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Ranking | Title | Prison Population Total | Prison Population Rate | Pre-trial Detainees (%) | Female Prisoners (%) | Foreign Prisoners (%) | Occupancy Level (%) |
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Jordan | 19140 | 185 | 36.9 | 2.2 | 9.9 | 144.0 | |
Taiwan | 54398 | 231 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 114.8 | |
Sri Lanka | 27269 | 126 | 65.3 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 220.7 | |
Mexico | 231907 | 175 | 40.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 106.2 | |
Ecuador | 31485 | 172 | 33.2 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 113.4 | |
Guatemala | 24031 | 127 | 47.6 | 11.8 | 3.2 | 293.2 | |
Dominican Republic | 25383 | 222 | 59.9 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 162.3 | |
Chile | 48933 | 259 | 38.5 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 91.3 | |
Uganda | 75205 | 151 | 48.7 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 375.3 | |
Nigeria | 76982 | 35 | 69.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 136.7 | |
Mauritius | 2567 | 197 | 49.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 116.9 | |
Ghana | 15228 | 47 | 12.4 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 148.3 | |
Burundi | 11937 | 84 | 53.1 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 278.0 | |
Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | 153 | 273 | 5.8 | 53.8 | |||
Moldova (Republic of) | 6084 | 236 | 17.1 | 5.4 | 1.5 | 91.9 | |
Macau (China) | 1323 | 197 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 72.1 | 82.8 | |
Australia | 41155 | 158 | 36.6 | 7.3 | 17.1 | 112.2 | |
Uzbekistan | 29000 | 85 | 10.0 | 80.0 | |||
Qatar | 1644 | 58 | 24.7 | 4.6 | 17.2 | ||
Kuwait | 4500 | 103 | 14.6 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 128.8 | |
Hong Kong (China) | 7751 | 106 | 30.2 | 19.7 | 27.1 | 74.0 | |
Panama | 22239 | 499 | 35.4 | 5.1 | 10.1 | 152.4 | |
South Sudan | 8400 | 58 | 28.9 | 10.9 | |||
United States of America | 1767200 | 531 | 23.3 | 10.2 | 7.3 | 95.6 | |
Turkey | 336315 | 392 | 12.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 117.3 | |
Liberia | 3000 | 55 | 71.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 222.1 | |
Cuba | 90000 | 794 | |||||
El Salvador | 71000 | 1086 | 23.1 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 236.7 | |
Belize | 1199 | 289 | 36.4 | 3.0 | 12.3 | 57.1 | |
Peru | 90006 | 262 | 38.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 219.4 | |
Morocco | 97204 | 260 | 40.9 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 136.9 | |
Paraguay | 16947 | 232 | 66.6 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 171.0 | |
Slovakia | 10112 | 187 | 14.1 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 87.4 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 7633 | 117 | 20.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 61.7 | |
Republic of (South) Korea | 52940 | 103 | 34.9 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 108.1 | |
Faeroe Islands (Denmark) | 12 | 23 | 65.9 | 0.0 | 87.9 | ||
Greenland (Denmark) | 136 | 241 | 21.4 | 13.8 | 0.9 | 89.0 | |
Honduras | 19619 | 191 | 53.7 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 150.8 | |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 385 | 347 | 24.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 79.8 | |
Rwanda | 84710 | 621 | 13.5 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 138.1 | |
Madagascar | 28830 | 98 | 50.0 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 262.1 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 25121 | 92 | 32.9 | 2.5 | 30.0 | 318.6 | |
Cameroon | 32003 | 116 | 58.0 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 177.6 | |
Burkina Faso | 8369 | 38 | 32.0 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 160.1 | |
Afghanistan | 14000 | 36 | 31.3 | 7.9 | 0.9 | 179.9 | |
Anguilla (United Kingdom) | 36 | 240 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 29.1 | 91.7 | |
Egypt | 120000 | 116 | 33.3 | 3.7 | 1.0 | ||
Greece | 10723 | 102 | 23.5 | 4.7 | 59.9 | 105.4 | |
Cyprus (Republic of) | 791 | 87 | 26.5 | 4.7 | 43.3 | 145.7 | |
Belgium | 11326 | 97 | 38.4 | 4.9 | 44.2 | 116.1 | |
Pakistan | 87712 | 38 | 70.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 136.8 | |
Malaysia | 72437 | 217 | 41.7 | 5.9 | 18.3 | 110.2 | |
Lebanon | 9500 | 143 | 81.2 | 2.9 | 36.0 | 271.4 | |
Cambodia | 38050 | 219 | 34.7 | 6.6 | 3.7 | 345.9 | |
Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) | 114 | 368 | 37.0 | 4.5 | 81.4 | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | 3802 | 276 | 59.7 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 81.8 | |
St. Lucia | 514 | 278 | 61.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 102.8 | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 160 | 296 | 30.5 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 144.0 | |
Puerto Rico (USA) | 7176 | 221 | 13.1 | 3.7 | 69.7 | ||
Jamaica | 3559 | 125 | 22.5 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 87.0 | |
Grenada | 379 | 335 | 20.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 191.4 | |
Dominica | 237 | 316 | 52.3 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 73.0 | |
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | 189 | 266 | 29.6 | 6.6 | 28.6 | 122.8 | |
Barbados | 743 | 258 | 54.7 | 3.4 | 13.8 | 61.5 | |
Aruba (Netherlands) | 254 | 238 | 57.1 | 7.9 | 50.0 | 68.4 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 233 | 237 | 43.3 | 5.5 | 30.6 | 155.3 | |
Zimbabwe | 22114 | 121 | 25.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 130.1 | |
Zambia | 24000 | 118 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 262.3 | |
Tanzania | 32671 | 50 | 50.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 109.0 | |
Sierra Leone | 4801 | 57 | 54.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 192.4 | |
Mauritania | 2826 | 57 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 101.8 | |
Eswatini/Swaziland | 3405 | 243 | 24.5 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 120.0 | |
Botswana | 3971 | 161 | 22.5 | 5.0 | 21.2 | 86.0 | |
Benin | 14190 | 111 | 54.9 | 3.3 | 160.1 | ||
Malta | 589 | 113 | 33.9 | 7.1 | 44.0 | 88.6 | |
Singapore | 9536 | 156 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 79.2 | |
United Kingdom: Scotland | 7588 | 138 | 28.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 96.3 | |
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland | 1853 | 97 | 39.6 | 4.4 | 10.5 | 75.1 | |
United Kingdom: England & Wales | 84658 | 141 | 17.3 | 3.9 | 12.1 | 109.8 | |
Ireland, Republic of | 4568 | 89 | 17.3 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 103.6 | |
Guernsey (United Kingdom) | 76 | 115 | 21.1 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 79.1 | |
Georgia | 9627 | 264 | 19.4 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 82.6 | |
New Zealand | 8376 | 162 | 44.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 93.8 | |
Slovenia | 1454 | 69 | 33.1 | 4.9 | 31.6 | 108.1 | |
Portugal | 12610 | 122 | 20.8 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 98.0 | |
Poland | 78113 | 209 | 10.7 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 92.5 | |
Norway | 3069 | 57 | 27.4 | 5.9 | 26.0 | 79.5 | |
Italy | 56605 | 96 | 26.2 | 4.4 | 31.2 | 110.4 | |
Estonia | 2062 | 155 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 33.3 | 66.5 | |
Czech Republic | 19684 | 187 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 97.8 | |
Albania | 4891 | 178 | 54.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 74.7 | |
Guyana | 2156 | 271 | 27.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 151.0 | |
Romania | 23079 | 122 | 12.0 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 120.7 | |
Lithuania | 4955 | 177 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 74.5 | |
Austria | 8764 | 97 | 20.6 | 6.7 | 51.4 | 103.4 | |
Colombia | 98992 | 194 | 24.0 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 121.6 | |
Thailand | 262319 | 377 | 18.8 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 339.1 | |
New Caledonia (France) | 599 | 205 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 144.7 | ||
French Polynesia (France) | 539 | 189 | 19.0 | 3.2 | 92.9 | ||
Martinique (France) | 949 | 246 | 37.0 | 3.6 | 128.6 | ||
Guadeloupe (France) | 839 | 187 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 135.3 | ||
French Guiana/Guyane (France) | 856 | 266 | 27.9 | 5.5 | 63.0 | 139.0 | |
Mayotte (France) | 523 | 180 | 56.5 | 1.3 | 188.1 | ||
France | 72173 | 106 | 30.3 | 4.3 | 24.6 | 119.0 | |
Russian Federation | 433006 | 300 | 25.5 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 67.0 | |
Philippines | 180826 | 162 | 65.2 | 9.8 | 0.3 | 362.0 | |
Angola | 24966 | 79 | 44.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 119.0 | |
Kenya | 58887 | 107 | 41.0 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 173.2 | |
Sweden | 7713 | 74 | 30.6 | 5.8 | 22.1 | 98.6 | |
Iceland | 140 | 37 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 23.3 | 80.0 | |
Bulgaria | 6384 | 93 | 20.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 78.2 | |
Guam (USA) | 700 | 408 | 54.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 155.6 | |
Ukraine | 48038 | 123 | 35.6 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 54.4 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska | 554 | 46 | 21.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 40.0 | |
Azerbaijan | 22334 | 220 | 21.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 87.7 | |
Andorra | 46 | 58 | 42.6 | 13.1 | 57.4 | 31.3 | |
North Macedonia | 2220 | 107 | 12.0 | 2.7 | 7.0 | 70.7 | |
Seychelles | 317 | 317 | 23.7 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 53.8 | |
Bangladesh | 81156 | 46 | 75.6 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 190.4 | |
Canada | 32261 | 85 | 40.4 | 7.0 | 102.2 | ||
Argentina | 114074 | 249 | 44.1 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 115.7 | |
Vanuatu | 195 | 65 | 32.3 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 106.7 | |
India | 554034 | 40 | 77.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 130.2 | |
Croatia | 3955 | 102 | 32.3 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 106.0 | |
Indonesia | 275518 | 99 | 17.5 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 208.6 | |
South Africa | 151755 | 250 | 32.9 | 2.6 | 10.5 | 133.2 | |
Spain | 55093 | 116 | 16.1 | 7.1 | 29.5 | 73.7 | |
Gambia | 543 | 22 | 55.6 | 2.6 | 66.7 | 172.5 | |
Samoa | 358 | 179 | 23.2 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 121.2 | |
Maldives | 1700 | 314 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 125.0 | |
Japan | 45714 | 36 | 12.4 | 8.6 | 7.0 | 56.6 | |
Mali | 8670 | 40 | 69.0 | 2.8 | 223.3 | ||
Uruguay | 14347 | 408 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 130.9 | |
Brazil | 835643 | 389 | 27.2 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 143.8 | |
Bolivia | 20864 | 175 | 66.0 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 263.6 | |
Kazakhstan | 35228 | 184 | 20.3 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 62.4 | |
Costa Rica | 15516 | 301 | 19.9 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 120.4 | |
Tajikistan | 14000 | 141 | 14.1 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 61.5 | |
Central African Republic | 1990 | 40 | 84.1 | 2.3 | |||
Germany | 56557 | 67 | 20.6 | 5.6 | 25.5 | 78.1 | |
Curaçao (Netherlands) | 429 | 261 | 41.0 | 2.6 | 63.9 | ||
Denmark | 4248 | 72 | 39.3 | 4.8 | 26.9 | 99.6 | |
Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) | 763 | 55 | 23.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 173.4 | |
Solomon Islands | 500 | 79 | 46.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 77.7 | |
American Samoa (USA) | 301 | 538 | 70.1 | 9.6 | 62.2 | 166.2 | |
Iraq | 73715 | 179 | 29.8 | 2.6 | 139.2 | ||
Virgin Islands (USA) | 359 | 345 | 36.4 | 5.2 | 15.7 | 162.5 | |
Gabon | 5226 | 228 | 80.2 | 2.2 | |||
Switzerland | 6445 | 73 | 45.8 | 5.9 | 71.0 | 89.6 | |
Suriname | 1000 | 185 | 50.0 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 75.2 | |
Mozambique | 20517 | 62 | 30.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 238.2 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 500 | 63 | 5.0 | ||||
Chad | 8700 | 59 | 63.4 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 232.3 | |
Netherlands | 11623 | 66 | 32.6 | 4.6 | 23.1 | 73.1 | |
Latvia | 3169 | 169 | 24.2 | 7.2 | 1.5 | 65.7 | |
Serbia | 10557 | 155 | 18.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 92.2 | |
Fiji | 2379 | 256 | 19.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 111.7 | |
Luxembourg | 685 | 106 | 46.3 | 5.4 | 73.7 | 96.5 | |
Hungary | 18800 | 194 | 22.6 | 7.5 | 11.2 | 99.7 | |
Finland | 2827 | 51 | 23.2 | 7.1 | 16.3 | 94.3 | |
Israel | 14961 | 168 | 25.2 | 1.0 | 38.9 | 80.1 | |
Venezuela | 67200 | 199 | 62.5 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 157.5 | |
Guinea (Republic of) | 4375 | 34 | 54.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 171.4 | |
Palau | 77 | 428 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 132.8 | |
Armenia | 2113 | 71 | 46.5 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 39.5 | |
Mongolia | 5832 | 183 | 24.3 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 124.4 | |
Togo | 4990 | 59 | 60.0 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 183.5 | |
Libya | 12300 | 176 | 41.0 | 3.3 | 12.8 | 141.6 | |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 22820 | 24 | 75.0 | 2.3 | 322.8 | ||
Comoros | 387 | 43 | 29.0 | 1.6 | 7.7 | 161.7 | |
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) | 1549 | 296 | 31.7 | 2.9 | 109.4 | ||
Algeria | 94749 | 217 | 19.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 119.0 | |
Montenegro | 929 | 150 | 42.2 | 3.2 | 17.7 | 69.7 | |
Monaco | 13 | 33 | 61.5 | 7.7 | 92.3 | 13.4 | |
Liechtenstein | 11 | 28 | 91.7 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 55.0 | |
San Marino | 9 | 26 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 112.5 | |
Malawi | 16366 | 76 | 17.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 233.8 | |
Reunion (France) | 1179 | 130 | 21.5 | 2.8 | 98.5 | ||
Namibia | 8900 | 318 | 54.0 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 75.4 | |
Senegal | 12430 | 67 | 48.2 | 2.6 | 9.1 | 129.7 | |
Laos | 11885 | 166 | 67.0 | 13.7 | |||
Haiti | 11253 | 98 | 81.9 | 3.6 | 454.4 | ||
Lesotho | 2216 | 104 | 19.5 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 70.6 | |
Myanmar (formerly Burma) | 100324 | 183 | 15.1 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 111.5 | |
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | 109 | 126 | 20.2 | 6.4 | 42.2 | 79.0 | |
Tunisia | 23484 | 196 | 54.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 126.4 | |
Yemen | 9719 | 35 | 59.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | ||
Guinea Bissau | 596 | 31 | 67.9 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 102.2 | |
Vietnam | 125697 | 130 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 0.4 | ||
Nepal | 25400 | 83 | 54.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 153.7 | |
Sao Tome e Principe | 260 | 115 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 130.0 | |
Papua New Guinea | 5087 | 58 | 34.4 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 116.5 | |
Jersey (United Kingdom) | 146 | 135 | 28.1 | 6.8 | 25.2 | 69.5 | |
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | 92 | 273 | 26.8 | 7.1 | 33.9 | 93.9 | |
Turkmenistan | 35000 | 576 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 85.0 | |
China | 1690000 | 119 | 8.6 | 0.4 | |||
Niger | 9187 | 39 | 56.0 | 3.7 | 87.9 | ||
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 87 | 196 | 18.1 | 8.0 | 20.2 | 96.3 | |
Bermuda (United Kingdom) | 124 | 200 | 20.2 | 2.9 | 11.5 | 59.7 | |
Bahamas | 1617 | 409 | 37.0 | 3.1 | 161.7 | ||
Saudi Arabia | 68056 | 207 | 48.3 | 1.9 | 49.0 | ||
Djibouti | 662 | 71 | 35.8 | 5.0 | 171.4 | ||
Kosovo/Kosova | 1642 | 93 | 36.4 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 97.1 | |
Congo (Republic of) | 1388 | 27 | 60.0 | 3.7 | 616.9 | ||
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation | 1813 | 83 | 19.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 98.3 | |
Brunei Darussalam | 841 | 186 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 29.2 | 143.8 | |
Iran | 189000 | 228 | 25.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 153.0 | |
Belarus | 32556 | 345 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 3.1 | 83.4 | |
Marshall Islands | 35 | 66 | 11.4 | 0.0 | 97.2 | ||
Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 47 | 224 | 14.6 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | |
Nicaragua | 20918 | 332 | 21.4 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 177.6 | |
Bahrain | 3485 | 234 | 25.7 | 4.7 | 23.7 | 110.2 | |
Sudan | 21000 | 52 | 20.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 255.3 | |
Ethiopia | 110000 | 99 | 14.9 | 4.2 | |||
Eritrea | |||||||
Kiribati | 129 | 113 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 112.8 | |
Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea | |||||||
Oman | 1960 | 46 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 30.3 | ||
Tuvalu | 11 | 110 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Tonga | 176 | 166 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 81.5 | |
Nauru | 14 | 140 | 25.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 14.0 | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 132 | 127 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 88.0 | ||
Bhutan | 1119 | 145 | 4.3 | 6.8 | |||
Somalia | |||||||
United Arab Emirates | 9826 | 104 | 38.2 | 11.7 | 87.8 | 158.9 | |
Syria | 10599 | 60 | 50.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 65.6 |