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Number of Prisoners Per 100,000 People Around The World

Last Updated: March 28, 2023 1 Comment

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:

CountryTotal Number Of PrisonersRate per 100,000Male(%)Female(%)
Afghanistan28,2407797.42.6
Albania5,112183982
Algeria94,74921798.51.5
American Samoa30153895.94.1
Andorra465891.18.9
Angola24,9667997.32.7
Anguilla553671000
Antigua and Barbuda23824395.24.8
Argentina114,07424995.24.8
Armenia2,1137196.83.2
Aruba17016596.53.5
Australia42,40316592.37.7
Austria8,6459693.46.6
Azerbaijan22,33422097.12.9
Bahamas1,61740996.93.1
Bahrain3,48523495.34.7
Bangladesh81,1564696.13.9
Barbados76926797.42.6
Belarus32,55634589.210.8
Belgium10,6149195.64.4
Belize1,11427197.22.8
Benin13,00910396.73.3
Bermuda12420097.12.9
Bhutan1,11914595.74.3
Bolivia20,864175928
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,8138396.83.2
Republika Srpska5544698.11.9
Botswana3,88216295.34.7
Brazil835,64338995.14.9
Brunei84118688.111.9
Bulgaria6,38493973
Burkina Faso7,40135982
Burundi12,4488894.25.8
Cambodia39,00022991.88.2
Cameroon32,00311697.32.7
Canada32,2618594.45.6
Cape Verde1,54929697.12.9
Cayman Islands20531293.26.8
Central African Republic1,2912691.88.2
Chad8,7005997.62.4
Chile45,13524092.97.1
China1,690,00011991.68.4
Colombia98,24219292.87.2
Comoros3874397.82.2
Congo1,3882796.33.7
Cook Islands4722491.78.3
Costa Rica15,51630194.65.4
Ivory Coast23,0008597.62.4
Croatia3,9559994.75.3
Cuba57,337510——
Curaçao42926196.83.2
Cyprus7168094.65.4
Czech Republic19,21517991.88.2
DR Congo22,82024973
Denmark4,2487295.64.4
Djibouti66271955
Dominica20627599.50.5
Dominican Republic26,23823197.22.8
Ecuador32,32517893.36.7
Egypt119,00011796.33.7
El Salvador39,53860592.57.5
England and Wales82,176136964
EquatorialGuinea50063955
Eritrea————
Estonia2,05715596.13.9
Eswatini3,36224497.12.9
Ethiopia110,0009995.84.2
Faro Islands11211000
Fiji2,37925697.52.5
Finland2,8275191.78.3
France72,35010696.73.3
FrenchGuiana83326192.77.3
French Polynesia59520895.84.2
Gabon5,22622897.82.2
Gambia5432297.52.5
Georgia9,70226696.43.6
Germany56,5576794.45.6
Ghana14,4444598.81.2
Gibraltar9227392.97.1
Greece11,13110595.54.5
Greenland13123386.213.8
Grenada36532398.61.4
Guadeloupe85719196.83.2
Guam70040892.87.2
Guatemala24,31013088.811.2
Guernsey8412794.65.4
Guinea4,37534973
Guinea-Bissau5963197.42.6
Guyana1,88923997.22.8
Haiti11,2539895.84.2
Honduras20,76820694.35.7
Hong Kong7,86710679.920.1
Hungary18,80019492.37.7
Iceland1403792.47.6
India554,0344095.84.2
Indonesia275,51899955
Iran189,00022896.93.1
Iraq73,71517997.42.6
Ireland4,2468396.13.9
Isle of Man10912695.34.7
Israel14,961168991
Italy56,5249795.84.2
Jamaica3,71913096.13.9
Japan45,7143691.88.2
Jersey14613595.74.3
Jordan17,70817497.82.2
Kazakhstan35,22818492.97.1
Kenya58,88710793.36.7
Kiribati12911399.20.8
Kosovo1,6429397.32.7
Kuwait4,42011194.25.8
Kyrgyzstan10,14216195.84.2
Laos11,88516686.313.7
Latvia3,16916991.48.6
Lebanon7,40111096.83.2
Lesotho2,21610496.43.6
Liberia2,9255697.22.8
Libya12,30017698.81.2
Liechtenstein11281000
Lithuania5,08918295.34.7
Luxembourg68510695.24.8
Macau1,40120987.812.2
Madagascar27,6119794.25.8
Malawi14,5007198.91.1
Malaysia76,33622995.54.5
Maldives1,70031495.74.3
Mali8,6704097.22.8
Malta82115992.97.1
Marshall Islands35661000
Martinique91923997.12.9
Mauritania2,0234398.21.8
Mauritius2,38618493.96.1
Mayotte51918099.70.3
Mexico230,00017494.55.5
Micronesia1321271000
Moldova6,46118394.25.8
Monaco133385.714.3
Mongolia5,83218395.24.8
Montenegro92915097.42.6
Morocco88,94124097.72.3
Mozambique18,7005697.12.9
Myanmar100,32418387.712.3
Namibia8,90031897.12.9
Nauru1414092.97.1
Nepal25,4008394.45.6
Netherlands11,6236694.55.5
New Caledonia61921298.91.1
New Zealand7,96415593.46.6
Nicaragua20,91833294.65.4
Niger9,1873996.83.2
Nigeria74,3673498.11.9
North Korea————
North Macedonia2,22010796.73.3
Northern Ireland1,6678897.32.7
Northern Mariana Islands17531394.25.8
Norway3,0095593.76.3
Oman1,9604695.54.5
Pakistan85,6703898.41.6
 Palau7742895.74.3
Panama21,11347894.85.2
Papua New Guinea5,0875895.14.9
Paraguay16,65622994.15.9
Peru90,29326494.55.5
Philippines166,9121528911
Poland71,86619195.44.6
Portugal12,396120937
Puerto Rico8,88427896.33.7
Qatar1,1505385.314.7
South Korea53,92010592.77.3
Réunion1,17913097.42.6
Romania23,04612295.44.6
Russia439,45330491.78.3
Rwanda76,09958092.67.4
Samoa358179946
San Marino9261000
São Tomé and Príncipe260115964
Saudi Arabia68,05620798.11.9
Scotland7,328134964
Senegal12,4306797.32.7
Serbia10,55715595.94.1
Seychelles31731793.76.3
Sierra Leone4,4305498.51.5
Singapore10,26216988.911.1
Sint Maarten77179955
Slovakia9,93918292.67.4
Slovenia1,4476895.24.8
Solomon Islands5007998.31.7
Somalia————
South Africa144,93823997.42.6
South Sudan7,0005089.110.9
Spain55,09311692.67.4
Sri Lanka22,00010295.14.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis18434796.43.6
Saint Lucia48426397.52.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines38534796.63.4
Sudan21,00052982
Suriname1,00018597.22.8
Sweden7,7137494.45.6
Switzerland6,3107294.25.8
Syria10,5996092.67.4
Taiwan55761237919
Tajikistan1400014198.41.6
Tanzania33,5705296.63.4
Thailand285,57241187.812.2
East Timor7635595.94.1
Togo4,99059973
Tonga17616695.54.5
Trinidad and Tobago3,80227697.12.9
Tunisia23,48419697.22.8
Turkey314,50237496.13.9
Turkmenistan35,00057693.56.5
Tuvalu111101000
Uganda70,53514495.54.5
Ukraine48,03812396.13.9
United Arab Emirates9,82610488.311.7
United States1,675,40050589.810.2
Uruguay14,34740894.65.4
Uzbekistan22,86768——
Vanuatu1956597.52.5
Venezuela67,20019994.35.7
Vietnam125,69713089.310.7
British Virgin Islands14344795.54.5
U.S. Virgin Islands35934597.32.7
Yemen9,7193598.41.6
Zambia23,062117973
Zimbabwe20,89811597.62.4

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Comments

  1. RZ says

    April 14, 2023 at 6:16 am

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

    Reply

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