Prisoner statistics by country

The following statistics from NationMasters.com show how many prisoners are incarcerated in various countries. View the prisoner statistics page here. For prisoners per capita by country, click here. For more crime statistics, click here.

Crime Statistics: Prisoners by country (Showing latest available data.)

Rank Countries Amount

# 1 United States: 2,019,234 prisoners
# 2 China: 1,549,000 prisoners
# 3 Russia: 846,967 prisoners
# 4 India: 313,635 prisoners
# 5 Brazil: 308,304 prisoners
# 6 Thailand: 213,815 prisoners
# 7 Ukraine: 198,386 prisoners
# 8 South Africa: 181,944 prisoners
# 9 Mexico: 172,888 prisoners
# 10 Iran: 163,526 prisoners
# 11 Rwanda: 112,000 prisoners
# 12 Pakistan: 87,000 prisoners
# 13 Indonesia: 84,357 prisoners
# 14 Poland: 80,467 prisoners
# 15 United Kingdom: 78,753 prisoners
# 16 Germany: 74,904 prisoners
# 17 Bangladesh: 74,170 prisoners
# 18 Philippines: 70,383 prisoners
# 19 Japan: 69,502 prisoners
# 20 Turkey: 64,051 prisoners
# 21 Egypt: 61,845 prisoners
# 22 Spain: 59,251 prisoners
# 23 Korea, South: 58,564 prisoners
# 24 Kazakhstan: 58,300 prisoners
# 25 France: 56,957 prisoners
# 26 Taiwan: 56,225 prisoners
# 27 Italy: 55,670 prisoners
# 28 Vietnam: 55,000 prisoners
# 29 Morocco: 54,351 prisoners
# 30 Colombia: 54,034 prisoners
# 31 Belarus: 51,238 prisoners
# 32 Romania: 48,075 prisoners
# 33 Uzbekistan: 48,000 prisoners
# 34 Argentina: 44,969 prisoners
# 35 Tanzania: 43,244 prisoners
# 36 Nigeria: 40,447 prisoners
# 37 Malaysia: 39,258 prisoners
# 38 Chile: 36,636 prisoners
# 39 Canada: 35,519 prisoners
# 40 Kenya: 35,278 prisoners
# 41 Algeria: 34,243 prisoners
# 42 Burma: 32,797 prisoners
# 43 Saudi Arabia: 28,612 prisoners
# 44 Peru: 27,417 prisoners
# 45 Tunisia: 23,165 prisoners
# 46 Australia: 22,492 prisoners
# 47 Madagascar: 20,109 prisoners
# 48 Cameroon: 20,000 prisoners
# 49 Sri Lanka: 19,974 prisoners
# 50 Kyrgyzstan: 19,500 prisoners
# 51 Venezuela: 19,255 prisoners
# 52 Azerbaijan: 19,136 prisoners
# 53 Czech Republic: 18,669 prisoners
# 54 Hungary: 17,862 prisoners
# 55 Netherlands: 16,930 prisoners
# 56 Singapore: 16,310 prisoners
= 57 Yemen: 14,000 prisoners
= 57 Syria: 14,000 prisoners
# 59 Portugal: 13,918 prisoners
# 60 Dominican Republic: 13,836 prisoners
# 61 Zambia: 13,173 prisoners
# 62 Honduras: 11,502 prisoners
# 63 Lithuania: 11,070 prisoners
# 64 El Salvador: 11,055 prisoners
# 65 Israel: 11,027 prisoners
# 66 Ghana: 10,992 prisoners
# 67 Moldova: 10,903 prisoners
# 68 Panama: 10,350 prisoners
# 69 Bulgaria: 9,918 prisoners
# 70 Libya: 9,763 prisoners
# 71 Greece: 8,841 prisoners
# 72 Mozambique: 8,812 prisoners
# 73 Burundi: 8,647 prisoners
# 74 Belgium: 8,605 prisoners
# 75 Malawi: 8,566 prisoners
# 76 Costa Rica: 8,526 prisoners
# 77 Latvia: 8,483 prisoners
# 78 Bolivia: 8,315 prisoners
# 79 Guatemala: 8,307 prisoners
# 80 Ecuador: 8,274 prisoners
# 81 Austria: 8,114 prisoners
# 82 Mongolia: 7,871 prisoners
# 83 Slovakia: 7,758 prisoners
# 84 Nicaragua: 7,198 prisoners
# 85 Nepal: 7,132 prisoners
# 86 Uruguay: 7,100 prisoners
# 87 Georgia: 6,406 prisoners
# 88 Cambodia: 6,346 prisoners
# 89 Angola: 6,008 prisoners
# 90 New Zealand: 5,968 prisoners
# 91 Sweden: 5,920 prisoners
# 92 Botswana: 5,890 prisoners
# 93 Jordan: 5,589 prisoners
# 94 Lebanon: 5,535 prisoners
# 95 Senegal: 5,360 prisoners
# 96 Switzerland: 4,982 prisoners
# 97 Benin: 4,961 prisoners
# 98 Namibia: 4,814 prisoners
# 99 Trinidad and Tobago: 4,794 prisoners
# 100 Jamaica: 4,744 prisoners
# 101 Estonia: 4,571 prisoners
# 102 Central African Republic: 4,168 prisoners
# 103 Haiti: 4,152 prisoners
# 104 Paraguay: 4,088 prisoners
# 105 Mali: 4,040 prisoners
# 106 Chad: 3,883 prisoners
# 107 Denmark: 3,435 prisoners
# 108 Finland: 3,433 prisoners
# 109 Papua New Guinea: 3,302 prisoners
# 110 Swaziland: 3,245 prisoners
# 111 Guinea: 3,070 prisoners
# 112 Lesotho: 3,000 prisoners
# 113 Kuwait: 2,946 prisoners
# 114 Norway: 2,914 prisoners
# 115 Armenia: 2,866 prisoners
# 116 Burkina Faso: 2,800 prisoners
# 117 Croatia: 2,611 prisoners
# 118 Mauritius: 2,565 prisoners
# 119 Togo: 2,043 prisoners
# 120 Suriname: 1,933 prisoners
# 121 Albania: 1,532 prisoners
# 122 Guyana: 1,507 prisoners
# 123 Oman: 1,403 prisoners
# 124 Mauritania: 1,354 prisoners
# 125 Bahamas, The: 1,280 prisoners
# 126 Cyprus: 1,254 prisoners
# 127 Slovenia: 1,099 prisoners
# 128 Belize: 1,097 prisoners
# 129 Barbados: 992 prisoners
# 130 Fiji: 982 prisoners
# 131 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 918 prisoners
# 132 Bahrain: 911 prisoners
# 133 Qatar: 570 prisoners
# 134 Gambia, The: 450 prisoners
# 135 Djibouti: 384 prisoners
# 136 Saint Lucia: 365 prisoners
# 137 Luxembourg: 341 prisoners
# 138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 302 prisoners
# 139 Dominica: 298 prisoners
# 140 Grenada: 297 prisoners
# 141 Malta: 283 prisoners
# 142 Antigua and Barbuda: 186 prisoners
# 143 Seychelles: 157 prisoners
# 144 Saint Kitts and Nevis: 135 prisoners
# 145 Solomon Islands: 134 prisoners
# 146 Sao Tome and Principe: 130 prisoners
# 147 Tonga: 113 prisoners
# 148 Iceland: 104 prisoners
# 149 Palau: 103 prisoners
# 150 Vanuatu: 93 prisoners
# 151 Andorra: 61 prisoners
# 152 Kiribati: 55 prisoners
# 153 Micronesia, Federated States of: 39 prisoners
# 154 Marshall Islands: 23 prisoners
# 155 Liechtenstein: 18 prisoners
# 156 Monaco: 13 prisoners
= 157 Nauru: 6 prisoners
= 157 Tuvalu: 6 prisoners
= 159 Tajikistan: 0 prisoners
= 159 Comoros: 0 prisoners
= 159 Cuba: 0 prisoners
= 159 Uganda: 0 prisoners
= 159 Ethiopia: 0 prisoners
= 159 United Arab Emirates: 0 prisoners
= 159 Niger: 0 prisoners
= 159 Turkmenistan: 0 prisoners
= 159 Sudan: 0 prisoners
= 159 Zimbabwe: 0 prisoners

Total: 8,570,051 prisoners

Weighted average: 51,012.2 prisoners