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 |
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RZ says
A very telling map about which countries, a) have the most criminals or b) treat their citizens the worst.