
112,361 |
| 16 |
Philippines |
109,045 |
| 17 |
Poland |
86,049 |
| 18 |
United Kingdom: England & Wales |
84,083 |
| 19 |
Pakistan |
74,944 |
| 20 |
Bangladesh |
72,104 |
| 21 |
Morocco |
72,000 |
| 22 |
Spain |
68,900 |
| 23 |
Japan |
68,788 |
| 24 |
France |
66,995 |
| 25 |
Taiwan |
66,163 |
| 26 |
Egypt |
c.66,000 |
| 27 |
Italy |
65,917 |
| 28 |
Germany |
65,889 |
| 29 |
Peru |
61,390 |
| 30 |
Argentina |
60,789 |
| 31 |
Myanmar (formerly Burma) |
60,053 |
| 32 |
Rwanda |
58,461 |
| 33 |
Cuba |
57,337 |
| 34 |
Algeria |
56,000 |
| 35 |
Nigeria |
52,904 |
| 36 |
Kenya |
52,000 |
| 37 |
Kazakhstan |
51,593 |
| 38 |
Venezuela |
50,000 |
| 39 |
Chile |
47,664 |
| 40 |
Saudi Arabia |
47,000 |
| 41 |
Republic of (South) Korea |
44,731 |
| 42 |
Uzbekistan |
c.42,000 |
| 43 |
Belarus |
41,525 |
| 44 |
Canada |
38,691 |
| 45 |
Azerbaijan |
37,989 |
| 46 |
Malaysia |
37,157 |
| 47 |
Iraq |
37,014 |
| 48 |
Tanzania |
36,552 |
| 49 |
Uganda |
34,000 |
| 50 |
Romania |
33,062 |
| 51 |
Australia |
29,383 |
| 52 |
El Salvador |
26,639 |
| 53 |
Afghanistan |
24,613 |
| 54 |
Cameroon |
23,368 |
| 55 |
Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) |
c.22,000 |
| 56 |
Sri Lanka |
21,216 |
| 57 |
Tunisia |
21,000 |
| 58 |
Dominican Republic |
20,969 |
| 59 |
Sudan |
20,000 |
| 60 |
Madagascar |
19,870 |
| 61 |
Angola |
19,056 |
| 62 |
Israel |
17,700 |
| 63 |
Hungary |
17,210 |
| 64 |
Zambia |
c.17,000 |
| 65 |
Zimbabwe |
16,902 |
| 66 |
Mozambique |
16,881 |
| 67 |
Czech Republic |
16,226 |
| 68 |
Cambodia |
15,065 |
| 69 |
Costa Rica |
14,963 |
| 70 |
Panama |
14,599 |
| 71 |
Yemen |
14,150 |
| 72 |
Nepal |
c.14,000 |
| 73 |
Portugal |
13,982 |
| 74 |
Netherlands |
13,749 |
| 75 |
Ghana |
13,711 |
| 76 |
Guatemala |
12,835 |
| 77 |
Greece |
12,586 |
| 78 |
Singapore |
12,504 |
| 79 |
Honduras |
12,336 |
| 80 |
Malawi |
12,033 |
| 81 |
Ecuador |
11,800 |
| 82 |
Bolivia |
11,516 |
| 83 |
Puerto Rico (USA) |
11,452 |
| 84 |
United Arab Emirates |
11,193 |
| 85 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
11,143 |
| 86 |
Serbia |
11,094 |
| 87 |
Slovakia |
11,092 |
| 88 |
Bulgaria |
10,996 |
| 89 |
Belgium |
10,974 |
| 90 |
Turkmenistan |
10,953 |
| 91 |
Syria |
10,599 |
| 92 |
Georgia |
10,491 |
| 93 |
Burundi |
10,389 |
| 94 |
Lithuania |
9,920 |
| 95 |
Haiti |
9,904 |
| 96 |
Kyrgyzstan |
9,828 |
| 97 |
Uruguay |
9,450 |
| 98 |
Tajikistan |
9,317 |
| 99 |
Hong Kong (China) |
9,297 |
| 100 |
Austria |
8,719 |
| 101 |
New Zealand |
8,623 |
| 102 |
Senegal |
8,428 |
| 103 |
Mongolia |
8,193 |
| 104 |
South Sudan |
c.8,000 |
| 105 |
United Kingdom: Scotland |
7,817 |
| 106 |
Nicaragua |
c.7,200 |
| 107 |
Niger |
c.7,000 |
| 108 |
Benin |
6,908 |
| 109 |
Switzerland |
6,599 |
| 110 |
Moldova (Republic of) |
6,583 |
| 111 |
Latvia |
6,561 |
| 112 |
Sweden |
6,364 |
| 113 |
Paraguay |
6,300 |
| 114 |
Jordan |
6,066 |
| 115 |
Mali |
5,817 |
| 116 |
Libya |
5,328 |
| 117 |
Lebanon |
5,100 |
| 118 |
Croatia |
5,064 |
| 119 |
Botswana |
c.5,063 |
| 120 |
Burkina Faso |
4,837 |
| 121 |
Chad |
4,831 |
| 122 |
Albania |
4,779 |
| 123 |
Armenia |
4,514 |
| 124 |
Jamaica |
4,500 |
| 125 |
Namibia |
4,314 |
| 126 |
Ireland, Republic of |
4,275 |
| 127 |
Kuwait |
4,179 |
| 128 |
Laos |
4,020 |
| 129 |
Republic of Guinea |
c.4,000 |
| 130 |
Togo |
3,844 |
| 131 |
Denmark |
3,829 |
| 132 |
Swaziland |
c.3,764 |
| 133 |
Norway |
3,575 |
| 134 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
3,500 |
| 135 |
Papua New Guinea |
3,467 |
| 136 |
Estonia |
3,290 |
| 137 |
Finland |
3,214 |
| 138 |
Somalia |
2,900 |
| 139 |
Gabon |
c.2,750 |
| 140 |
Mauritius |
2,663 |
| 141 |
Sierra Leone |
2,537 |
| 142 |
Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) |
2,515 |
| 143 |
Lesotho |
2,243 |
| 144 |
Guyana |
1,962 |
| 145 |
Liberia |
1,930 |
| 146 |
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland |
1,851 |
| 147 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation |
1,819 |
| 148 |
Mauritania |
1,695 |
| 149 |
Fiji |
1,537 |
| 150 |
Kosovo/Kosova |
c.1,450 |
| 151 |
Slovenia |
1,412 |
| 152 |
Oman |
1,403 |
| 153 |
Congo (Brazzaville) |
c.1,400 |
| 154 |
Montenegro |
1,328 |
| 155 |
Belize |
1,324 |
| 156 |
Bahamas |
1,300 |
| 157 |
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) |
1,226 |
| 158 |
Qatar |
c.1,150 |
| 159 |
Reunion (France) |
1,127 |
| 160 |
Bahrain |
1,100 |
| 161 |
Macau (China) |
1,083 |
| 162 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska |
1,054 |
| 163 |
Barbados |
1,032 |
| 164 |
Suriname |
1,010 |
| 165 |
Bhutan |
1,001 |
| 166 |
Gambia |
c.1,000 |
| 166 |
Maldives |
c.1,000 |
| 168 |
Martinique (France) |
954 |
| 169 |
Cyprus (Republic of) |
905 |
| 170 |
Central African Republic |
845 |
| 171 |
Guadeloupe (France) |
768 |
| 172 |
Djibouti |
750 |
| 173 |
Luxembourg |
660 |
| 174 |
French Guiana/Guyane (France) |
654 |
| 175 |
Malta |
599 |
| 176 |
Seychelles |
593 |
| 177 |
Virgin Islands (U.S.A.) |
587 |
| 178 |
Guam (USA) |
585 |
| 179 |
St. Lucia |
554 |
| 180 |
Curaçao (Netherlands) |
502 |
| 181 |
Brunei Darussalam |
485 |
| 182 |
Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) |
427 |
| 183 |
French Polynesia (France) |
426 |
| 184 |
New Caledonia (France) |
423 |
| 185 |
Grenada |
419 |
| 186 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
410 |
| 187 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
380 |
| 188 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
361 |
| 189 |
Solomon Islands |
291 |
| 190 |
Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
271 |
| 191 |
Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) |
260 |
| 192 |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
246 |
| 193 |
Dominica |
242 |
| 194 |
Mayotte (France) |
214 |
| 195 |
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
212 |
| 196 |
Greenland (Denmark) |
194 |
| 197 |
Vanuatu |
191 |
| 198 |
Sao Tome e Principe |
185 |
| 199 |
American Samoa (USA) |
167 |
| 200 |
Jersey (United Kingdom) |
165 |
| 201 |
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) |
162 |
| 202 |
Tonga |
158 |
| 203 |
Iceland |
152 |
| 204 |
St. Maarten (Netherlands) |
138 |
| 204 |
Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
138 |
| 206 |
Comoros |
c.130 |
| 207 |
Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
114 |
| 208 |
Kiribati |
106 |
| 209 |
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
105 |
| 210 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
95 |
| 211 |
Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
76 |
| 212 |
Palau |
73 |
| 213 |
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
70 |
| 214 |
Guinea Bissau |
64 |
| 215 |
Andorra |
42 |
| 216 |
Marshall Islands |
41 |
| 217 |
Monaco |
32 |
| 218 |
Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
25 |
| 219 |
Nauru |
20 |
| 220 |
Liechtenstein |
13 |
| 221 |
Tuvalu |
12 |
| 222 |
Faeroe Islands (Denmark) |
8 |
| 223 |
San Marino |
2 |
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