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
  Vietnam 135
  Iceland 36
  Ireland, Republic of 87
  Canada 88
  New Zealand 169
  Niger 40
  Colombia 200
  Papua New Guinea 54
  Austria 97
  Kosovo/Kosova 99
  United Kingdom: Scotland 144
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 97
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 146
  Slovakia 184
  Romania 124
  Portugal 118
  Poland 203
  Norway 54
  Italy 100
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 112
  Georgia 260
  Czech Republic 181
  Albania 191
  Peru 270
  Mauritius 189
  Rwanda 637
  Libya 269
  Mozambique 67
  Comoros 46
  Argentina 254
  South Africa 258
  Slovenia 71
  Jordan 185
  Guatemala 123
  Nepal 90
  Taiwan 238
  Sri Lanka 129
  Indonesia 96
  Mexico 176
  Ecuador 169
  Chile 277
  Nigeria 36
  Ghana 47
  Senegal 69
  Estonia 139
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 366
  Burundi 85
  Macau (China) 197
  Bangladesh 44
  Brazil 390
  Mali 40
  Uruguay 424
  Bolivia 207
  Guam (USA) 475
  Costa Rica 301
  Croatia 106
  Spain 113
  North Macedonia 138
  Liechtenstein 15
  Bulgaria 101
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 44
  Andorra 73
  Dominica 320
  New Caledonia (France) 201
  Martinique (France) 260
  Guadeloupe (France) 195
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 294
  Mayotte (France) 206
  France 109
  Seychelles 384
  Sweden 82
  Germany 67
  Azerbaijan 244
  Paraguay 233
  Reunion (France) 137
  Israel 178
  Dominican Republic 223
  Uganda 151
  Serbia 162
  Luxembourg 107
  Latvia 172
  Finland 51
  Armenia 79
  Netherlands 65
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 273
  Turkey 400
  San Marino 9
  Montenegro 166
  Monaco 69
  Moldova (Republic of) 236
  Australia 158
  Uzbekistan 85
  Qatar 58
  Kuwait 103
  Hong Kong (China) 106
  Panama 499
  South Sudan 58
  United States of America 531
  Liberia 55
  Cuba 794
  El Salvador 1086
  Belize 289
  Morocco 266
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 353
  Malta 113
  Greece 101
  Cyprus (Republic of) 103
  Belgium 97
  Kyrgyzstan 117
  Republic of (South) Korea 103
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 23
  Greenland (Denmark) 241
  Honduras 191
  Madagascar 98
  Cote d'Ivoire 92
  Cameroon 116
  Burkina Faso 38
  Afghanistan 36
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240
  Egypt 116
  Pakistan 38
  Malaysia 217
  Lebanon 143
  Cambodia 219
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 368
  Trinidad and Tobago 276
  St. Lucia 278
  St. Kitts and Nevis 296
  Puerto Rico (USA) 221
  Jamaica 125
  Grenada 335
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 266
  Barbados 258
  Aruba (Netherlands) 238
  Antigua and Barbuda 237
  Zimbabwe 121
  Zambia 118
  Tanzania 50
  Sierra Leone 57
  Mauritania 57
  Eswatini/Swaziland 243
  Botswana 161
  Benin 111
  Singapore 156
  Thailand 377
  French Polynesia (France) 178
  Guyana 271
  Lithuania 177
  Russian Federation 300
  Philippines 162
  Kenya 107
  Angola 79
  Ukraine 123
  Vanuatu 65
  India 40
  Gambia 22
  Samoa 179
  Maldives 314
  Japan 36
  Kazakhstan 184
  Tajikistan 141
  Denmark 69
  Central African Republic 40
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 261
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55
  Solomon Islands 79
  American Samoa (USA) 538
  Iraq 179
  Virgin Islands (USA) 345
  Gabon 228
  Hungary 203
  Switzerland 73
  Suriname 185
  Equatorial Guinea 63
  Chad 59
  Fiji 256
  Venezuela 199
  Guinea (Republic of) 34
  Palau 428
  Mongolia 183
  Togo 59
  Democratic Republic of Congo 24
  Algeria 217
  Malawi 76
  Namibia 318
  Laos 166
  Haiti 98
  Lesotho 104
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 103
  Tunisia 196
  Yemen 35
  Guinea Bissau 31
  Sao Tome e Principe 115
  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
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 83
  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
  Oman 46
  Tuvalu 110
  Tonga 166
  Nauru 140
  Micronesia, Federated States of 127
  Bhutan 145
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 104
  Syria 60