Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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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 Total
  Dominica 260
  Angola 24068
  Sao Tome e Principe 300
  Mauritius 2639
  Rwanda 87621
  Niger 13005
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 138
  Argentina 125041
  Estonia 1688
  France 80130
  United Kingdom: Scotland 8254
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1919
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 86038
  Slovenia 1816
  Slovakia 8385
  Poland 70418
  Ireland, Republic of 5086
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 93
  Georgia 9494
  Czech Republic 19606
  Albania 4648
  Taiwan 59101
  Sri Lanka 29226
  Indonesia 273697
  Mexico 235461
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2700
  New Zealand 9924
  Bangladesh 53831
  Turkey 371587
  Italy 62110
  Austria 9288
  Ecuador 33669
  Norway 3052
  Seychelles 474
  Colombia 104441
  Nigeria 82382
  Guam (USA) 896
  Macau (China) 1345
  Uganda 78539
  Ghana 14262
  Brazil 888791
  Yemen 4268
  Uruguay 15767
  Croatia 4445
  Andorra 51
  Ukraine 44024
  North Macedonia 2555
  Liechtenstein 14
  Iceland 140
  Bulgaria 6378
  Spain 56698
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 132
  Morocco 102653
  Gabon 5501
  Bahamas 1912
  Sweden 10175
  Germany 57955
  Denmark 4083
  Virgin Islands (USA) 261
  Central African Republic 2678
  Azerbaijan 24698
  Paraguay 17712
  Fiji 2276
  Suriname 808
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 28
  Guinea (Republic of) 5549
  Chad 9589
  Luxembourg 600
  Latvia 3271
  Armenia 2469
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 170
  Palau 66
  Netherlands 11537
  Serbia 10787
  Switzerland 6881
  Chile 59185
  Somalia (Federal Republic of) 2799
  Kuwait 4500
  Belize 1339
  Australia 44051
  New Caledonia (France) 609
  Martinique (France) 1030
  Guadeloupe (France) 929
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 1010
  Reunion (France) 1506
  Mayotte (France) 647
  Romania 24534
  Portugal 12379
  El Salvador 109519
  San Marino 1
  Montenegro 1046
  Monaco 31
  United States of America 1808100
  French Polynesia (France) 575
  Hong Kong (China) 9079
  Panama 23798
  Canada 35485
  Hungary 18270
  Papua New Guinea 5373
  Nauru 38
  Japan 40881
  Tonga 557
  Lithuania 4551
  Thailand 274277
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 258
  Peru 98127
  Costa Rica 18090
  Singapore 9833
  Benin 19563
  Greenland (Denmark) 154
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 14
  Cambodia 45122
  Honduras 19481
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 404
  Barbados 692
  Zimbabwe 20997
  Zambia 28225
  Mozambique 22000
  Cote d'Ivoire 27149
  Cameroon 34419
  Belgium 12575
  Pakistan 108643
  Malaysia 87419
  Malta 671
  Greece 10242
  Cyprus (Republic of) 966
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1688
  Dominican Republic 25987
  Burundi 13824
  Puerto Rico (USA) 5798
  Sierra Leone 4453
  Lebanon 9254
  Grenada 385
  Madagascar 30530
  Philippines 171247
  Guyana 2300
  Haiti 7523
  Kenya 60000
  India 573220
  Vietnam 133986
  Kosovo/Kosova 1830
  Libya 19103
  Comoros 422
  South Africa 157056
  Jordan 19140
  Guatemala 23361
  Nepal 27550
  Senegal 13185
  Bolivia 31105
  Mali 8670
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 524
  Finland 2912
  Democratic Republic of Congo 44536
  Israel 19756
  Moldova (Republic of) 5695
  Qatar 2055
  Uzbekistan 29000
  South Sudan 8400
  Liberia 3000
  Cuba 90000
  Republic of (South) Korea 59088
  Kyrgyzstan 7728
  St. Lucia 572
  Aruba (Netherlands) 311
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Afghanistan 19000
  Burkina Faso 8800
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 36
  Egypt 120000
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 114
  Trinidad and Tobago 3802
  St. Kitts and Nevis 160
  Jamaica 3559
  Tanzania 32671
  Mauritania 2826
  Eswatini/Swaziland 3405
  Botswana 3971
  Russian Federation 433006
  Vanuatu 195
  Gambia 543
  Samoa 358
  Maldives 1700
  Kazakhstan 35228
  Tajikistan 14000
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 429
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 763
  Solomon Islands 500
  American Samoa (USA) 301
  Iraq 73715
  Mongolia 5700
  Venezuela 67200
  Equatorial Guinea 500
  Togo 4990
  Algeria 94749
  Malawi 16536
  Namibia 8900
  Laos 11885
  Lesotho 2216
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 100324
  Tunisia 23484
  Guinea Bissau 596
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 92
  Turkmenistan 35000
  China 1690000
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 87
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 124
  Djibouti 750
  Saudi Arabia 68056
  Congo (Republic of) 1388
  Brunei Darussalam 636
  Iran 189000
  Belarus 32556
  Marshall Islands 35
  Nicaragua 20918
  Bahrain 3485
  Sudan 21000
  Ethiopia 110000
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 129
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 1960
  Tuvalu 11
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Bhutan 1119
  United Arab Emirates 9826
  Syria 10599