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
  Tunisia 267
  South Africa 260
  Ecuador 186
  Seychelles 389
  Macau (China) 191
  Brazil 416
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 186
  Paraguay 250
  Nepal 93
  Uganda 153
  Switzerland 77
  Belize 302
  Hong Kong (China) 135
  Liberia 60
  Portugal 118
  Albania 162
  Chile 318
  Moldova (Republic of) 255
  Romania 129
  Thailand 395
  Cambodia 320
  Zimbabwe 147
  Eswatini/Swaziland 369
  Poland 194
  Georgia 241
  Czech Republic 178
  Taiwan 259
  Peru 294
  Norway 55
  Burundi 79
  Belgium 109
  Japan 33
  Estonia 117
  Lesotho 117
  United Kingdom: Scotland 146
  Turkey 480
  Slovenia 74
  Indonesia 97
  Mexico 182
  Colombia 201
  Nigeria 35
  Haiti 63
  Martinique (France) 287
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 321
  Reunion (France) 168
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 105
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 141
  Slovakia 151
  Italy 106
  Ireland, Republic of 98
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 127
  France 124
  Austria 103
  Sri Lanka 150
  Dominican Republic 220
  Ghana 41
  Mauritius 225
  New Caledonia (France) 198
  Guadeloupe (France) 241
  Mayotte (France) 203
  Dominica 356
  Angola 65
  Sao Tome e Principe 129
  Niger 55
  Vanuatu 68
  Rwanda 620
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 133
  Argentina 268
  Senegal 76
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 467
  New Zealand 197
  Bangladesh 31
  Tajikistan 145
  Maldives 225
  Kazakhstan 163
  Guam (USA) 513
  Yemen 14
  Uruguay 449
  Croatia 115
  Andorra 60
  Ukraine 130
  North Macedonia 140
  Liechtenstein 35
  Iceland 35
  Bulgaria 99
  Spain 117
  Morocco 267
  Bahamas 336
  Gabon 226
  Sweden 96
  Germany 68
  Denmark 69
  Virgin Islands (USA) 251
  Central African Republic 52
  Azerbaijan 244
  Palau 367
  Fiji 248
  Suriname 134
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 156
  Guinea (Republic of) 38
  Chad 56
  Luxembourg 89
  Latvia 175
  Armenia 83
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 304
  Netherlands 64
  Serbia 162
  Panama 530
  Australia 163
  United States of America 541
  Somalia (Federal Republic of) 16
  Kuwait 101
  El Salvador 1659
  San Marino 3
  Montenegro 170
  Monaco 81
  French Polynesia (France) 200
  Canada 90
  Hungary 192
  Papua New Guinea 57
  Nauru 345
  Tonga 516
  Lithuania 156
  St. Lucia 310
  Grenada 324
  Afghanistan 54
  Solomon Islands 74
  Malaysia 256
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 304
  Costa Rica 345
  Singapore 164
  Benin 144
  Greenland (Denmark) 271
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 26
  Honduras 188
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 361
  Barbados 240
  Zambia 137
  Mozambique 63
  Cote d'Ivoire 94
  Cameroon 118
  Pakistan 45
  Malta 119
  Greece 98
  Cyprus (Republic of) 103
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 79
  Puerto Rico (USA) 177
  Sierra Leone 52
  Lebanon 141
  Madagascar 101
  Philippines 149
  Guyana 288
  Kenya 103
  India 41
  Vietnam 135
  Jordan 194
  Kosovo/Kosova 99
  Libya 269
  Comoros 46
  Guatemala 123
  Mali 48
  Bolivia 252
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 44
  Finland 52
  Democratic Republic of Congo 46
  Israel 217
  Qatar 69
  Uzbekistan 85
  South Sudan 58
  Cuba 794
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 426
  Tanzania 41
  Burkina Faso 38
  Egypt 113
  Republic of (South) Korea 115
  Kyrgyzstan 112
  Aruba (Netherlands) 288
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240
  Trinidad and Tobago 276
  St. Kitts and Nevis 296
  Jamaica 125
  Mauritania 57
  Botswana 161
  Russian Federation 300
  Gambia 22
  Samoa 179
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 261
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55
  American Samoa (USA) 538
  Iraq 179
  Mongolia 166
  Venezuela 199
  Equatorial Guinea 63
  Togo 59
  Algeria 217
  Malawi 78
  Namibia 318
  Laos 166
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183
  Guinea Bissau 31
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 273
  Turkmenistan 576
  China 119
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 196
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 200
  Djibouti 74
  Saudi Arabia 207
  Congo (Republic of) 27
  Brunei Darussalam 143
  Iran 228
  Belarus 345
  Marshall Islands 66
  Nicaragua 332
  Bahrain 234
  Sudan 52
  Ethiopia 99
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 113
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 46
  Tuvalu 110
  Micronesia, Federated States of 127
  Bhutan 145
  United Arab Emirates 104
  Syria 60