Geography
Countries by Incarceration Rate
Countries ranked by prison population rate.
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Location↕ | Rates↕ | Number↕ |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 45 | 19,000 |
| Albania | 168 | 4,565 |
| Algeria | 217 | 94,749 |
| American Samoa (USA) | 538 | 301 |
| Andorra | 60 | 51 |
| Angola | 68 | 24,490 |
| Anguilla (United Kingdom) | 240 | 36 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 400 | 400 |
| Argentina | 254 | 117,810 |
| Armenia | 83 | 2,469 |
| Aruba (Netherlands) | 288 | 311 |
| Australia | 157 | 41,929 |
| Austria | 101 | 9,275 |
| Azerbaijan | 244 | 24,698 |
| Bahamas | 409 | 1,617 |
| Bahrain | 234 | 3,485 |
| Bangladesh | 50 | 84,851 |
| Barbados | 258 | 743 |
| Belarus | 345 | 32,556 |
| Belgium | 104 | 12,316 |
| Belize | 289 | 1,199 |
| Benin | 138 | 18,170 |
| Bermuda (United Kingdom) | 200 | 124 |
| Bhutan | 145 | 1,119 |
| Bolivia | 209 | 25,291 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation | 79 | 1,688 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska | 44 | 524 |
| Botswana | 161 | 3,971 |
| Brazil | 392 | 850,377 |
| Brunei | 186 | 841 |
| Bulgaria | 99 | 6,378 |
| Burkina Faso | 39 | 8,800 |
| Burundi | 103 | 13,824 |
| Cambodia | 257 | 45,122 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 32,003 |
| Canada | 90 | 35,485 |
| Cape Verde | 366 | 2,100 |
| Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | 277 | 226 |
| Central African Republic | 52 | 2,678 |
| Chad | 59 | 8,700 |
| Chile | 306 | 58,248 |
| China | 119 | 1,690,000 |
| Colombia | 200 | 103,530 |
| Comoros | 46 | 422 |
| Republic of the Congo | 27 | 1,388 |
| Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 224 | 47 |
| Costa Rica | 343 | 17,829 |
| Ivory Coast | 91 | 25,928 |
| Croatia | 115 | 4,445 |
| Cuba | 794 | 90,000 |
| Curaçao (Netherlands) | 261 | 429 |
| Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) | 103 | 966 |
| Czech Republic | 179 | 19,649 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46 | 44,536 |
| Denmark | 69 | 4,083 |
| Djibouti | 71 | 0662 c. 662 |
| Dominica | 348 | 261 |
| Dominican Republic | 231 | 25,987 |
| Ecuador | 180 | 33,472 |
| Egypt | 116 | 120,000 |
| El Salvador | 1,659 | 109,519 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 63 | 500 |
| Estonia | 129 | 1,805 |
| Eswatini/Swaziland | 243 | 3,405 |
| Ethiopia | 99 | 110,000 |
| Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 23 | 12 |
| Fiji | 248 | 2,276 |
| Finland | 52 | 2,912 |
| France | 115 | 78,509 |
| French Guiana (France) | 310 | 1,022 |
| French Polynesia (France) | 200 | 575 |
| Gabon | 228 | 5,226 |
| Gambia | 22 | 543 |
| Georgia | 275 | 10,523 |
| Germany | 68 | 57,955 |
| Ghana | 42 | 14,361 |
| Gibraltar (United Kingdom) | 273 | 92 |
| Greece | 98 | 10,242 |
| Greenland (Denmark) | 241 | 136 |
| Grenada | 338 | 385 |
| Guadeloupe (France) | 230 | 916 |
| Guam (USA) | 475 | 820 |
| Guatemala | 123 | 23,361 |
| Guernsey (United Kingdom) | 143 | 95 |
| Guinea | 34 | 4,375 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 31 | 596 |
| Guyana | 271 | 2,156 |
| Haiti | 63 | 7,523 |
| Honduras | 189 | 19,500 |
| Hong Kong (China) | 121 | 9,079 |
| Hungary | 192 | 18,270 |
| Iceland | 35 | 140 |
| India | 41 | 573,220 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 273,541 |
| Iran | 228 | 189,000 |
| Iraq | 179 | 73,715 |
| Ireland | 91 | 4,964 |
| Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | 153 | 132 |
| Israel | 217 | 19,756 |
| Italy | 105 | 61,758 |
| Jamaica | 125 | 3,559 |
| Japan | 33 | 40,881 |
| Jersey (United Kingdom) | 135 | 146 |
| Jordan | 185 | 19,140 |
| Kazakhstan | 184 | 35,228 |
| Kenya | 103 | 60,000 |
| Kiribati | 113 | 129 |
| Kosovo | 99 | 1,830 |
| Kuwait | 101 | 4,500 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 117 | 7,633 |
| Laos | 166 | 11,885 |
| Latvia | 175 | 3,271 |
| Lebanon | 141 | 9,254 |
| Lesotho | 104 | 2,216 |
| Liberia | 55 | 3,000 |
| Libya | 269 | 19,103 |
| Liechtenstein | 35 | 14 |
| Lithuania | 156 | 4,551 |
| Luxembourg | 89 | 600 |
| Macau (China) | 196 | 1,345 |
| Madagascar | 101 | 30,530 |
| Malawi | 76 | 16,366 |
| Malaysia | 241 | 82,144 |
| Maldives | 314 | 1,700 |
| Mali | 40 | 8,670 |
| Malta | 119 | 671 |
| Marshall Islands | 66 | 35 |
| Martinique (France) | 275 | 1,025 |
| Mauritania | 57 | 2,826 |
| Mauritius | 215 | 2,755 |
| Mayotte (France) | 205 | 616 |
| Mexico | 174 | 233,687 |
| Micronesia | 127 | 132 |
| Moldova | 235 | 5,695 |
| Monaco | 81 | 31 |
| Mongolia | 183 | 5,832 |
| Montenegro | 170 | 1,046 |
| Morocco | 267 | 102,653 |
| Mozambique | 63 | 21,814 |
| Myanmar | 183 | 100,324 |
| Namibia | 318 | 8,900 |
| Nauru | 345 | 38 |
| Nepal | 90 | 27,550 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 11,537 |
| New Caledonia (France) | 190 | 563 |
| New Zealand | 181 | 9,638 |
| Nicaragua | 332 | 20,918 |
| Niger | 40 | 10,179 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 84,767 |
| North Korea | ? | ? |
| North Macedonia | 140 | 2,555 |
| Northern Mariana Islands (USA) | 304 | 170 |
| Norway | 55 | 3,052 |
| Oman | 46 | 1,960 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 87,712 |
| Palau | 367 | 66 |
| Panama | 522 | 23,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 5,373 |
| Paraguay | 239 | 17,712 |
| Peru | 285 | 97,605 |
| Philippines | 162 | 180,826 |
| Poland | 194 | 70,927 |
| Portugal | 115 | 12,339 |
| Puerto Rico (USA) | 177 | 5,798 |
| Qatar | 69 | 2,055 |
| Reunion (France) | 156 | 1,440 |
| Romania | 126 | 24,106 |
| Russia | 300 | 433,006 |
| Rwanda | 637 | 89,034 |
| Samoa | 179 | 358 |
| San Marino | 3 | 1 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 129 | 300 |
| Saudi Arabia | 207 | 68,056 c. 68,056. |
| Senegal | 69 | 13,185 |
| Serbia | 162 | 10,787 |
| Seychelles | 393 | 474 |
| Sierra Leone | 52 | 4,453 |
| Singapore | 156 | 9,536 |
| Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 196 | 87 |
| Slovakia | 164 | 8,895 |
| Slovenia | 86 | 1,831 |
| Solomon Islands | 79 | 500 |
| South Africa | 258 | 157,056 |
| South Korea | 103 | 52,940 |
| South Sudan | 58 | 8,400 |
| Spain | 117 | 56,698 |
| Sri Lanka | 131 | 28,555 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 296 | 160 |
| St. Lucia | 308 | 572 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 353 | 392 |
| Sudan | 52 | 21,000 |
| Suriname | 185 | 1,000 |
| Sweden | 96 | 10,175 |
| Switzerland | 77 | 6,881 |
| Syria | 60 | 10,599 |
| Taiwan | 250 | 58,571 |
| Tajikistan | 141 | 14,000 |
| Tanzania | 50 | 32,671 |
| Thailand | 391 | 274,277 |
| East Timor | 55 | 763 |
| Togo | 59 | 4,990 |
| Tonga | 516 | 557 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 276 | 3,802 |
| Tunisia | 196 | 23,484 |
| Turkey | 424 | 362,422 |
| Turkmenistan | 576 | 35,000 |
| Tuvalu | 110 | 11 |
| Uganda | 152 | 76,946 |
| Ukraine | 130 | 44,024 |
| United Arab Emirates | 104 | 9,826 |
| United Kingdom: England & Wales | 140 | 86,256 |
| United Kingdom: Northern Ireland | 99 | 1,910 |
| United Kingdom: Scotland | 150 | 8,274 |
| United States | 541 | 1,808,100 |
| Uruguay | 449 | 15,767 |
| Uzbekistan | 85 | 29,000 |
| Vanuatu | 65 | 195 |
| Venezuela | 199 | 67,200 |
| Vietnam | 135 | 133,986 |
| British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) | 368 | 114 |
| United States Virgin Islands (USA) | 251 | 261 |
| Yemen | 14 | 4,268 |
| Zambia | 125 | 25,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 153 | 24,068 |
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