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
  Indonesia 95
  Colombia 200
  Nigeria 35
  Austria 101
  Sri Lanka 136
  Mauritius 207
  Ghana 41
  Slovakia 151
  Dominica 356
  Angola 65
  Sao Tome e Principe 129
  South Africa 249
  Rwanda 620
  Niger 47
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 133
  Argentina 268
  Estonia 122
  Czech Republic 176
  United Kingdom: Scotland 147
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 98
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 139
  Turkey 450
  Poland 191
  Italy 105
  Ireland, Republic of 92
  Georgia 245
  France 118
  Albania 166
  Taiwan 252
  Mexico 175
  Ecuador 180
  Slovenia 85
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 140
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 467
  New Zealand 185
  Bangladesh 31
  Norway 55
  Seychelles 393
  Uganda 152
  Tajikistan 123
  Kazakhstan 163
  Guam (USA) 513
  Macau (China) 196
  Brazil 408
  Yemen 14
  Uruguay 449
  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
  Gabon 226
  Bahamas 482
  Sweden 96
  Germany 68
  Denmark 69
  Virgin Islands (USA) 251
  Central African Republic 52
  Azerbaijan 244
  Paraguay 239
  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
  Palau 367
  Netherlands 64
  Serbia 162
  Switzerland 77
  United States of America 541
  Romania 129
  Portugal 115
  Chile 309
  Somalia (Federal Republic of) 16
  Kuwait 101
  Belize 312
  Australia 162
  New Caledonia (France) 205
  Martinique (France) 276
  Guadeloupe (France) 233
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 304
  Reunion (France) 163
  Mayotte (France) 214
  El Salvador 1659
  San Marino 3
  Montenegro 170
  Monaco 81
  French Polynesia (France) 200
  Hong Kong (China) 121
  Panama 522
  Canada 90
  Hungary 192
  Papua New Guinea 57
  Nauru 345
  Japan 33
  Tonga 516
  Lithuania 156
  Thailand 391
  Peru 289
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 304
  Costa Rica 345
  Singapore 164
  Benin 144
  Greenland (Denmark) 271
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 26
  Cambodia 257
  Honduras 188
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 361
  Barbados 240
  Zimbabwe 133
  Zambia 137
  Mozambique 63
  Cote d'Ivoire 94
  Cameroon 118
  Belgium 106
  Pakistan 45
  Malaysia 256
  Malta 119
  Greece 98
  Cyprus (Republic of) 103
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 79
  Dominican Republic 231
  Burundi 103
  Puerto Rico (USA) 177
  Sierra Leone 52
  Lebanon 141
  Grenada 338
  Madagascar 101
  Philippines 149
  Guyana 288
  Haiti 63
  Kenya 103
  India 41
  Vietnam 135
  Kosovo/Kosova 99
  Libya 269
  Comoros 46
  Jordan 185
  Guatemala 123
  Nepal 90
  Senegal 69
  Bolivia 252
  Mali 40
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 44
  Finland 52
  Democratic Republic of Congo 46
  Israel 217
  Moldova (Republic of) 235
  Qatar 69
  Uzbekistan 85
  South Sudan 58
  Liberia 55
  Cuba 794
  Republic of (South) Korea 115
  Kyrgyzstan 112
  St. Lucia 308
  Aruba (Netherlands) 288
  Antigua and Barbuda 400
  Afghanistan 45
  Burkina Faso 39
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240
  Egypt 116
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 368
  Trinidad and Tobago 276
  St. Kitts and Nevis 296
  Jamaica 125
  Tanzania 50
  Mauritania 57
  Eswatini/Swaziland 243
  Botswana 161
  Russian Federation 300
  Vanuatu 65
  Gambia 22
  Samoa 179
  Maldives 314
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 261
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 55
  Solomon Islands 79
  American Samoa (USA) 538
  Iraq 179
  Mongolia 166
  Venezuela 199
  Equatorial Guinea 63
  Togo 59
  Algeria 217
  Malawi 78
  Namibia 318
  Laos 166
  Lesotho 104
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 183
  Tunisia 196
  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