Entire world - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population

America has a high prison rate, it's a dangerous place to live? I don't know why the rate is so high compared to Japan, they both are highly developed countries. Maybe many immigrants in many races cause the conflicts but the US also gets many benefits from the talents from all over the world. It's a trade-off.


(Credit: King's College LONDON)


King's College LONDON

Entire world - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population

1	United States of America	751
2	Russian Federation	632
3	St. Kitts and Nevis	588
4	Virgin Islands (USA)	549
5	Cuba	c.531
6	Turkmenistan	c.489
7	Palau	478
8	Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	464
9	Belize	460
10	Georgia	428
11	Belarus	426
12	Bahamas	422
13	Grenada	408
14	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	401
15	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	394
16	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	391
17	Barbados	379
18	Kazakhstan	378
19	French Guiana/Guyane (France)	365
20	American Samoa (USA)	364
20	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	364
22	Puerto Rico (USA)	356
22	Suriname	c.356
24	Dominica	348
24	South Africa	348
26	Panama	345
27	Maldives	343
28	Botswana	329
29	Ukraine	325
30	Aruba (Netherlands)	324
31	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	317
32	Guam (USA)	310
33	Israel	305
34	St. Lucia	303
35	Antigua and Barbuda	299
36	United Arab Emirates	288
37	Latvia	287
38	Chile	285
39	Seychelles	270
39	Trinidad and Tobago	270
41	Namibia	267
42	Singapore	263
42	Tunisia	c.263
44	Guyana	260
45	Estonia	259
46	Thailand	253
47	Swaziland	247
48	Moldova (Republic of)	246
49	Mongolia	244
50	Lithuania	239
51	Taiwan	236
52	Poland	231
53	Iran	222
54	Brazil	220
55	Greenland (Denmark)	216
56	Azerbaijan	210
57	Libya	209
58	El Salvador	205
59	Jersey (United Kingdom)	198
59	Mexico	198
61	New Zealand	197
62	Gabon	196
63	Uruguay	193
64	Martinique (France)	191
65	Czech Republic	186
66	Uzbekistan	184
67	Costa Rica	181
68	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	178
69	Jamaica	174
69	Macau (China)	174
71	Guadeloupe (France)	173
72	Rwanda	170
73	Morocco	167
74	Malaysia	164
75	Honduras	161
75	Reunion (France)	161
77	Luxembourg	160
78	Bulgaria	159
78	Lebanon	159
80	Algeria	158
81	Hong Kong (China)	156
82	Slovakia	155
83	Argentina	154
84	Kyrgyzstan	153
84	Mauritius	153
86	French Polynesia (France)	152
86	United Kingdom: England & Wales	152
88	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	151
88	Spain	151
90	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	149
91	Dominican Republic	c.148
91	United Kingdom: Scotland	148
93	Hungary	147
94	Lesotho	144
95	Peru	139
96	Albania	136
96	Zimbabwe	136
98	Colombia	134
99	New Caledonia (France)	133
99	Romania	133
101	Saudi Arabia	132
102	Australia	130
102	Kenya	130
102	Kuwait	130
105	Turkey	127
106	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	126
107	Cameroon	125
108	Brunei Darussalam	124
109	Jordan	c.123
110	Zambia	122
111	Sri Lanka	121
112	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	c.120
113	China	119
114	Netherlands	117
114	Serbia	117
116	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	116
116	Vietnam	116
118	Tanzania	113
119	Fiji	110
120	Armenia	109
120	Monaco	109
120	Tajikistan	109
123	Austria	108
123	Canada	108
123	Montenegro	108
123	Philippines	108
127	Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)	107
127	Nicaragua	107
129	Portugal	105
130	Greece	99
130	Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)	99
132	Ethiopia	c.98
133	Republic of (South) Korea	97
134	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	96
134	Paraguay	96
136	Bahrain	95
136	Belgium	95
138	Ecuador	94
139	Croatia	93
140	France	91
140	Madagascar	91
142	Tonga	89
143	Burundi	88
143	Germany	88
143	Uganda	88
146	Egypt	87
147	Iraq	86
147	Malta	86
149	Mayotte (France)	85
150	Cyprus	83
150	Sao Tome e Principe	83
150	United Kingdom: Northern Ireland	83
150	Yemen	83
154	Bolivia	82
154	Kiribati	82
156	Oman	81
157	Malawi	79
157	Micronesia, Federated States of	79
157	Sweden	79
157	Venezuela	79
161	Marshall Islands	78
162	Ireland, Republic of	76
162	Switzerland	76
164	Benin	75
164	Italy	75
164	Norway	75
167	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska	74
168	Mozambique	73
169	Haiti	72
170	Laos	69
170	Papua New Guinea	69
172	Finland	68
173	Cambodia	66
173	Denmark	66
173	Slovenia	66
176	Togo	65
177	Japan	63
177	Kosovo/Kosova	63
179	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation	62
180	Djibouti	61
181	Bangladesh	59
182	Syria	58
183	Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)	c.57
183	Guatemala	57
185	Cote d'Ivoire	56
186	Ghana	55
186	Pakistan	55
186	Qatar	55
189	Senegal	53
189	Vanuatu	53
191	Angola	c.52
191	Indonesia	52
193	Niger	46
194	Solomon Islands	42
195	Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)	c.41
196	Andorra	38
197	Republic of Guinea	37
198	Iceland	36
198	Sudan	c.36
200	Chad	35
201	Mali	33
201	Sierra Leone	33
203	Gambia	32
203	India	32
205	Afghanistan	30
205	Comoros	c.30
207	Central African Republic	29
207	Liberia	29
207	Nigeria	29
210	Liechtenstein	28
211	Mauritania	26
212	Faeroe Islands (Denmark)	25
212	Tuvalu	25
214	Nepal	c.24
215	Burkina Faso	23
215	Nauru	23
217	Congo (Brazzaville)	22

World Pre-trial/Remand Imprisonment List