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This is a list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas by incarceration rate.[1]

Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map.

Incarceration totals, rates, demographics

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area. The date for each item below is the latest available to WPB at the time the data was copied here. See the individual WPB country and subnational area pages for more info on dates, juvenile numbers, and much more.[1] N/A below means that the data is not available (NA) in the info provided by WPB.

Incarceration populations and rates. From World Prison Brief
Country or subnational area Region Count[2] Rate per 100,000 [3] Male (%)[a] Female (%)[4] National (%)[b] Foreign (%)[5] Occupancy (%)[6] Remand (%)[7]
Template:Flaglist+link 30,748 87 97.4 2.6 99.1 0.9 179.9 31.3
Template:Flaglist+link 4,641 164 98.0 2.0 98.1 1.9 84.7 50.7
Template:Flaglist+link 65,000 153 98.5 1.5 96.2 3.8 89.3 12.0
Template:Flaglist+link 193 345 95.9 4.1 37.8 62.2 166.2 14.9
Template:Flaglist+link 43 55 91.1 8.9 41.1 58.9 30.3 57.1
Template:Flaglist+link 24,000 93 97.3 2.7 — — 110.8 45.8
Template:Flaglist+link 55 367 100.0 0.0 70.9 29.1 91.7 45.5
Template:Flaglist+link 287 302 95.2 4.8 69.4 30.6 191.3 37.0
Template:Flaglist+link 103,209 230 95.2 4.8 93.5 6.5 122.1 45.9
Template:Flaglist+link 2,197 74 96.8 3.2 94.8 5.2 41.1 41.0
Template:Flaglist+link 170 165 96.5 3.5 51.9 48.1 68.4 16.6
Template:Flaglist+link 41,060 160 92.3 7.7 82.9 17.1 112.2 31.9
Template:Flaglist+link 8,471 95 93.4 6.6 46.8 53.2 95.7 21.0
Template:Flaglist+link 21,008 208 97.1 2.9 97.9 2.1 82.7 16.9
Template:Flaglist+link 1,778 442 96.9 3.1 — — 177.8 42.0
Template:Flaglist+link 3,485 234 95.3 4.7 76.3 23.7 110.2 25.7
Template:Flaglist+link 83,107 48 96.1 3.9 99.4 0.6 195.8 81.3
Template:Flaglist+link 850 296 97.4 2.6 86.2 13.8 70.7 54.7
Template:Flaglist+link 32,556 345 89.2 10.8 96.9 3.1 83.4 16.6
Template:Flaglist+link 10,883 95 95.6 4.4 55.8 44.2 120.6 37.6
Template:Flaglist+link 1,222 307 97.2 2.8 88.9 11.1 87.3 40.0
Template:Flaglist+link 8,502 70 96.7 3.3 — — 151.3 75.8
Template:Flaglist+link 175 278 97.1 2.9 88.5 11.5 59.7 20.2
Template:Flaglist+link 1,119 145 95.7 4.3 93.2 6.8 — —
Template:Flaglist+link 19,161 164 92.0 8.0 96.7 3.3 363.9 67.2
Template:Flaglist+link 1,813 83 96.8 3.2 96.4 3.6 102.1 19.8
Template:Flaglist+link 763 64 98.1 1.9 97.6 2.4 50.9 14.4
Template:Flaglist+link 4,343 208 95.3 4.7 68.4 31.6 100.9 24.5
Template:Flaglist+link 759,518 357 95.1 4.9 99.7 0.3 151.9 30.1
Template:Flaglist+link 841 186 88.1 11.9 70.8 29.2 143.8 7.1
Template:Flaglist+link 7,553 109 97.0 3.0 97.0 3.0 80.9 19.1
Template:Flaglist+link 7,621 37 98.0 2.0 95.9 4.1 156.6 40.5
Template:Flaglist+link 12,761 96 94.2 5.8 98.8 1.2 304.3 39.3
Template:Flaglist+link 36,600 220 91.8 8.2 96.3 3.7 206.1 71.9
Template:Flaglist+link 30,701 124 97.3 2.7 95.1 4.9 171.4 58.1
Template:Flaglist+link 38,570 104 94.4 5.6 — — 102.2 39.0
Template:Flaglist+link 1,549 296 97.1 2.9 — — 109.4 31.7
Template:Flaglist+link 218 312 93.2 6.8 69.2 30.8 102.1 29.6
Template:Flaglist+link 764 16 91.8 8.2 — — — 70.2
Template:Flaglist+link 8,700 59 97.6 2.4 98.7 1.3 232.3 63.4
Template:Flaglist+link 39,092 210 92.9 7.1 96.6 3.4 100.4 35.9
Template:Flaglist+link 1,710,000 121 91.6 8.4 99.6 0.4 — —
Template:Flaglist+link 98,076 194 92.8 7.2 98.7 1.3 121.2 24.1
Template:Flaglist+link 225 27 97.8 2.2 92.3 7.7 161.7 29.0
Template:Flaglist+link 1,388 27 96.3 3.7 — — 616.9 60.0
Template:Flaglist+link 47 224 91.7 8.3 100.0 0.0 50.0 14.6
Template:Flaglist+link 19,226 374 94.6 5.4 86.9 13.1 129.1 14.4
Template:Flaglist+link 21,186 82 97.6 2.4 70.0 30.0 196.9 40.7
Template:Flaglist+link 3,413 84 94.7 5.3 94.3 5.7 87.1 31.0
Template:Flaglist+link 57,337 510 — — — — — —
Template:Flaglist+link 377 236 96.8 3.2 — — 63.9 41.0
Template:Flaglist+link 616 86 94.6 5.4 53.7 46.3 108.8 32.4
Template:Flaglist+link 19,269 179 91.8 8.2 92.0 8.0 97.0 8.0
Template:Flaglist+link 20,550 29 97.0 3.0 — — — 73.0
Template:Flaglist+link 3,968 68 95.6 4.4 69.9 30.1 98.9 38.2
Template:Flaglist+link 662 71 95.0 5.0 — — 171.4 35.8
Template:Flaglist+link 194 262 99.5 0.5 98.1 1.9 73.0 23.7
Template:Flaglist+link 26,782 243 97.2 2.8 91.9 8.1 183.2 61.4
Template:Flaglist+link 39,251 224 93.3 6.7 91.9 8.1 133.2 37.0
Template:Flaglist+link 106,000 116 96.3 3.7 99.0 1.0 — 9.9
Template:Flaglist+link 37,190 572 92.5 7.5 98.7 1.3 215.2 24.4
Template:Flaglist+link 78,081 130 96.0 4.0 87.8 12.2 101.4 15.4
Template:Flaglist+link 500 63 95.0 5.0 — — — —
Template:Flaglist+link — — — — — — — —
Template:Flaglist+link 2,299 173 96.1 3.9 64.5 35.5 76.6 19.2
Template:Flaglist+link 3,776 278 97.1 2.9 94.0 6.0 133.1 18.1
Template:Flaglist+link 110,000 99 95.8 4.2 — — — 14.9
Template:Flaglist+link 11 21 100.0 0.0 — — 78.2 32.1
Template:Flaglist+link 2,506 274 97.5 2.5 98.8 1.2 137.9 24.0
Template:Flaglist+link 2,910 53 91.7 8.3 82.9 17.1 101.1 23.6
Template:Flaglist+link 62,673 93 96.7 3.3 77.9 22.1 103.4 32.4
Template:Flaglist+link 603 196 92.7 7.3 37.0 63.0 97.9 27.9
Template:Flaglist+link 595 211 95.8 4.2 — — 102.2 19.0
Template:Flaglist+link 4,476 241 97.8 2.2 — — — 80.2
Template:Flaglist+link 691 31 97.5 2.5 33.3 66.7 172.5 22.2
Template:Flaglist+link 9,125 245 96.4 3.6 94.1 5.9 78.3 20.7
Template:Flaglist+link 57,600 69 94.4 5.6 76.0 24.0 78.7 20.6
Template:Flaglist+link 13,333 43 98.8 1.2 92.8 7.2 155.5 12.2
Template:Flaglist+link 47 139 92.9 7.1 66.1 33.9 57.1 26.8
Template:Flaglist+link 11,459 107 95.5 4.5 45.1 54.9 113.2 26.6
Template:Flaglist+link 126 225 86.2 13.8 99.1 0.9 76.8 31.7
Template:Flaglist+link 463 413 98.6 1.4 96.9 3.1 233.8 20.4
Template:Flaglist+link 756 168 96.8 3.2 — — 119.6 27.0
Template:Flaglist+link 690 411 92.8 7.2 69.0 31.0 126.2 45.1
Template:Flaglist+link 25,298 139 88.8 11.2 96.8 3.2 372.0 49.6
Template:Flaglist+link 87 132 94.6 5.4 90.3 9.7 79.1 15.1
Template:Flaglist+link 3,782 28 97.0 3.0 97.3 2.7 156.8 60.0
Template:Flaglist+link 196 10 97.4 2.6 92.9 7.1 102.2 67.9
Template:Flaglist+link 1,884 239 97.2 2.8 98.5 1.5 142.4 39.5
Template:Flaglist+link 10,905 97 95.8 4.2 — — 454.4 75.0
Template:Flaglist+link 21,629 237 94.3 5.7 98.7 1.3 204.0 54.1
Template:Flaglist+link 6,735 90 79.9 20.1 70.1 29.9 74.0 29.9
Template:Flaglist+link 16,551 169 92.3 7.7 95.1 4.9 111.6 16.6
Template:Flaglist+link 120 33 92.4 7.6 78.5 21.5 68.2 13.2
Template:Flaglist+link 478,600 35 95.8 4.2 98.8 1.2 118.5 69.1
Template:Flaglist+link 256,051 93 95.0 5.0 99.6 0.4 188.7 19.4
Template:Flaglist+link 189,000 228 96.9 3.1 97.1 2.9 153.0 25.1
Template:Flaglist+link 45,000 126 97.4 2.6 — — 139.2 35.2
Template:Flaglist+link 3,753 74 96.1 3.9 86.4 13.6 85.8 17.5
Template:Flaglist+link 106 125 95.3 4.7 91.5 8.5 76.8 6.6
Template:Flaglist+link 19,376 234 99.0 1.0 61.1 38.9 80.1 25.2
Template:Flaglist+link 53,697 89 95.8 4.2 67.8 32.2 106.2 31.3
Template:Flaglist+link 3,884 137 96.1 3.9 98.9 1.1 88.8 32.3
Template:Flaglist+link 48,429 38 91.8 8.2 94.3 5.7 56.6 12.1
Template:Flaglist+link 139 129 95.7 4.3 74.8 25.2 69.5 28.1
Template:Flaglist+link 20,060 198 97.8 2.2 90.1 9.9 150.2 36.9
Template:Flaglist+link 29,403 157 92.9 7.1 94.2 5.8 62.4 19.7
Template:Flaglist+link 42,596 81 93.3 6.7 99.4 0.6 190.5 44.1
Template:Flaglist+link 129 113 99.2 0.8 100.0 0.0 112.8 5.4
Template:Flaglist+link 1,832 103 97.3 2.7 94.3 5.7 97.1 29.6
Template:Flaglist+link 4,662 117 94.2 5.8 86.5 13.5 134.1 10.0
Template:Flaglist+link 10,142 161 95.8 4.2 96.8 3.2 61.7 16.6
Template:Flaglist+link 9,000 130 86.3 13.7 — — — 67.0
Template:Flaglist+link 3,319 175 91.4 8.6 98.1 1.9 68.8 27.8
Template:Flaglist+link 10,032 205 96.8 3.2 64.0 36.0 286.6 62.9
Template:Flaglist+link 2,073 92 96.4 3.6 99.1 0.9 70.6 19.5
Template:Flaglist+link 2,700 54 97.2 2.8 98.0 2.0 222.1 64.0
Template:Flaglist+link 9,100 139 98.8 1.2 87.2 12.8 141.6 90.0
Template:Flaglist+link 9 23 100.0 0.0 25.0 75.0 45.0 75.0
Template:Flaglist+link 6,018 216 95.3 4.7 97.9 2.1 83.2 11.8
Template:Flaglist+link 524 83 95.2 4.8 25.3 74.7 73.7 41.0
Template:Flaglist+link 1,617 232 87.8 12.2 29.3 70.7 82.8 18.9
Template:Flaglist+link 27,903 102 94.2 5.8 99.9 0.1 237.4 56.8
Template:Flaglist+link 14,060 71 98.9 1.1 99.8 0.2 200.9 17.8
Template:Flaglist+link 68,603 212 95.5 4.5 79.5 20.5 131.9 26.7
Template:Flaglist+link 1,852 499 95.7 4.3 98.9 1.1 127.7 —
Template:Flaglist+link 5,209 33 97.2 2.8 — — 223.3 52.8
Template:Flaglist+link 821 153 92.9 7.1 44.3 55.7 88.6 33.9
Template:Flaglist+link 35 66 100.0 0.0 — — 97.2 11.4
Template:Flaglist+link 715 186 97.1 2.9 — — 96.9 37.0
Template:Flaglist+link 2,321 53 98.2 1.8 88.8 11.2 101.8 38.2
Template:Flaglist+link 2,815 218 93.9 6.1 93.6 6.4 116.9 59.4
Template:Flaglist+link 352 127 99.7 0.3 — — 127.5 56.5
Template:Flaglist+link 215,232 166 94.5 5.5 98.8 1.2 98.2 41.7
Template:Flaglist+link 132 127 100.0 0.0 — — 88.0 16.7
Template:Flaglist+link 6,429 182 94.2 5.8 98.8 1.2 97.7 15.3
Template:Flaglist+link 8 21 85.7 14.3 4.8 95.2 9.5 76.2
Template:Flaglist+link 4,804 154 95.2 4.8 99.6 0.4 124.4 26.6
Template:Flaglist+link 1,070 172 97.4 2.6 84.7 15.3 80.3 29.2
Template:Flaglist+link 86,384 238 97.7 2.3 98.6 1.4 136.9 39.1
Template:Flaglist+link 19,832 63 97.1 2.9 98.5 1.5 210.7 33.1
Template:Flaglist+link 92,000 171 87.7 12.3 99.3 0.7 139.4 15.1
Template:Flaglist+link 7,400 295 97.1 2.9 94.5 5.5 72.7 54.0
Template:Flaglist+link 14 140 92.9 7.1 93.3 6.7 14.0 25.0
Template:Flaglist+link 26,118 86 94.4 5.6 94.7 5.3 153.7 55.1
Template:Flaglist+link 10,887 63 94.5 5.5 77.1 22.9 74.4 29.2
Template:Flaglist+link 440 154 98.9 1.1 — — 106.3 12.1
Template:Flaglist+link 9,469 188 93.4 6.6 97.0 3.0 93.8 36.5
Template:Flaglist+link 20,918 332 94.6 5.4 97.1 2.9 177.6 21.4
Template:Flaglist+link 10,723 47 96.8 3.2 — — 101.6 53.8
Template:Flaglist+link 67,631 32 98.1 1.9 99.7 0.3 146.8 72.7
Template:Flaglist+link — — — — — — — —
Template:Flaglist+link 2,175 105 96.7 3.3 93.3 6.7 72.0 13.7
Template:Flaglist+link 1,405 74 97.3 2.7 88.4 11.6 79.9 34.1
Template:Flaglist+link 175 313 94.2 5.8 — — 53.8 —
Template:Flaglist+link 2,653 49 93.7 6.3 71.0 29.0 73.0 25.2
Template:Flaglist+link 1,960 45 95.5 4.5 69.7 30.3 — 5.6
Template:Flaglist+link 77,275 38 98.4 1.6 98.8 1.2 133.8 62.1
Template:Flaglist+link 94 522 95.7 4.3 93.5 6.5 162.1 4.1
Template:Flaglist+link 18,174 420 94.8 5.2 89.9 10.1 124.6 39.2
Template:Flaglist+link 5,087 62 95.1 4.9 99.6 0.4 116.5 34.4
Template:Flaglist+link 16,804 241 94.1 5.9 95.8 4.2 143.1 77.3
Template:Flaglist+link 96,440 290 94.5 5.5 97.6 2.4 240.3 37.0
Template:Flaglist+link 215,000 200 89.0 11.0 99.7 0.3 463.6 75.1
Template:Flaglist+link 68,852 181 95.4 4.6 98.2 1.8 84.3 12.8
Template:Flaglist+link 11,463 111 93.0 7.0 85.0 15.0 88.9 19.0
Template:Flaglist+link 8,884 278 96.3 3.7 — — 86.3 13.1
Template:Flaglist+link 1,150 53 85.3 14.7 26.7 73.3 — 44.0
Template:Flaglist+link 53,920 105 92.7 7.3 95.3 4.7 112.0 35.1
Template:Flaglist+link 1,066 118 97.4 2.6 — — 89.1 21.5
Template:Flaglist+link 22,250 116 95.4 4.6 99.0 1.0 120.5 10.4
Template:Flaglist+link 478,182 331 91.8 8.2 93.8 6.2 68.6 21.8
Template:Flaglist+link 65,000 511 92.6 7.4 99.7 0.3 101.3 7.5
Template:Flaglist+link 400 204 94.0 6.0 99.5 0.5 121.2 14.0
Template:Flaglist+link 2 6 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 16.7 0.0
Template:Flaglist+link 253 116 96.0 4.0 99.2 0.8 126.5 32.8
Template:Flaglist+link 68,056 207 98.1 1.9 51.0 49.0 — 48.3
Template:Flaglist+link 7,368 134 96.0 4.0 96.1 3.9 86.6 26.5
Template:Flaglist+link 11,547 68 97.3 2.7 89.3 10.7 129.7 39.7
Template:Flaglist+link 10,900 158 95.9 4.1 97.1 2.9 105.6 15.6
Template:Flaglist+link 320 324 93.7 6.3 98.7 1.3 53.8 12.5
Template:Flaglist+link 4,732 60 98.5 1.5 99.5 0.5 220.2 29.5
Template:Flaglist+link 11,198 185 88.9 11.1 89.0 11.0 79.2 10.6
Template:Flaglist+link 62 153 95.0 5.0 79.8 20.2 125.4 18.1
Template:Flaglist+link 10,415 190 92.6 7.4 98.0 2.0 89.6 15.3
Template:Flaglist+link 1,122 53 95.2 4.8 70.2 29.8 84.4 26.0
Template:Flaglist+link 479 77 98.3 1.7 99.0 1.0 77.7 46.8
Template:Flaglist+link — — — — — — — —
Template:Flaglist+link 147,922 248 97.4 2.6 92.5 7.5 124.8 35.7
Template:Flaglist+link 7,000 50 89.1 10.9 — — — 28.9
Template:Flaglist+link 57,680 122 92.6 7.4 71.9 28.1 77.9 16.0
Template:Flaglist+link 28,915 135 95.1 4.9 98.6 1.4 190.6 58.9
Template:Flaglist+link 220 393 96.4 3.6 97.9 2.1 144.0 30.5
Template:Flaglist+link 503 263 97.5 2.5 97.0 3.0 105.4 53.5
Template:Flaglist+link 410 369 96.6 3.4 96.2 3.8 79.8 24.3
Template:Flaglist+link 21,000 52 98.0 2.0 99.0 1.0 255.3 20.4
Template:Flaglist+link 1,000 183 97.2 2.8 80.7 19.3 75.2 50.0
Template:Flaglist+link 7,000 68 94.4 5.6 77.9 22.1 101.6 27.2
Template:Flaglist+link 6,906 80 94.2 5.8 30.4 69.6 93.5 42.2
Template:Flaglist+link 10,599 60 92.6 7.4 92.7 7.3 65.6 50.5
Template:Flaglist+link 56,693 241 91.0 9.0 99.3 0.7 114.8 4.1
Template:Flaglist+link 9,317 121 98.4 1.6 95.1 4.9 61.5 15.0
Template:Flaglist+link 35,803 59 96.6 3.4 96.3 3.7 115.7 51.0
Template:Flaglist+link 311,605 449 87.8 12.2 95.6 4.4 339.1 19.2
Template:Flaglist+link 695 52 95.9 4.1 96.2 3.8 185.3 23.2
Template:Flaglist+link 5,277 67 97.0 3.0 94.8 5.2 194.0 64.2
Template:Flaglist+link 176 166 95.5 4.5 100.0 0.0 81.5 7.4
Template:Flaglist+link 3,999 292 97.1 2.9 99.2 0.8 81.8 59.7
Template:Flaglist+link 22,964 194 97.2 2.8 — — 118.5 57.0
Template:Flaglist+link 281,094 335 96.1 3.9 96.7 3.3 125.6 43.1
Template:Flaglist+link 30,452 552 93.5 6.5 99.3 0.7 85.0 14.0
Template:Flaglist+link 11 110 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 — 0.0
Template:Flaglist+link 55,229 124 95.5 4.5 97.7 2.3 319.2 49.8
Template:Flaglist+link 52,609 148 96.1 3.9 98.3 1.7 68.3 37.2
Template:Flaglist+link 9,826 104 88.3 11.7 12.2 87.8 158.9 38.2
Template:Flaglist+link 2,094,000 639 90.2 9.8 94.8 5.2 99.8 23.4
Template:Flaglist+link 11,755 337 94.6 5.4 97.2 2.8 99.3 22.3
Template:Flaglist+link 22,900 68 — — — — 80.0 10.0
Template:Flaglist+link 202 72 97.5 2.5 97.5 2.5 106.7 15.3
Template:Flaglist+link 43,992 134 94.3 5.7 97.8 2.2 167.7 61.3
Template:Flaglist+link 123,697 128 89.3 10.7 99.6 0.4 — 12.4
Template:Flaglist+link 143 447 95.5 4.5 — — 90.0 37.0
Template:Flaglist+link 412 394 97.3 2.7 84.3 15.7 162.5 36.4
Template:Flaglist+link 14,000 53 98.4 1.6 96.8 3.2 — 70.1
Template:Flaglist+link 22,823 123 97.0 3.0 97.9 2.1 247.8 17.6
Template:Flaglist+link 22,000 127 97.6 2.4 98.1 1.9 129.4 18.6
  1. ^ 100 - female
  2. ^ 100 - foreign

Territories or other subnational areas

To keep the above chart compact the country names were stripped from the territories or other subnational areas. Here is that info as provided by World Prison Brief:

Territory or other subnational area.
 American Samoa (USA)
 Anguilla (United Kingdom)
 Aruba (Netherlands)
 Bermuda (United Kingdom)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation
 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
 Cook Islands (New Zealand)
 Curaçao (Netherlands)
 Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
 French Guiana/Guyane (France)
 French Polynesia (France)
 Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
 Greenland (Denmark)
 Guadeloupe (France)
 Guam (USA)
 Guernsey (United Kingdom)
 Hong Kong (China)
 Jersey (United Kingdom)
 Macau (China)
 Martinique (France)
 Mayotte (France)
 New Caledonia (France)
 Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
 Puerto Rico (USA)
 Reunion (France)
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
 United Kingdom: England & Wales
 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
 United Kingdom: Scotland
 United States of America
 Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
 Virgin Islands (USA)

Notes

Australia

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[8] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Immigration detention in Australia and Punishment in Australia.

China

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[9] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Re-education through labor, Laogai, and Xinjiang internment camps.

Cuba

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[10] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Human rights in Cuba. Also at Law enforcement in Cuba.

Eritrea

World Prison Brief has limited info on Eritrea.[11]

North Korea

World Prison Brief has limited info on North Korea.[12] See info about detainees, and alleged detainees, at Prisons in North Korea.

Somalia

World Prison Brief has limited info on Somalia.[13]

United Kingdom

Main article: United Kingdom prison population

The data source (World Prison Brief) does not list an incarceration rate for the United Kingdom as a whole. In the list see United Kingdom: England & Wales, United Kingdom: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom: Scotland, Anguilla (United Kingdom), Bermuda (United Kingdom), Cayman Islands (United Kingdom), Gibraltar (United Kingdom), Guernsey (United Kingdom), Isle of Man (United Kingdom), Jersey (United Kingdom), Virgin Islands (United Kingdom). A rate for these parts of the United Kingdom as a whole can be calculated by adding up their prison populations, and then dividing by their combined population.

United States

Juvenile detention in the US[14]
Year Male Female Total
1997 90,771 14,284 105,055
1999 92,985 14,508 107,493
2001 89,115 15,104 104,219
2003 81,975 14,556 96,531
2006 78,998 13,723 92,721
2007 75,017 11,797 86,814
2010 61,359 9,434 70,793
2011 53,079 8,344 61,423
2013 46,421 7,727 54,148
2015 40,750 7,293 48,043
2017 36,982 6,598 43,580
2019 31,064 5,415 36,479
Main article: United States incarceration rate

The incarceration rate (per 100,000 population of all ages) is for inmates held in adult facilities in the United States. It does not include inmates in the custody of correctional facilities operated by departments of corrections in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and U.S. commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).[15][16]

In addition, there were 36,479 juveniles in juvenile detention in 2019.[14] For more juvenile detention information and numbers, see Youth incarceration in the United States.

The incarceration rate in the U.S. varies greatly by U.S. state. See: List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate. It also breaks it down to male and female incarceration rates by state. See also: Incarceration of women in the United States.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Correctional population statistics and Criminal justice statistics.

References

  1. ^ a b Highest to Lowest. World Prison Brief (WPB). Use dropdown menu to choose lists of countries by region, or the whole world. Use menu to select highest-to-lowest lists of prison population totals, prison population rates, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Column headings in WPB tables can be clicked to reorder columns lowest to highest, or alphabetically. For detailed information for each country click on any country name in lists. The individual country pages also give the date of the data. See also the WPB main data page and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. Please update the tables here only from this WPB source.
  2. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  3. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  6. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. ^ "Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  8. ^ Australia. By World Prison Brief.
  9. ^ China. By World Prison Brief.
  10. ^ Cuba. By World Prison Brief.
  11. ^ Eritrea. World Prison Brief.
  12. ^ North Korea. By World Prison Brief.
  13. ^ Somalia. World Prison Brief.
  14. ^ a b Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C.. "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Click "National Crosstabs" at the top, and then choose the census years. Click "Show table" to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years. Or go here for all years. And here.
  15. ^ United States of America. By World Prison Brief.
  16. ^ Correctional Populations in the United States, 2016 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (NCJ 251211). Published April 2018 by U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). By Danielle Kaeble and Mary Cowhig, BJS statisticians. See PDF Archived 2018-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Appendix table 1 on page 11 has rates and counts by state. See page 1 "highlights" section for the "1 in ..." numbers. See table 4 on page 4 for a timeline of nationwide incarceration rates. See appendix table 3 on page 13, for "Persons held in custody in state or federal prisons or in local jails, 2000, 2010, and 2015–2016". That table also has incarceration rates. See appendix table 2 on page 12 for the number or persons incarcerated in territorial prisons, military facilities, and jails in Indian country.
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