List of countries by incarceration rate
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This is a list of countries by incarceration rate.[1]
[edit] Incarceration rates
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| Rank | Country/Entity | Prisoners per 100,000 population |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States of America |
743 | United States incarceration rate |
| 2 |  Rwanda |
595 | c. |
| 3 |  Georgia |
539 | |
| 4 |  Virgin Islands (USA) |
539 | |
| 5 |  Russian Federation |
534 | |
| 6 |  Seychelles |
507 | |
| 7 |  St. Kitts and Nevis |
495 | |
| 7 |  Cuba |
487[2] | |
| 8 |  Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
480 | |
| 9 |  Belize |
439 | |
| 9 |  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
439 | |
| 11 |  Dominica |
431 | |
| 12 |  Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
428 | |
| 13 |  Grenada |
423 | |
| 14 |  El Salvador |
391 | |
| 15 |  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
385 | |
| 16 |  Bahamas |
382 | |
| 17 |  Belarus |
381 | |
| 18 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
379 | |
| 19 |  Palau |
378 | |
| 20 |  Barbados |
354 | |
| 21 |  Panama |
349 | |
| 22 |  Ukraine |
347 | Prison population of Ukraine |
| 23 |  Maldives |
343 | |
| 24 |  Greenland (Denmark) |
340 | |
| 25 |  Iran |
333 | |
| 26 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
330 | |
| 27 |  Guam (USA) |
328 | |
| 27 |  Thailand |
328 | |
| 29 |  Kazakhstan |
323 | |
| 30 |  Israel |
319 | |
| 30 |  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) |
319 | |
| 32 |  South Africa |
318 | |
| 33 |  St. Lucia |
315 | |
| 34 |  Latvia |
314 | |
| 35 |  Puerto Rico (USA) |
303 | |
| 36 |  Chile |
299 | |
| 37 |  French Guiana/Guyane (France) |
297 | c. |
| 37 |  Tunisia |
297 | |
| 39 |  Costa Rica |
285 | |
| 40 |  Guyana |
284 | |
| 40 |  Taiwan |
284 | |
| 42 |  Lithuania |
276 | |
| 42 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
276 | |
| 44 |  Aruba (Netherlands) |
269 | |
| 44 |  Mongolia |
269 | |
| 46 |  Uruguay |
268 | |
| 47 |  Botswana |
267 | |
| 47 |  Kyrgyzstan |
267 | |
| 49 |  Brazil |
253 | |
| 49 |  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) |
253 | c. |
| 51 |  Estonia |
252 | |
| 52 |  Singapore |
249 | |
| 53 |  United Arab Emirates |
238 | |
| 54 |  Azerbaijan |
228 | |
| 55 |  Montenegro |
227 | |
| 56 | Martinique (France) |
225 | |
| 57 |  Turkmenistan |
224 | |
| 58 |  Czech Republic |
221 | |
| 59 |  Swaziland |
219 | |
| 60 |  Poland |
214 | |
| 61 |  Dominican Republic |
213 | |
| 62 |  Jersey (United Kingdom) |
206 | |
| 63 |  Libya |
203 | |
| 64 |  Mexico |
200 | |
| 65 |  New Zealand |
199 | |
| 66 |  American Samoa (USA) |
198 | |
| 67 |  Gabon |
196 | |
| 68 |  Morocco |
189 | |
| 69 |  Namibia |
186 | |
| 70 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
185 | |
| 71 |  Slovakia |
184 | |
| 72 |  Mauritius |
182 | |
| 73 |  Colombia |
181 | |
| 74 |  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
180 | |
| 75 |  Saudi Arabia |
178 | |
| 76 |  Moldova (Republic of) |
177 | |
| 77 |  Suriname |
175 | |
| 78 |  Jamaica |
174 | |
| 79 |  Peru |
172 | |
| 80 |  Macau (China) |
171 | |
| 81 | Guadeloupe (France) |
168 | |
| 81 |  Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) |
168 | |
| 81 |  Turkey |
168 | |
| 84 |  Serbia |
164 | |
| 85 |  Hungary |
163 | |
| 86 | Reunion (France) |
161 | |
| 87 |  Algeria |
156 | |
| 87 | United Kingdom:  England &  Wales |
156 | Prison population of England and Wales |
| 89 | United Kingdom:  Scotland |
155 | |
| 90 |  Honduras |
154 | |
| 90 |  Spain |
154 | |
| 92 |  French Polynesia (France) |
153 | |
| 92 |  Tonga |
153 | |
| 92 |  Uzbekistan |
153 | c. |
| 95 |  Argentina |
151 | |
| 96 |  Venezuela |
149 | |
| 97 |  Albania |
147 | |
| 98 |  Armenia |
146 | |
| 99 |  Fiji |
144 | |
| 100 |  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) |
142 | |
| 101 |  Malta |
141 | |
| 101 |  Romania |
141 | |
| 103 |  Nauru |
139 | |
| 104 |  Malaysia |
138 | |
| 105 |  Kuwait |
137 | |
| 106 |  Bahrain |
136 | |
| 106 |  Ethiopia |
136 | |
| 108 |  Bhutan |
135 | |
| 109 |  Australia |
133 | |
| 109 |  Hong Kong (China) |
133 | |
| 109 |  New Caledonia (France) |
133 | |
| 112 |  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
130 | |
| 112 |  Tajikistan |
130 | |
| 114 |  Sri Lanka |
129 | |
| 115 |  Zambia |
126 | |
| 116 |  Luxembourg |
124 | |
| 117 |  China |
122 | |
| 117 |  Vietnam |
122 | |
| 119 |  Lebanon |
121 | |
| 119 |  Zimbabwe |
121 | c. |
| 121 |  Bulgaria |
120 | |
| 121 |  Kenya |
120 | |
| 121 |  Lesotho |
120 | |
| 121 |  Burma (Also known as Myanmar) |
120 | |
| 125 |  Cameroon |
119 | |
| 125 |  Nicaragua |
119 | |
| 125 |  Portugal |
119 | |
| 128 |  Canada |
117 | |
| 128 |  Croatia |
117 | |
| 130 |  Burundi |
114 | |
| 130 |  Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) |
114 | |
| 132 |  Cyprus |
110 | |
| 132 |  Italy |
110 | |
| 132 |  Philippines |
110 | |
| 135 |  Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
109 | |
| 135 | France |
109 | |
| 137 |  Bolivia |
107 | |
| 138 |  Cambodia |
105 | |
| 139 |  Austria |
104 | |
| 139 |  Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
104 | |
| 139 | Mayotte (France) |
104 | |
| 142 |  Kiribati |
102 | |
| 143 |  Greece |
101 | |
| 143 |  Iraq |
101 | |
| 143 | United Kingdom:  Northern Ireland |
101 | |
| 146 |  Jordan |
98 | |
| 147 |  Belgium |
97 | |
| 147 |  Paraguay |
97 | |
| 149 |  Republic of Ireland |
95 | |
| 150 |  South Korea |
94 | |
| 151 |  Brunei |
93 | |
| 151 |  Madagascar |
93 | |
| 153 |  Uganda |
92 | |
| 154 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
90 | |
| 155 |  Angola |
87 | |
| 155 |  Germany |
87 | |
| 155 |  Netherlands |
87 | |
| 158 |  Ecuador |
86 | |
| 159 |  Tanzania |
85 | |
| 160 |  Egypt |
81 | |
| 161 |  Tuvalu |
80 | |
| 162 |  Switzerland |
79 | |
| 163 |  Sweden |
78 | |
| 164 |  Guatemala |
77 | |
| 165 |  Vanuatu |
76 | |
| 166 |  Benin |
75 | |
| 166 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska |
75 | |
| 168 |  Denmark |
74 | |
| 169 |  Andorra |
73 | |
| 169 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
73 | |
| 169 |  Malawi |
73 | |
| 169 |  Norway |
73 | |
| 173 |  Monaco |
70 | |
| 174 |  Laos |
69 | |
| 175 |  Djibouti |
68 | c. |
| 175 |  Marshall Islands |
68 | |
| 177 |  Mozambique |
67 | |
| 178 |  Kosovo |
66 | c. |
| 179 |  Slovenia |
64 | |
| 180 |  Afghanistan |
62 | |
| 181 |  Oman |
61 | |
| 181 |  Papua New Guinea |
61 | |
| 183 |  Senegal |
60 | |
| 184 |  Finland |
59 | |
| 184 |  Indonesia |
59 | |
| 184 |  Togo |
59 | |
| 187 |  Japan |
58 | |
| 187 |  Syria |
58 | |
| 189 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) |
57 | c. |
| 190 |  Cote d'Ivoire |
56 | |
| 190 |  Ghana |
56 | |
| 192 |  Haiti |
55 | |
| 193 |  Mauritania |
50 | |
| 194 |  Solomon Islands |
49 | |
| 195 |  Yemen |
48 | |
| 196 |  Iceland |
47 | |
| 197 |  Gambia |
45 | |
| 197 |  Sudan |
45 | |
| 199 |  Niger |
43 | c. |
| 200 |  Bangladesh |
42 | |
| 201 |  Qatar |
41 | |
| 202 |  Pakistan |
40 | |
| 203 |  Sierra Leone |
39 | |
| 204 |  Liberia |
37 | |
| 205 |  Nepal |
36 | |
| 206 |  Chad |
34 | |
| 207 |  Mali |
32 | |
| 208 |  Burkina Faso |
31 | |
| 208 |  India |
31 | |
| 210 |  Nigeria |
30 | |
| 211 |  Central African Republic |
29 | |
| 212 |  Guinea |
28 | |
| 213 |  Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) |
26 | c. |
| 214 |  Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
23 | |
| 215 |  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) |
20 | |
| 216 |  Comoros |
19 | c. |
| 216 |  Liechtenstein |
19 |
[edit] See also
- Incarceration
- Incarceration in the United States
- List of U.S. states by incarceration rate
- United Kingdom prison population
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[edit] References
- ^ Entire world - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population. Highest to Lowest Rates. For more details about the figures of any country, click on the name of that country. World Prison Brief. International Centre for Prison Studies. See this page for breakdowns by region, whole world, prison population total, prison population rate, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Data for the whole Wikipedia list was last retrieved on 19 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/world-prison-pop-seventh.pdf
[edit] External links
- Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Prison population per capita. Edutube. World map. Move cursor over countries to see incarceration rates. Click the full-screen icon in the bottom-left of the map to launch it in a full-screen window. Then click anywhere on the map and use your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in or out. Drag the map to move it in any direction.
- Correctional Population Trends Chart. United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Number of inmates in Ukraine rises for first time in 7 years. 26 March 2009. Kyiv Post.
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