Number of Prisoners Per 100,000 People Around The World

Map created by @theWorldMaps

The map above shows the number of prisoners in each country around the world per 100,000 people. The data comes from The thirteenth edition of the World Prison Population List for October 2021.

The United States is the outlier at the high-end with 629 prisoners per 100,000 people or 0.629% of Americans are in prison t any given moment. At the other extreme is San Marino which has 0 prisoners per 100,000 people.

The map above doesn’t actually seem to use the latest data available which is as follows:

Country	Total Number Of Prisoners	Rate per 100,000	Male(%)	Female(%)
Afghanistan	28,240	77	97.4	2.6
Albania	5,112	183	98	2
Algeria	94,749	217	98.5	1.5
American Samoa	301	538	95.9	4.1
Andorra	46	58	91.1	8.9
Angola	24,966	79	97.3	2.7
Anguilla	55	367	100	0
Antigua and Barbuda	238	243	95.2	4.8
Argentina	114,074	249	95.2	4.8
Armenia	2,113	71	96.8	3.2
Aruba	170	165	96.5	3.5
Australia	42,403	165	92.3	7.7
Austria	8,645	96	93.4	6.6
Azerbaijan	22,334	220	97.1	2.9
Bahamas	1,617	409	96.9	3.1
Bahrain	3,485	234	95.3	4.7
Bangladesh	81,156	46	96.1	3.9
Barbados	769	267	97.4	2.6
Belarus	32,556	345	89.2	10.8
Belgium	10,614	91	95.6	4.4
Belize	1,114	271	97.2	2.8
Benin	13,009	103	96.7	3.3
Bermuda	124	200	97.1	2.9
Bhutan	1,119	145	95.7	4.3
Bolivia	20,864	175	92	8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,813	83	96.8	3.2
Republika Srpska	554	46	98.1	1.9
Botswana	3,882	162	95.3	4.7
Brazil	835,643	389	95.1	4.9
Brunei	841	186	88.1	11.9
Bulgaria	6,384	93	97	3
Burkina Faso	7,401	35	98	2
Burundi	12,448	88	94.2	5.8
Cambodia	39,000	229	91.8	8.2
Cameroon	32,003	116	97.3	2.7
Canada	32,261	85	94.4	5.6
Cape Verde	1,549	296	97.1	2.9
Cayman Islands	205	312	93.2	6.8
Central African Republic	1,291	26	91.8	8.2
Chad	8,700	59	97.6	2.4
Chile	45,135	240	92.9	7.1
China	1,690,000	119	91.6	8.4
Colombia	98,242	192	92.8	7.2
Comoros	387	43	97.8	2.2
Congo	1,388	27	96.3	3.7
Cook Islands	47	224	91.7	8.3
Costa Rica	15,516	301	94.6	5.4
Ivory Coast	23,000	85	97.6	2.4
Croatia	3,955	99	94.7	5.3
Cuba	57,337	510	—	—
Curaçao	429	261	96.8	3.2
Cyprus	716	80	94.6	5.4
Czech Republic	19,215	179	91.8	8.2
DR Congo	22,820	24	97	3
Denmark	4,248	72	95.6	4.4
Djibouti	662	71	95	5
Dominica	206	275	99.5	0.5
Dominican Republic	26,238	231	97.2	2.8
Ecuador	32,325	178	93.3	6.7
Egypt	119,000	117	96.3	3.7
El Salvador	39,538	605	92.5	7.5
England and Wales	82,176	136	96	4
EquatorialGuinea	500	63	95	5
Eritrea	—	—	—	—
Estonia	2,057	155	96.1	3.9
Eswatini	3,362	244	97.1	2.9
Ethiopia	110,000	99	95.8	4.2
Faro Islands	11	21	100	0
Fiji	2,379	256	97.5	2.5
Finland	2,827	51	91.7	8.3
France	72,350	106	96.7	3.3
FrenchGuiana	833	261	92.7	7.3
French Polynesia	595	208	95.8	4.2
Gabon	5,226	228	97.8	2.2
Gambia	543	22	97.5	2.5
Georgia	9,702	266	96.4	3.6
Germany	56,557	67	94.4	5.6
Ghana	14,444	45	98.8	1.2
Gibraltar	92	273	92.9	7.1
Greece	11,131	105	95.5	4.5
Greenland	131	233	86.2	13.8
Grenada	365	323	98.6	1.4
Guadeloupe	857	191	96.8	3.2
Guam	700	408	92.8	7.2
Guatemala	24,310	130	88.8	11.2
Guernsey	84	127	94.6	5.4
Guinea	4,375	34	97	3
Guinea-Bissau	596	31	97.4	2.6
Guyana	1,889	239	97.2	2.8
Haiti	11,253	98	95.8	4.2
Honduras	20,768	206	94.3	5.7
Hong Kong	7,867	106	79.9	20.1
Hungary	18,800	194	92.3	7.7
Iceland	140	37	92.4	7.6
India	554,034	40	95.8	4.2
Indonesia	275,518	99	95	5
Iran	189,000	228	96.9	3.1
Iraq	73,715	179	97.4	2.6
Ireland	4,246	83	96.1	3.9
Isle of Man	109	126	95.3	4.7
Israel	14,961	168	99	1
Italy	56,524	97	95.8	4.2
Jamaica	3,719	130	96.1	3.9
Japan	45,714	36	91.8	8.2
Jersey	146	135	95.7	4.3
Jordan	17,708	174	97.8	2.2
Kazakhstan	35,228	184	92.9	7.1
Kenya	58,887	107	93.3	6.7
Kiribati	129	113	99.2	0.8
Kosovo	1,642	93	97.3	2.7
Kuwait	4,420	111	94.2	5.8
Kyrgyzstan	10,142	161	95.8	4.2
Laos	11,885	166	86.3	13.7
Latvia	3,169	169	91.4	8.6
Lebanon	7,401	110	96.8	3.2
Lesotho	2,216	104	96.4	3.6
Liberia	2,925	56	97.2	2.8
Libya	12,300	176	98.8	1.2
Liechtenstein	11	28	100	0
Lithuania	5,089	182	95.3	4.7
Luxembourg	685	106	95.2	4.8
Macau	1,401	209	87.8	12.2
Madagascar	27,611	97	94.2	5.8
Malawi	14,500	71	98.9	1.1
Malaysia	76,336	229	95.5	4.5
Maldives	1,700	314	95.7	4.3
Mali	8,670	40	97.2	2.8
Malta	821	159	92.9	7.1
Marshall Islands	35	66	100	0
Martinique	919	239	97.1	2.9
Mauritania	2,023	43	98.2	1.8
Mauritius	2,386	184	93.9	6.1
Mayotte	519	180	99.7	0.3
Mexico	230,000	174	94.5	5.5
Micronesia	132	127	100	0
Moldova	6,461	183	94.2	5.8
Monaco	13	33	85.7	14.3
Mongolia	5,832	183	95.2	4.8
Montenegro	929	150	97.4	2.6
Morocco	88,941	240	97.7	2.3
Mozambique	18,700	56	97.1	2.9
Myanmar	100,324	183	87.7	12.3
Namibia	8,900	318	97.1	2.9
Nauru	14	140	92.9	7.1
Nepal	25,400	83	94.4	5.6
Netherlands	11,623	66	94.5	5.5
New Caledonia	619	212	98.9	1.1
New Zealand	7,964	155	93.4	6.6
Nicaragua	20,918	332	94.6	5.4
Niger	9,187	39	96.8	3.2
Nigeria	74,367	34	98.1	1.9
North Korea	—	—	—	—
North Macedonia	2,220	107	96.7	3.3
Northern Ireland	1,667	88	97.3	2.7
Northern Mariana Islands	175	313	94.2	5.8
Norway	3,009	55	93.7	6.3
Oman	1,960	46	95.5	4.5
Pakistan	85,670	38	98.4	1.6
Palau	77	428	95.7	4.3
Panama	21,113	478	94.8	5.2
Papua New Guinea	5,087	58	95.1	4.9
Paraguay	16,656	229	94.1	5.9
Peru	90,293	264	94.5	5.5
Philippines	166,912	152	89	11
Poland	71,866	191	95.4	4.6
Portugal	12,396	120	93	7
Puerto Rico	8,884	278	96.3	3.7
Qatar	1,150	53	85.3	14.7
South Korea	53,920	105	92.7	7.3
Réunion	1,179	130	97.4	2.6
Romania	23,046	122	95.4	4.6
Russia	439,453	304	91.7	8.3
Rwanda	76,099	580	92.6	7.4
Samoa	358	179	94	6
San Marino	9	26	100	0
São Tomé and Príncipe	260	115	96	4
Saudi Arabia	68,056	207	98.1	1.9
Scotland	7,328	134	96	4
Senegal	12,430	67	97.3	2.7
Serbia	10,557	155	95.9	4.1
Seychelles	317	317	93.7	6.3
Sierra Leone	4,430	54	98.5	1.5
Singapore	10,262	169	88.9	11.1
Sint Maarten	77	179	95	5
Slovakia	9,939	182	92.6	7.4
Slovenia	1,447	68	95.2	4.8
Solomon Islands	500	79	98.3	1.7
Somalia	—	—	—	—
South Africa	144,938	239	97.4	2.6
South Sudan	7,000	50	89.1	10.9
Spain	55,093	116	92.6	7.4
Sri Lanka	22,000	102	95.1	4.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis	184	347	96.4	3.6
Saint Lucia	484	263	97.5	2.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	385	347	96.6	3.4
Sudan	21,000	52	98	2
Suriname	1,000	185	97.2	2.8
Sweden	7,713	74	94.4	5.6
Switzerland	6,310	72	94.2	5.8
Syria	10,599	60	92.6	7.4
Taiwan	55761	237	91	9
Tajikistan	14000	141	98.4	1.6
Tanzania	33,570	52	96.6	3.4
Thailand	285,572	411	87.8	12.2
East Timor	763	55	95.9	4.1
Togo	4,990	59	97	3
Tonga	176	166	95.5	4.5
Trinidad and Tobago	3,802	276	97.1	2.9
Tunisia	23,484	196	97.2	2.8
Turkey	314,502	374	96.1	3.9
Turkmenistan	35,000	576	93.5	6.5
Tuvalu	11	110	100	0
Uganda	70,535	144	95.5	4.5
Ukraine	48,038	123	96.1	3.9
United Arab Emirates	9,826	104	88.3	11.7
United States	1,675,400	505	89.8	10.2
Uruguay	14,347	408	94.6	5.4
Uzbekistan	22,867	68	—	—
Vanuatu	195	65	97.5	2.5
Venezuela	67,200	199	94.3	5.7
Vietnam	125,697	130	89.3	10.7
British Virgin Islands	143	447	95.5	4.5
U.S. Virgin Islands	359	345	97.3	2.7
Yemen	9,719	35	98.4	1.6
Zambia	23,062	117	97	3
Zimbabwe	20,898	115	97.6	2.4