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Crime Statistics > Prisoners (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

United States:

2,019,234 prisoners

China:

1,549,000 prisoners

Russia:

846,967 prisoners

India:

313,635 prisoners

Brazil:

308,304 prisoners

Thailand:

213,815 prisoners

Ukraine:

198,386 prisoners

South Africa:

181,944 prisoners

Mexico:

172,888 prisoners

#10

Iran:

163,526 prisoners

#11

Rwanda:

112,000 prisoners

#12

Pakistan:

87,000 prisoners

#13

Indonesia:

84,357 prisoners

#14

Poland:

80,467 prisoners

#15

United Kingdom:

78,753 prisoners

#16

Germany:

74,904 prisoners

#17

Bangladesh:

74,170 prisoners

#18

Philippines:

70,383 prisoners

#19

Japan:

69,502 prisoners

#20

Turkey:

64,051 prisoners

#21

Egypt:

61,845 prisoners

#22

Spain:

59,251 prisoners

#23

Korea, South:

58,564 prisoners

#24

Kazakhstan:

58,300 prisoners

#25

France:

56,957 prisoners

#26

Taiwan:

56,225 prisoners

#27

Italy:

55,670 prisoners

#28

Vietnam:

55,000 prisoners

#29

Morocco:

54,351 prisoners

#30

Colombia:

54,034 prisoners

#31

Belarus:

51,238 prisoners

#32

Romania:

48,075 prisoners

#33

Uzbekistan:

48,000 prisoners

#34

Argentina:

44,969 prisoners

#35

Tanzania:

43,244 prisoners

#36

Nigeria:

40,447 prisoners

#37

Malaysia:

39,258 prisoners

#38

Chile:

36,636 prisoners

#39

Canada:

35,519 prisoners

#40

Kenya:

35,278 prisoners

#41

Algeria:

34,243 prisoners

#42

Burma:

32,797 prisoners

#43

Saudi Arabia:

28,612 prisoners

#44

Peru:

27,417 prisoners

#45

Tunisia:

23,165 prisoners

#46

Australia:

22,492 prisoners

#47

Madagascar:

20,109 prisoners

#48

Cameroon:

20,000 prisoners

#49

Sri Lanka:

19,974 prisoners

#50

Kyrgyzstan:

19,500 prisoners

#51

Venezuela:

19,255 prisoners

#52

Azerbaijan:

19,136 prisoners

#53

Czech Republic:

18,669 prisoners

#54

Hungary:

17,862 prisoners

#55

Netherlands:

16,930 prisoners

#56

Singapore:

16,310 prisoners

#57

Yemen:

14,000 prisoners

#58

Syria:

14,000 prisoners

#59

Portugal:

13,918 prisoners

#60

Dominican Republic:

13,836 prisoners

#61

Zambia:

13,173 prisoners

#62

Honduras:

11,502 prisoners

#63

Lithuania:

11,070 prisoners

#64

El Salvador:

11,055 prisoners

#65

Israel:

11,027 prisoners

#66

Ghana:

10,992 prisoners

#67

Moldova:

10,903 prisoners

#68

Panama:

10,350 prisoners

#69

Bulgaria:

9,918 prisoners

#70

Libya:

9,763 prisoners

#71

Greece:

8,841 prisoners

#72

Mozambique:

8,812 prisoners

#73

Burundi:

8,647 prisoners

#74

Belgium:

8,605 prisoners

#75

Malawi:

8,566 prisoners

#76

Costa Rica:

8,526 prisoners

#77

Latvia:

8,483 prisoners

#78

Bolivia:

8,315 prisoners

#79

Guatemala:

8,307 prisoners

#80

Ecuador:

8,274 prisoners

#81

Austria:

8,114 prisoners

#82

Mongolia:

7,871 prisoners

#83

Slovakia:

7,758 prisoners

#84

Nicaragua:

7,198 prisoners

#85

Nepal:

7,132 prisoners

#86

Uruguay:

7,100 prisoners

#87

Georgia:

6,406 prisoners

#88

Cambodia:

6,346 prisoners

#89

Angola:

6,008 prisoners

#90

New Zealand:

5,968 prisoners

#91

Sweden:

5,920 prisoners

#92

Botswana:

5,890 prisoners

#93

Jordan:

5,589 prisoners

#94

Lebanon:

5,535 prisoners

#95

Senegal:

5,360 prisoners

#96

Switzerland:

4,982 prisoners

#97

Benin:

4,961 prisoners

#98

Namibia:

4,814 prisoners

#99

Trinidad and Tobago:

4,794 prisoners

#100

Jamaica:

4,744 prisoners

#101

Estonia:

4,571 prisoners

#102

Central African Republic:

4,168 prisoners

#103

Haiti:

4,152 prisoners

#104

Paraguay:

4,088 prisoners

#105

Mali:

4,040 prisoners

#106

Chad:

3,883 prisoners

#107

Denmark:

3,435 prisoners

#108

Finland:

3,433 prisoners

#109

Papua New Guinea:

3,302 prisoners

#110

Swaziland:

3,245 prisoners

#111

Guinea:

3,070 prisoners

#112

Lesotho:

3,000 prisoners

#113

Kuwait:

2,946 prisoners

#114

Norway:

2,914 prisoners

#115

Armenia:

2,866 prisoners

#116

Burkina Faso:

2,800 prisoners

#117

Croatia:

2,611 prisoners

#118

Mauritius:

2,565 prisoners

#119

Togo:

2,043 prisoners

#120

Suriname:

1,933 prisoners

#121

Albania:

1,532 prisoners

#122

Guyana:

1,507 prisoners

#123

Oman:

1,403 prisoners

#124

Mauritania:

1,354 prisoners

#125

Bahamas, The:

1,280 prisoners

#126

Cyprus:

1,254 prisoners

#127

Slovenia:

1,099 prisoners

#128

Belize:

1,097 prisoners

#129

Barbados:

992 prisoners

#130

Fiji:

982 prisoners

#131

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

918 prisoners

#132

Bahrain:

911 prisoners

#133

Qatar:

570 prisoners

#134

Gambia, The:

450 prisoners

#135

Djibouti:

384 prisoners

#136

Saint Lucia:

365 prisoners

#137

Luxembourg:

341 prisoners

#138

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

302 prisoners

#139

Dominica:

298 prisoners

#140

Grenada:

297 prisoners

#141

Malta:

283 prisoners

#142

Antigua and Barbuda:

186 prisoners

#143

Seychelles:

157 prisoners

#144

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

135 prisoners

#145

Solomon Islands:

134 prisoners

#146

Sao Tome and Principe:

130 prisoners

#147

Tonga:

113 prisoners

#148

Iceland:

104 prisoners

#149

Palau:

103 prisoners

#150

Vanuatu:

93 prisoners

#151

Andorra:

61 prisoners

#152

Kiribati:

55 prisoners

#153

Micronesia, Federated States of:

39 prisoners

#154

Marshall Islands:

23 prisoners

#155

Liechtenstein:

18 prisoners

#156

Monaco:

13 prisoners

#157

Nauru:

6 prisoners

#158

Tuvalu:

6 prisoners

#159

Tajikistan:

0 prisoners

#160

Comoros:

0 prisoners

#161

Cuba:

0 prisoners

#162

Uganda:

0 prisoners

#163

Ethiopia:

0 prisoners

#164

United Arab Emirates:

0 prisoners

#165

Niger:

0 prisoners

#166

Turkmenistan:

0 prisoners

#167

Sudan:

0 prisoners

#168

Zimbabwe:

0 prisoners

Total:

8,570,051 prisoners

Weighted average:

51,012.2 prisoners

DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated

SOURCE: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)

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