Prison Population and Incarceration Rate - 2007 Rankings (Alphabetical 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) in alphabetical order.

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

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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