Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate

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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 Rate
  Sao Tome e Principe 129
  Estonia 122
  France 117
  Bangladesh 31
  United Kingdom: Scotland 149
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 99
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 139
  Turkey 435
  Slovenia 84
  Slovakia 158
  Poland 193
  Italy 105
  Ireland, Republic of 93
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 146
  Georgia 274
  Austria 101
  Albania 172
  Taiwan 251
  Sri Lanka 137
  Indonesia 96
  Mexico 175
  Ecuador 181
  Norway 55
  Czech Republic 179
  New Zealand 181
  Seychelles 393
  Uganda 154
  Ghana 42
  Colombia 201
  Nigeria 37
  Brazil 408
  Yemen 14
  Guam (USA) 475
  Uruguay 449
  Macau (China) 196
  Croatia 115
  Andorra 60
  Ukraine 130
  North Macedonia 140
  Liechtenstein 35
  Iceland 35
  Bulgaria 99
  Spain 117
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 153
  Morocco 267
  Sweden 96
  Germany 68
  Denmark 69
  Virgin Islands (USA) 251
  Central African Republic 52
  Azerbaijan 244
  Paraguay 239
  Luxembourg 89
  Latvia 175
  Armenia 83
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 304
  Palau 367
  Netherlands 64
  Serbia 162
  Switzerland 77
  Romania 129
  Portugal 115
  Chile 310
  El Salvador 1659
  San Marino 3
  Montenegro 170
  Monaco 81
  United States of America 541
  New Caledonia (France) 190
  French Polynesia (France) 200
  Martinique (France) 275
  Guadeloupe (France) 230
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 310
  Reunion (France) 156
  Mayotte (France) 205
  Hong Kong (China) 121
  Panama 522
  Kuwait 101
  Canada 90
  Hungary 192
  Papua New Guinea 57
  Nauru 345
  Japan 33
  Tonga 516
  Lithuania 156
  Australia 157
  Thailand 391
  Belgium 106
  Pakistan 45
  Malaysia 256
  Malta 119
  Greece 98
  Cyprus (Republic of) 103
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 79
  Peru 285
  Dominican Republic 231
  Burundi 103
  Puerto Rico (USA) 177
  Benin 138
  Zimbabwe 153
  Honduras 189
  Sierra Leone 52
  Lebanon 141
  Cambodia 257
  Grenada 338
  Mozambique 63
  Madagascar 101
  Cote d'Ivoire 91
  Costa Rica 343
  Haiti 63
  Kenya 103
  Angola 68
  India 41
  Dominica 348
  Vietnam 135
  Mauritius 215
  Niger 40
  Kosovo/Kosova 99
  Rwanda 637
  Libya 269
  Comoros 46
  Argentina 254
  South Africa 258
  Jordan 185
  Guatemala 123
  Nepal 90
  Senegal 69
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 366
  Bolivia 209
  Mali 40
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 44
  Finland 52
  Fiji 248
  Democratic Republic of Congo 46
  Israel 217
  Moldova (Republic of) 235
  Qatar 69
  Uzbekistan 85
  South Sudan 58
  Liberia 55
  Cuba 794
  Belize 289
  Zambia 125
  Cameroon 116
  St. Lucia 308
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 277
  Aruba (Netherlands) 288
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Afghanistan 45
  Burkina Faso 39
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 353
  Kyrgyzstan 117
  Republic of (South) Korea 103
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 23
  Greenland (Denmark) 241
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240
  Egypt 116
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 368
  Trinidad and Tobago 276
  St. Kitts and Nevis 296
  Jamaica 125
  Barbados 258
  Tanzania 50
  Mauritania 57
  Eswatini/Swaziland 243
  Botswana 161
  Singapore 156
  Guyana 271
  Russian Federation 300
  Philippines 162
  Vanuatu 65
  Gambia 22
  Samoa 179
  Maldives 314
  Kazakhstan 184
  Tajikistan 141
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 261
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55
  Solomon Islands 79
  American Samoa (USA) 538
  Iraq 179
  Gabon 228
  Venezuela 199
  Suriname 185
  Equatorial Guinea 63
  Chad 59
  Guinea (Republic of) 34
  Mongolia 183
  Togo 59
  Algeria 217
  Malawi 76
  Namibia 318
  Laos 166
  Lesotho 104
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183
  Tunisia 196
  Guinea Bissau 31
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 135
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 273
  Turkmenistan 576
  China 119
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 196
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 200
  Bahamas 409
  Saudi Arabia 207
  Djibouti 71
  Congo (Republic of) 27
  Brunei Darussalam 186
  Iran 228
  Belarus 345
  Marshall Islands 66
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 224
  Nicaragua 332
  Bahrain 234
  Sudan 52
  Ethiopia 99
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 113
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Federal Republic of Somalia
  Oman 46
  Tuvalu 110
  Micronesia, Federated States of 127
  Bhutan 145
  United Arab Emirates 104
  Syria 60