List of countries by prison inmate

The list of countries by prison inmates ranked countries according to the number of persons currently in detention or captivity are. The number of people in custody per 100,000 inhabitants of a country ( prisoner rate ), the percentage of foreign prisoners and the percentage of female prisoners are also given. The source is the World Prison Brief produced by Birkbeck, University of London . The data in the report is mostly based on information from national governments.

Ranking list

rank	country	Number of inmates in prison	Prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants	Share of foreign prisoners in%	Share of female prisoners in%	time
1	United States	2,145,100	655	5.2%	9.8%	2016
2	People's Republic of China	1,649,804	118	0.4%	6.5%	2015
3	Brazil	746,532	348	0.4%	6.9%	2019
4th	Russia	527.216	364	4.3%	8.0%	2019
5	India	450,696	33	1.1%	4.2%	2017
6th	Thailand	367.162	529	4.6%	12.9%	2019
7th	Indonesia	265.159	98	0.6%	5.4%	2019
8th	Turkey	264,842	324	2.2%	4.2%	2018
9	Iran	240,000	294	2.9%	3.1%	2018
10	Philippines	215,000	179	0.3%	8.9%	2019
11	Mexico	203.364	163	1.2%	5.2%	2018
12	South Africa	163.015	275	7.5%	2.6%	2019
13	Vietnam	129,610	135	0.4%	11.0%	2018
14th	Colombia	123.229	246	1.3%	7.2%	2019
15th	Ethiopia	113,727	127	...	4.2%	2013/14
16	Egypt	106,000	116	1.0%	3.7%	2016
17th	Argentina	103.209	230	6.5%	4.8%	2018
18th	Myanmar	92,000	171	0.7%	12.3%	2018
19th	Peru	90.934	278	1.9%	5.6%	2018
20th	Bangladesh	88.211	52	0.8%	4.1%	2019
21st	Morocco	83,757	227	1.4%	2.3%	2018
22nd	England Wales	83.023	139	11.0%	4.5%	2019
23	Pakistan	80.145	40	1.2%	1.4%	2019
24	Poland	74,819	197	1.8%	4.4%	2019
25th	Nigeria	74,081	37	0.3%	1.9%	2019
26th	Malaysia	74,000	230	27.8%	5.8%	2019
27	France	70,818	103	21.7%	3.5%	2019
28	Rwanda	65,000	511	0.3%	7.4%	2019
29	Germany	64,666	78	24.0%	5.8%	2019
30th	Algeria	63,000	151	3.8%	1.5%	2018
31	Taiwan	62,634	265	0.7%	8.9%	2018
32	Italy	61.174	102	32.8%	4.5%	2019
33	Saudi Arabia	61,000	197	49.0%	5.7%	2017
34	Spain	59,275	127	28.0%	7.6%	2019
35	Cuba	57,337	510	...	...	2012
36	Venezuela	57.096	178	2.3%	5.3%	2017
37	South Korea	55,198	109	3.8%	6.8%	2017
38	Ukraine	52,973	148	1.7%	3.9%	2019
39	Kenya	51,130	102	0.6%	7.4%	2018
40	Japan	50,578	40	5.7%	8.3%	2018
41	Uganda	49,322	115	2.3%	4.4%	2018
42	Iraq	45,000	126	...	2.6%	2015
43	Chile	43,919	238	3.4%	8.6%	2019
44	Uzbekistan	43,900	150	...	...	2014
45	Australia	43,139	170	18.0%	8.2%	2019
46	Ecuador	40.006	233	8.1%	7.4%	2019
47	Canada	39,579	107	...	5.6%	2018
48	El Salvador	38,893	597	1.3%	9.9%	2018
49	Tanzania	35,803	59	3.7%	3.4%	2019
50	Belarus	32,500	343	3.1%	10.5%	2018
51	Cambodia	31,686	193	4.4%	9.5%	2018
52	Cameroon	30,701	124	4.9%	2.7%	2017
53	Turkmenistan	30,452	552	0.7%	6.5%	2017
54	Afghanistan	30,000	88	0.9%	2.8%	2017
55	Kazakhstan	29,081	156	5.8%	5.4%	2019
56	Dominican Republic	26,045	237	8.1%	2.8%	2019
57	Guatemala	25,320	143	3.2%	11.2%	2019
58	Zambia	25,000	146	2.1%	3.0%	2017
59	Madagascar	24,928	93	0.1%	7.0%	2018
60	Angola	24,000	93	...	3.6%	2016
61	Nepal	23,775	79	5.3%	7.3%	2019
62	Sri Lanka	23,355	105	1.4%	4.9%	2018
63	Azerbaijan	23,319	235	1.9%	2.9%	2018
64	Czech Republic	21,232	199	8.5%	8.4%	2019
65	Sudan	21,000	52	1.0%	2.0%	2017
66	Nicaragua	20,918	332	2.9%	5.4%	2018
67	Tunisia	20,755	181	...	2.8%	2017
68	Democratic Republic of Congo	20,550	29	...	3.0%	2016
69	Romania	20,539	107	1.2%	4.6%	2019
70	Honduras	20.506	229	1.3%	5.7%	2018
71	Jordan	19,907	197	10.0%	2.2%	2019
72	Zimbabwe	19,382	114	1.9%	2.4%	2019
73	Israel	19,376	234	38.9%	1.0%	2018
74	Costa Rica	19,226	374	14.6%	5.4%	2017
75	Bolivia	18.195	158	4.1%	8.2%	2018
76	Mozambique	18,185	61	1.5%	2.9%	2017
77	Panama	16,953	401	10.1%	5.7%	2019
78	Hungary	16,947	173	4.5%	7.4%	2018
79	Ivory Coast	16,127	66	30.0%	2.4%	2017
80	Ghana	15,463	52	7.2%	1.2%	2019
81	Yemen	14,000	53	3.2%	1.6%	2013
82	Malawi	13,929	73	0.2%	1.1%	2018
83	Paraguay	13,607	199	4.2%	6.5%	2017
84	Portugal	12,855	125	15.4%	6.6%	2019
85	Senegal	12,500	76	10.7%	2.9%	2018
86	Singapore	11,737	199	11.0%	11.0%	2018
87	Burundi	11,114	89	1.2%	5.4%	2018
88	Belgium	10,883	95	44.2%	4.4%	2019
89	Serbia	10,807	154	3.2%	3.6%	2017
90	Slovakia	10,665	188	2.2%	7.5%	2019
91	Syria	10,599	60	7.3%	7.4%	2004
92	Puerto Rico	10,475	313	...	3.6%	2017
93	Netherlands	10,464	59	19.1%	5.4%	2017
94	Uruguay	10,243	321	2.6%	5.3%	2018
95	Greece	10,216	95	52.7%	5.2%	2019
96	Kyrgyzstan	10.142	161	3.2%	4.2%	2019
97	Georgia	10,042	270	7.0%	3.8%	2019
98	New Zealand	9,893	201	3.0%	7.2%	2019
99	United Arab Emirates	9,826	104	87.8%	11.7%	2014
100	Niger	9,570	44	...	4.0%	2018
101	Tajikistan	9,317	121	4.9%	1.6%	2010
102	Bulgaria	9,028	125	2.0%	3.1%	2014
103	Haiti	8,882	80	...	4.2%	2018
104	Chad	8,700	59	1.3%	2.4%	2018
105	Austria	8,692	98	54.7%	6.1%	2018
106	Laos	8,201	119	...	18.3%	2016
107	Hong Kong	8,181	109	29.9%	20.2%	2018
108	Scotland	8,126	149	3.9%	4.8%	2019
109	Benin	7,890	68	...	5.0%	2017
110	Burkina Faso	7,840	40	4.1%	2.1%	2017
111	Namibia	7,400	295	5.5%	2.9%	2016
112	Switzerland	6,943	81	71.5%	5.7%	2019
113	Moldova	6,855	194	1.4%	6.2%	2019
114	Lithuania	6,544	235	1.9%	4.8%	2018
115	South Sudan	6,504	52	...	10.9%	2015
116	Lebanon	6.330	126	36.0%	4.7%	2017
117	Libya	6.187	99	12.8%	1.2%	2014
118	Kuwait	6,000	157	13.5%	13.8%	2018
119	Sweden	5,979	59	22.1%	6.1%	2017
120	Mali	5,209	33	...	2.8%	2014
121	Togo	5,109	66	5.2%	3.2%	2018
122	Albania	5,108	179	1.4%	1.9%	2019
123	Papua New Guinea	5,087	62	0.4%	4.9%	2019
124	Sierra Leone	4,732	60	0.5%	1.5%	2019
125	Botswana	4,343	208	31.6%	4.7%	2017
126	Trinidad and Tobago	3,999	292	0.8%	2.9%	2018
127	Ireland	3,950	79	13.0%	4.6%	2019
128	Jamaica	3,866	138	1.1%	4.7%	2016
129	Guinea	3,782	28	2.7%	3.0%	2019
130	Latvia	3,765	195	2.5%	7.7%	2018
131	Denmark	3,635	63	28.6%	3.6%	2018
132	Armenia	3,536	119	4.1%	3.5%	2018
133	Bahrain	3,485	234	23.7%	4.7%	2017
134	Swaziland	3,453	258	6.0%	2.9%	2018
135	Mongolia	3,398	110	0.4%	4.6%	2018
136	Gabon	3,373	191	...	3.5%	2015
136	Norway	3,373	63	30.9%	6.0%	2018
138	Croatia	3,190	78	5.7%	4.6%	2018
139	North Macedonia	3,029	146	4.8%	2.2%	2018
140	Finland	2,842	51	16.2%	7.5%	2018
141	Mauritius	2,737	212	6.4%	6.2%	2019
142	Estonia	2,487	187	35.5%	4.5%	2019
143	Liberia	2,426	50	2.0%	2.3%	2018
144	Guyana	2,216	284	1.5%	3.5%	2018
145	Lesotho	2,073	92	0.9%	3.6%	2014
146	Mauritania	1,920	46	11.2%	1.8%	2016
147	Fiji	1,889	210	1.2%	2.5%	2016
148	Maldives	1,852	499	1.1%	4.3%	2017
149	Bahamas	1,778	442	...	3.1%	2018
150	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,722	93	2.6%	2.9%	2014
151	Kosovo	1,648	95	5.7%	2.5%	2016
152	Cape Verde	1,549	296	...	4.0%	2018
153	Northern Ireland	1,464	77	9.1%	4.7%	2019
154	Slovenia	1,431	69	17.5%	5.4%	2019
155	Macau	1,412	212	70.7%	13.8%	2018
156	Oman	1,300	36	30.3%	4.5%	2013
157	Belize	1,297	356	11.1%	3.5%	2017
158	Republic of the Congo	1,240	27	...	3.7%	2014
159	Qatar	1,150	53	73.3%	14.7%	2013
160	Montenegro	1,141	183	15.9%	2.5%	2018
161	Gambia	1,121	58	66.7%	2.5%	2014
162	Bhutan	1,119	145	6.8%	4.3%	2014
163	Suriname	1,000	183	19.3%	2.8%	2014
164	Barbados	874	300	13.8%	2.6%	2018
165	Republika Srpska	791	66	3.2%	2.8%	2018
166	Central African Republic	764	16	...	8.2%	2015
167	Cyprus	762	86	41.1%	6.9%	2019
168	East Timor	695	52	3.8%	4.1%	2018
169	Malta	660	131	41.4%	10.4%	2019
170	Luxembourg	652	105	74.7%	4.8%	2019
171	Djibouti	600	66	...	5.0%	2016
172	Brunei	565	134	29.6%	7.3%	2015
173	St. Lucia	527	280	3.0%	2.5%	2017
174	Equatorial Guinea	500	63	...	5.0%	2017
175	Solomon Islands	477	78	...	1.7%	2017
176	St. Vincent / Grenadines	469	426	3.8%	5.3%	2018
177	Grenada	460	426	3.1%	1.5%	2018
178	Seychelles	409	415	1.3%	5.4%	2019
179	Samoa	400	204	0.5%	6.0%	2017
180	Antigua and Barbuda	305	335	30.6%	4.8%	2018
181	Sao Tome and Principe	253	116	0.8%	4.0%	2018
182	Comoros	225	27	7.7%	2.2%	2018
183	St. Kitts and Nevis	220	393	2.1%	3.6%	2017
184	Dominica	211	289	...	1.4%	2016
185	Vanuatu	202	72	2.5%	2.5%	2018
186	Guinea-Bissau	196	10	7.1%	2.6%	2017
187	Tonga	176	166	0.0%	4.5%	2014
188	Micronesia	132	127	...	0.0%	2014
189	Iceland	131	37	26.7%	3.8%	2018
190	Kiribati	129	113	0.0%	0.8%	2016
191	Palau	76	345	6.5%	0.0%	2018
192	Andorra	52	69	88.5%	11.1%	2018
193	Marshall Islands	35	66	...	0.0%	2014
194	Monaco	32	83	100%	3.1%	2018
195	Nauru	14th	140	6.7%	7.1%	2014
196	Liechtenstein	12	31	75.0%	0.0%	2018
197	Tuvalu	11	110	0.0%	0.0%	2014
198	San Marino	6th	90	50.0%	0.0%	2018
199	Vatican city	0	0	...	...	2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About World Prison Brief | World Prison Brief. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total | World Prison Brief. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate | World Prison Brief. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
4. ^ Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief. Retrieved December 11, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief. Accessed December 12, 2017 . 

Remarks

1. ↑ The Deputy Attorney General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate reported in 2009 that in addition to the convicted prisoners, more than 650,000 were held in detention centers in China. If this was true in mid-2015, the total number of people detained in China was at least 2,300,000. There are also no reliable figures on the number of people in labor and re-education camps.