Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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Ranking Title Prison Population Total
  Iceland 140
  Jordan 19140
  Taiwan 55723
  Sri Lanka 27063
  Indonesia 268685
  Mexico 234067
  Guatemala 23582
  Ecuador 31422
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2100
  Senegal 13185
  Chile 51821
  Nigeria 81742
  Ghana 15271
  Burundi 12213
  Macau (China) 1339
  Nepal 27550
  Bangladesh 77203
  Uruguay 14965
  Bolivia 25000
  Guam (USA) 820
  Costa Rica 15700
  Croatia 4073
  Spain 54197
  North Macedonia 2525
  Liechtenstein 6
  Bulgaria 6501
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 524
  Andorra 60
  Dominica 240
  Czech Republic 19717
  Albania 4862
  New Caledonia (France) 592
  Martinique (France) 1000
  Guadeloupe (France) 872
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 958
  Mayotte (France) 605
  France 74513
  Seychelles 387
  United Kingdom: Scotland 7916
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1901
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 87063
  Slovenia 1494
  Slovakia 10042
  Portugal 12659
  Poland 77241
  Norway 2923
  Italy 58428
  Ireland, Republic of 4629
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 79
  Georgia 9738
  Estonia 1968
  Colombia 102168
  Sweden 8635
  Germany 56325
  Azerbaijan 24698
  Paraguay 17006
  Austria 8798
  Reunion (France) 1249
  Israel 16100
  Dominican Republic 25461
  Uganda 76272
  Mauritius 2479
  Serbia 10787
  Luxembourg 705
  Latvia 3229
  Finland 2839
  Armenia 2357
  Netherlands 11447
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 153
  Turkey 341497
  San Marino 3
  Montenegro 1026
  Monaco 27
  Moldova (Republic of) 6084
  Australia 41155
  Uzbekistan 29000
  Qatar 1644
  Kuwait 4500
  Hong Kong (China) 7751
  Panama 22239
  South Sudan 8400
  United States of America 1767200
  Liberia 3000
  Cuba 90000
  El Salvador 71000
  Belize 1199
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 392
  Peru 92351
  Malta 589
  Greece 10526
  Cyprus (Republic of) 947
  Belgium 11326
  Morocco 97204
  Kyrgyzstan 7633
  Republic of (South) Korea 52940
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 12
  Greenland (Denmark) 136
  Honduras 19619
  Rwanda 84710
  Madagascar 28830
  Cote d'Ivoire 25121
  Cameroon 32003
  Burkina Faso 8369
  Afghanistan 14000
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 36
  Egypt 120000
  Pakistan 87712
  Malaysia 72437
  Lebanon 9500
  Cambodia 38050
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 114
  Trinidad and Tobago 3802
  St. Lucia 514
  St. Kitts and Nevis 160
  Puerto Rico (USA) 7176
  Jamaica 3559
  Grenada 379
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 189
  Barbados 743
  Aruba (Netherlands) 254
  Antigua and Barbuda 233
  Zimbabwe 22114
  Zambia 24000
  Tanzania 32671
  Sierra Leone 4801
  Mauritania 2826
  Eswatini/Swaziland 3405
  Botswana 3971
  Benin 14190
  Singapore 9536
  French Polynesia (France) 509
  Romania 23590
  New Zealand 8610
  Guyana 2156
  Lithuania 4955
  Thailand 262319
  Russian Federation 433006
  Philippines 180826
  Kenya 58887
  Angola 24966
  Ukraine 48038
  Canada 32261
  Argentina 114074
  Vanuatu 195
  India 554034
  South Africa 151755
  Gambia 543
  Samoa 358
  Maldives 1700
  Japan 45714
  Mali 8670
  Brazil 835643
  Kazakhstan 35228
  Tajikistan 14000
  Denmark 4106
  Central African Republic 1990
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 429
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 763
  Solomon Islands 500
  American Samoa (USA) 301
  Iraq 73715
  Virgin Islands (USA) 359
  Gabon 5226
  Hungary 19499
  Switzerland 6445
  Suriname 1000
  Mozambique 20517
  Equatorial Guinea 500
  Chad 8700
  Fiji 2379
  Venezuela 67200
  Guinea (Republic of) 4375
  Palau 77
  Mongolia 5832
  Togo 4990
  Libya 12300
  Democratic Republic of Congo 22820
  Comoros 387
  Algeria 94749
  Malawi 16366
  Namibia 8900
  Laos 11885
  Haiti 11253
  Lesotho 2216
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 100324
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 90
  Tunisia 23484
  Yemen 9719
  Guinea Bissau 596
  Vietnam 125697
  Sao Tome e Principe 260
  Papua New Guinea 5087
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 146
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 92
  Turkmenistan 35000
  China 1690000
  Niger 9187
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 87
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 124
  Bahamas 1617
  Saudi Arabia 68056
  Djibouti 662
  Kosovo/Kosova 1642
  Congo (Republic of) 1388
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1813
  Brunei Darussalam 841
  Iran 189000
  Belarus 32556
  Marshall Islands 35
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 47
  Nicaragua 20918
  Bahrain 3485
  Sudan 21000
  Ethiopia 110000
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 129
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 1960
  Tuvalu 11
  Tonga 176
  Nauru 14
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Bhutan 1119
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 9826
  Syria 10599

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