Prison Population and Incarceration Rate - 2007 Rankings (Rank Order)

SOURCE: United Nations Development Programme

Data for the following table were reported by the United Nations Development Programme. For explanations, please refer to the notes below the table.

Prison Population and Prisoners per 100,000 People, by Country
Ranked by Highest to Lowest Incarceration Rate (per 100,000 people)

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Rank	Country/Region	Prisoners Per 100,000 People	Prison Population
1	United States	738	2,186,230
2	Russia	611	869,81
3	St Kitts and Nevis	547	214,00
4	Turkmenistan	489	22,00
5	Cuba	487	55,00
6	Belize	487	1,36
7	Bahamas	462	1,50
8	Belarus	426	41,58
9	Dominica	419	289,00
10	Barbados	367	997,00
11	Panama	364	11,65
12	Ukraine	356	165,72
13	Suriname	356	1,60
14	Singapore	350	15,04
15	Botswana	348	6,26
16	Maldives	343	1,13
17	Kazakhstan	340	49,29
18	South Africa	335	157,40
19	Estonia	333	4,46
20	St. Vincent/Grenadines	312	367,00
21	Saint_Lucia	303	503,00
22	Trinidad & Tobago	296	3,85
23	Latvia	292	6,68
24	Kyrgyzstan	292	15,74
25	United Arab Emirates	288	8,93
26	Georgia	276	11,73
27	Mongolia	269	7,00
28	Namibia	267	4,81
29	Grenada	265	237,00
30	Tunisia	263	26,00
31	Thailand	256	164,44
32	Swaziland	249	2,73
33	Moldova	247	8,88
34	Chile	240	39,92
35	Lithuania	240	8,12
36	Seychelles	239	193,00
37	Poland	230	87,90
38	Antigua and Barbuda	225	176,00
39	Azerbaijan	219	18,26
40	Iran	214	147,93
41	Gabon	212	2,75
42	Israel	209	13,91
43	Libya	207	11,79
44	Mauritius	205	2,46
45	Guyana	199	1,52
46	Mexico	196	214,45
47	Uruguay	193	6,95
48	Brazil	191	361,40
49	New Zealand	186	7,62
50	Czech Republic	185	18,95
51	Uzbekistan	184	48,00
52	Jamaica	182	4,91
53	Costa Rica	181	7,78
54	Cape Verde	178	755,00
55	Morocco	175	54,54
56	El Salvador	174	12,18
57	Hong Kong	168	11,58
58	Lebanon	168	5,97
59	Luxembourg	167	768,00
60	Romania	164	35,43
61	Tajikistan	164	10,80
62	Honduras	161	11,59
63	Slovakia	158	8,49
64	Hungary	156	15,72
65	Lesotho	156	2,92
66	Bulgaria	148	11,44
67	Spain	145	64,22
68	Dominican Republic	143	12,73
69	Malaysia	141	35,64
70	Brunei	140	529,00
71	Argentina	140	54,47
72	Zimbabwe	139	18,03
73	Colombia	134	62,22
74	Saudi Arabia	132	28,61
75	Fiji	131	1,11
76	Kuwait	130	3,50
77	Kenya	130	47,04
78	Netherlands	128	21,01
79	Algeria	127	42,00
80	Australia	126	25,35
81	Peru	126	35,64
82	Cameroon	125	20,00
83	United Kingdom	124	88,46
84	Samoa	123	223,00
85	Portugal	121	12,87
86	Myanmar	120	60,00
87	China	118	1,548,498
88	Tonga	114	128,00
89	Sri Lanka	114	23,61
90	Tanzania	113	43,91
91	Albania	111	3,49
92	Philippines	108	89,64
93	Canada	107	34,10
94	Madagascar	107	20,29
95	Austria	105	8,77
96	Viet Nam	105	88,41
97	Italy	104	61,72
98	Jordan	104	5,59
99	F.Y.R.O.Macedonia	99	2,03
100	Nicaragua	98	5,61
101	South Korea	97	45,88
102	Germany	95	78,58
103	Bahrain	95	701,00
104	Uganda	95	26,13
105	Ecuador	93	12,25
106	Belgium	91	9,60
107	Turkey	91	65,46
108	Greece	90	9,98
109	Armenia	89	2,88
110	Egypt	87	61,85
111	Malta	86	352,00
112	Paraguay	86	5,06
113	France	85	52,01
114	Switzerland	83	6,11
115	Bolivia	83	7,71
116	Yemen	83	14,00
117	Sweden	82	7,45
118	Sao Tome & Principe	82	155,00
119	Croatia	81	3,59
120	Oman	81	2,02
121	Denmark	77	4,20
122	Cyprus	76	580,00
123	Finland	75	3,95
124	Venezuela	74	19,85
125	Ireland	72	3,08
126	Laos	69	4,02
127	Papua New Guinea	69	4,06
128	Norway	66	3,05
129	Slovenia	65	1,30
130	Vanuatu	65	138,00
131	Togo	65	3,20
132	Japan	62	79,06
133	Solomon Islands	62	297,00
134	Djibouti	61	384,00
135	Bosnia & Herzegovina	59	1,53
136	Syria	58	10,60
137	Cambodia	58	8,16
138	Guatemala	57	7,23
139	Pakistan	57	89,37
140	Qatar	55	465,00
141	Ghana	55	12,74
142	Senegal	54	5,36
143	Bangladesh	50	71,20
144	Indonesia	45	99,95
145	Haiti	43	3,67
146	Timor-Leste	41	320,00
147	Iceland	40	119,00
148	Congo	38	918,00
149	Sudan	36	12,00
150	Gambia	32	450,00
151	India	30	332,11
152	Comoros	30	200,00
153	Nigeria	30	40,44
154	Mauritania	26	815,00
155	Nepal	26	7,14
	Palestinian Territories
	Equatorial Guinea
	Bhutan
	Eritrea

Countries for which there is no adequate or comparable data are listed at the bottom of the table.

Because of differences in legal definitions, data are not strictly comparable across countries.

Data refer to a year 2007, but in some cases to a different year if otherwise not available. In some cases the intentional homicide rate differs from the standard definition or refers to only part of a country.

Data from ICPS - International Center for Policy Studies.

NOTE: The table on this page is re-published from data provided by the United Nations Development Program. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of prisoner information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about national prison incarceration rate index should be addressed to the UNDP.

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