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	760
2	St. Kitts and Nevis	660
3	Russian Federation	620
4	Rwanda	593
5	Cuba	c.531
6	Virgin Islands (USA)	512
7	Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	488
8	Palau	478
9	Belize	476
10	Grenada	430
11	Georgia	423
12	American Samoa (USA)	410
13	Bahamas	407
14	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	401
15	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	394
16	Belarus	385
17	Kazakhstan	382
18	Seychelles	371
19	French Guiana/Guyane (France)	365
20	Suriname	c.356
21	Dominica	348
22	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	346
22	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	346
24	Maldives	343
25	Greenland (Denmark)	334
26	Puerto Rico (USA)	330
26	South Africa	330
28	Antigua and Barbuda	329
29	Barbados	326
30	Israel	325
31	Chile	321
32	Latvia	319
32	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	319
34	Ukraine	314
35	St. Lucia	303
36	Thailand	301
37	Guam (USA)	296
38	Trinidad and Tobago	293
39	Panama	288
40	Taiwan	279
41	Singapore	274
42	El Salvador	273
42	Estonia	273
44	Guyana	272
45	Aruba (Netherlands)	269
46	Botswana	267
47	Tunisia	c.263
48	Uruguay	244
49	Brazil	242
50	United Arab Emirates	238
51	Lithuania	234
52	Azerbaijan	229
53	Moldova (Republic of)	227
54	Poland	224
54	Turkmenistan	224
56	Iran	222
57	Costa Rica	220
58	Swaziland	219
59	Czech Republic	209
60	Mexico	208
61	Jersey (United Kingdom)	203
62	Libya	200
63	New Zealand	197
64	Gabon	196
65	Namibia	194
66	Martinique (France)	191
67	Dominican Republic	189
68	Mongolia	188
69	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	178
69	Saudi Arabia	178
71	Guadeloupe (France)	174
71	Jamaica	174
73	Morocco	167
74	Mauritius	166
75	Colombia	165
76	Spain	164
77	Honduras	161
77	Macau (China)	161
77	Reunion (France)	161
80	Albania	159
80	Lebanon	159
80	Turkey	159
83	Algeria	158
84	Luxembourg	155
85	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	154
85	United Kingdom: England & Wales	154
87	French Polynesia (France)	153
87	Montenegro	153
87	United Kingdom: Scotland	153
90	Hungary	152
90	Peru	152
92	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	151
92	Slovakia	151
94	Hong Kong (China)	149
95	Lesotho	144
96	Serbia	143
97	Cameroon	139
98	Malaysia	135
99	Kyrgyzstan	133
99	New Caledonia (France)	133
101	Argentina	132
101	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	132
103	Kuwait	130
104	Australia	129
104	Sri Lanka	129
106	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	127
107	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	126
107	Ecuador	126
109	Romania	125
110	Bulgaria	124
111	Armenia	122
111	Uzbekistan	122
111	Zambia	122
114	China	119
115	Jordan	118
116	Kenya	117
117	Canada	116
117	Malta	116
119	Brunei Darussalam	115
120	Zimbabwe	114
121	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	113
122	Philippines	111
123	Fiji	109
123	Greece	109
123	Tajikistan	109
126	Croatia	107
126	Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)	107
126	Nicaragua	107
126	Vietnam	107
130	Portugal	105
131	Burundi	104
132	Netherlands	100
133	Austria	99
133	Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)	99
135	Ethiopia	c.98
136	Italy	97
136	Republic of (South) Korea	97
138	France	96
138	Iraq	96
140	Bahrain	95
140	Paraguay	95
142	Belgium	94
143	Tanzania	92
144	Germany	90
145	Egypt	89
145	Micronesia, Federated States of	89
145	Tonga	89
148	Uganda	88
149	Ireland, Republic of	85
149	Mayotte (France)	85
149	Venezuela	85
152	Cyprus (Republic of)	83
152	Haiti	83
152	Sao Tome e Principe	83
152	Yemen	83
156	Madagascar	81
156	Oman	81
158	Bolivia	80
158	United Kingdom: Northern Ireland	80
160	Cambodia	79
160	Papua New Guinea	79
162	Malawi	78
162	Marshall Islands	78
164	Kiribati	76
164	Monaco	76
164	Switzerland	76
167	Sweden	74
168	Mozambique	c.73
169	Norway	70
170	Laos	69
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation	67
171	Finland	67
173	Benin	66
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska	66
175	Slovenia	65
175	Togo	65
177	Denmark	63
177	Japan	63
179	Kosovo/Kosova	c.62
180	Djibouti	61
181	Guatemala	59
182	Indonesia	58
182	Syria	58
184	Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)	c.57
185	Cote d'Ivoire	56
186	Ghana	55
186	Pakistan	55
186	Qatar	55
189	Senegal	53
189	Vanuatu	53
191	Angola	c.52
192	Bangladesh	51
193	Niger	46
194	Afghanistan	44
194	Iceland	44
196	Liberia	40
197	Andorra	37
197	Republic of Guinea	37
199	Sudan	c.36
200	Chad	35
201	Sierra Leone	34
201	Solomon Islands	34
203	India	33
203	Mali	33
205	Gambia	32
206	Congo (Brazzaville)	c.31
207	Comoros	c.30
208	Central African Republic	29
209	Nigeria	27
210	Mauritania	26
211	Tuvalu	25
212	Nepal	c.24
213	Burkina Faso	23
213	Faeroe Islands (Denmark)	23
213	Nauru	23
216	Liechtenstein	20
217	Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)	15