Prison Brief - Highest to Lowest Rates

Entire world - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population

For more details about the figures of any country, please click on the name of that country

1	United States of America	753
2	St. Kitts and Nevis	660
3	Russian Federation	610
4	Rwanda	593
5	Virgin Islands (USA)	561
6	Cuba	c.531
7	Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	488
8	Palau	478
9	Belize	476
10	Georgia	423
11	Bahamas	407
12	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	401
13	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	394
14	Belarus	385
15	Kazakhstan	382
16	Seychelles	371
17	French Guiana/Guyane (France)	365
18	Grenada	358
19	Suriname	c.356
20	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	346
20	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	346
22	Maldives	343
23	Antigua and Barbuda	329
24	Barbados	326
25	Israel	325
25	South Africa	325
27	Dominica	324
28	Latvia	319
28	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	319
30	Ukraine	314
31	Thailand	313
32	Puerto Rico (USA)	303
32	St. Lucia	303
34	Chile	301
35	Trinidad and Tobago	293
36	Panama	292
37	Guam (USA)	287
38	Taiwan	279
39	Singapore	274
40	El Salvador	273
40	Estonia	273
42	Guyana	272
43	Aruba (Netherlands)	269
44	Botswana	267
45	Tunisia	c.263
46	Uruguay	244
47	Brazil	242
48	United Arab Emirates	238
49	Greenland (Denmark)	234
49	Lithuania	234
51	Azerbaijan	229
52	Costa Rica	224
52	Turkmenistan	224
54	Iran	223
55	Poland	220
56	Swaziland	219
57	Czech Republic	204
57	Mexico	204
59	Libya	200
60	American Samoa (USA)	198
61	New Zealand	197
62	Gabon	196
63	Namibia	194
64	Martinique (France)	191
65	Jersey (United Kingdom)	190
66	Dominican Republic	189
67	Mongolia	188
68	Moldova (Republic of)	184
69	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	178
69	Saudi Arabia	178
71	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	174
71	Guadeloupe (France)	174
71	Jamaica	174
74	Macau (China)	173
75	Colombia	167
75	Morocco	167
77	Mauritius	166
78	Spain	165
79	Honduras	161
79	Reunion (France)	161
79	Turkey	161
82	Albania	159
82	Lebanon	159
84	Algeria	158
85	Luxembourg	155
86	French Polynesia (France)	153
86	Hungary	153
86	Montenegro	153
89	United Kingdom: England & Wales	152
90	Peru	151
90	Slovakia	151
92	United Kingdom: Scotland	146
93	Lesotho	144
94	Serbia	143
95	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	142
96	Hong Kong (China)	141
97	Australia	134
98	Kyrgyzstan	133
98	New Caledonia (France)	133
100	Argentina	132
100	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	132
102	Kuwait	130
103	Burundi	129
103	Sri Lanka	129
105	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	127
105	Malaysia	127
107	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	126
107	Ecuador	126
109	Romania	125
110	Bulgaria	124
111	Armenia	122
111	Uzbekistan	c.122
113	Fiji	120
113	Malta	120
113	Zambia	120
116	China	119
117	Jordan	118
118	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	117
118	Kenya	117
120	Canada	116
121	Brunei Darussalam	115
122	Cameroon	114
122	Zimbabwe	114
124	Philippines	111
125	Greece	109
125	Tajikistan	109
127	Croatia	107
127	Italy	107
127	Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)	107
127	Nicaragua	107
127	Vietnam	107
132	Iraq	106
132	Portugal	106
134	Netherlands	100
135	Austria	99
135	Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)	99
137	Ethiopia	c.98
138	Republic of (South) Korea	97
139	France	96
140	Bahrain	95
140	Paraguay	95
142	Belgium	94
143	Tanzania	92
144	Uganda	91
145	Madagascar	90
146	Egypt	89
146	Micronesia, Federated States of	89
146	Tonga	89
149	Germany	88
150	Ireland, Republic of	85
150	Mayotte (France)	85
150	Venezuela	85
153	Cyprus (Republic of)	83
153	Haiti	83
153	Sao Tome e Principe	83
153	Yemen	83
157	Bolivia	80
158	Cambodia	79
158	Papua New Guinea	79
160	Malawi	78
160	Marshall Islands	78
162	United Kingdom: Northern Ireland	77
163	Kiribati	76
163	Monaco	76
163	Switzerland	76
166	Sweden	74
167	Mozambique	c.73
168	Guatemala	70
168	Norway	70
170	Laos	69
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation	67
171	Finland	67
173	Benin	66
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska	66
173	Denmark	66
176	Slovenia	65
176	Togo	65
178	Japan	63
179	Kosovo/Kosova	c.62
180	Djibouti	61
180	Indonesia	61
180	Oman	61
183	Syria	58
184	Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)	c.57
185	Cote d'Ivoire	56
185	Ghana	56
187	Iceland	55
187	Pakistan	55
187	Qatar	55
190	Senegal	53
190	Vanuatu	53
192	Angola	c.52
192	Mali	52
194	Bangladesh	51
195	Niger	46
196	Sudan	45
197	Afghanistan	44
198	Sierra Leone	41
199	Liberia	40
200	Andorra	37
200	Republic of Guinea	37
202	Chad	35
203	Solomon Islands	34
204	Gambia	32
204	India	32
206	Congo (Brazzaville)	c.31
207	Comoros	c.30
208	Central African Republic	c.29
209	Burkina Faso	27
209	Nigeria	27
211	Mauritania	26
212	Faeroe Islands (Denmark)	25
212	Tuvalu	25
214	Nepal	c.24
215	Nauru	23
216	Liechtenstein	20
216	Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)	20