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
  Sao Tome e Principe 300
  Turkey 356865
  France 78509
  New Zealand 9638
  Seychelles 474
  United Kingdom: Scotland 8120
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1880
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 88350
  Slovenia 1796
  Slovakia 9383
  Poland 71771
  Norway 2990
  Italy 61758
  Ireland, Republic of 4934
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 85
  Georgia 10419
  Czech Republic 19689
  Austria 9210
  Albania 4420
  Taiwan 57845
  Sri Lanka 29282
  Indonesia 273390
  Mexico 232720
  Ecuador 33170
  Brazil 850377
  Yemen 4268
  Guam (USA) 820
  Uruguay 15767
  Colombia 103530
  Uganda 76946
  Nigeria 84575
  Ghana 14449
  Macau (China) 1345
  Spain 56698
  Ukraine 42708
  Croatia 4091
  North Macedonia 2606
  Liechtenstein 6
  Iceland 141
  Bulgaria 6501
  Andorra 61
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 132
  Morocco 102653
  Virgin Islands (USA) 261
  Germany 56294
  Central African Republic 2678
  Sweden 8414
  Denmark 4230
  Azerbaijan 24698
  Paraguay 17712
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 170
  Palau 66
  Netherlands 11537
  Armenia 2357
  Serbia 10787
  Luxembourg 705
  Switzerland 6881
  United States of America 1808100
  New Caledonia (France) 563
  French Polynesia (France) 575
  Martinique (France) 1025
  Guadeloupe (France) 916
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 1022
  Reunion (France) 1440
  Mayotte (France) 616
  Chile 57637
  Portugal 12294
  San Marino 14
  Romania 24106
  Montenegro 1036
  Monaco 26
  Hong Kong (China) 9079
  Panama 23798
  Kuwait 4500
  Canada 35485
  Hungary 18270
  Papua New Guinea 5373
  Nauru 38
  Japan 40881
  Tonga 557
  Lithuania 4551
  Australia 41929
  Thailand 274277
  Puerto Rico (USA) 5798
  Benin 18170
  Peru 96805
  Burundi 13778
  Greece 10256
  Estonia 1805
  Malta 690
  Belgium 12316
  Zimbabwe 24068
  Honduras 19500
  Sierra Leone 4453
  Dominican Republic 25280
  Lebanon 9254
  Cambodia 45122
  Grenada 385
  Mozambique 21814
  Madagascar 30530
  Cote d'Ivoire 25928
  Costa Rica 17829
  Haiti 7523
  Kenya 60000
  Angola 24490
  India 573220
  Dominica 261
  Vietnam 133986
  Mauritius 2787
  Niger 10179
  Kosovo/Kosova 1830
  Rwanda 89034
  Libya 19103
  Comoros 422
  Argentina 117810
  South Africa 157056
  Jordan 19140
  Guatemala 23361
  Bangladesh 84851
  Nepal 27550
  Senegal 13185
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 2100
  Bolivia 25291
  Mali 8670
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 524
  Finland 2912
  Latvia 3229
  Fiji 2276
  Democratic Republic of Congo 44536
  Israel 19756
  Moldova (Republic of) 5695
  Qatar 2055
  Uzbekistan 29000
  South Sudan 8400
  Liberia 3000
  Cuba 90000
  El Salvador 71000
  Belize 1199
  Cyprus (Republic of) 947
  Zambia 25372
  Malaysia 72437
  Cameroon 32003
  St. Lucia 572
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 226
  Aruba (Netherlands) 311
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Afghanistan 19000
  Burkina Faso 8800
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 392
  Kyrgyzstan 7633
  Republic of (South) Korea 52940
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 12
  Greenland (Denmark) 136
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 36
  Egypt 120000
  Pakistan 87712
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 114
  Trinidad and Tobago 3802
  St. Kitts and Nevis 160
  Jamaica 3559
  Barbados 743
  Tanzania 32671
  Mauritania 2826
  Eswatini/Swaziland 3405
  Botswana 3971
  Singapore 9536
  Guyana 2156
  Russian Federation 433006
  Philippines 180826
  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
  Gabon 5226
  Venezuela 67200
  Suriname 1000
  Equatorial Guinea 500
  Chad 8700
  Guinea (Republic of) 4375
  Mongolia 5832
  Togo 4990
  Algeria 94749
  Malawi 16366
  Namibia 8900
  Laos 11885
  Lesotho 2216
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 100324
  Tunisia 23484
  Guinea Bissau 596
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 146
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 92
  Turkmenistan 35000
  China 1690000
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 87
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 124
  Bahamas 1617
  Saudi Arabia 68056
  Djibouti 662
  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
  Federal Republic of Somalia
  Oman 1960
  Tuvalu 11
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Bhutan 1119
  United Arab Emirates 9826
  Syria 10599