FACTOID # 5: Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
 
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Crime Statistics > Prisoners > Per capita (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 715 per 100,000 people 
#2   Russia: 584 per 100,000 people 
#3   Belarus: 554 per 100,000 people 
#4   Palau: 523 per 100,000 people 
#5   Belize: 459 per 100,000 people 
#6   Suriname: 437 per 100,000 people 
#7   Dominica: 420 per 100,000 people 
#8   Ukraine: 416 per 100,000 people 
#9   Bahamas, The: 410 per 100,000 people 
#10   South Africa: 402 per 100,000 people 
#11   Kyrgyzstan: 390 per 100,000 people 
#12   Singapore: 388 per 100,000 people 
#13   Kazakhstan: 386 per 100,000 people 
#14   Barbados: 367 per 100,000 people 
#15   Panama: 354 per 100,000 people 
#16   Trinidad and Tobago: 351 per 100,000 people 
#17   Thailand: 340 per 100,000 people 
#18   Estonia: 339 per 100,000 people 
#19   Latvia: 339 per 100,000 people 
#20   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 338 per 100,000 people 
#21   Grenada: 333 per 100,000 people 
#22   Botswana: 327 per 100,000 people 
#23   Swaziland: 324 per 100,000 people 
#24   Mongolia: 303 per 100,000 people 
#25   Antigua and Barbuda: 278 per 100,000 people 
#26   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 270 per 100,000 people 
#27   Namibia: 267 per 100,000 people 
#28   Tunisia: 253 per 100,000 people 
#29   Taiwan: 250 per 100,000 people 
#30   Saint Lucia: 243 per 100,000 people 
#31   Lithuania: 234 per 100,000 people 
#32   Costa Rica: 229 per 100,000 people 
#33   Iran: 226 per 100,000 people 
#34   Mauritius: 214 per 100,000 people 
#35   Poland: 210 per 100,000 people 
#36   Uruguay: 209 per 100,000 people 
#37   Seychelles: 207 per 100,000 people 
#38   Chile: 204 per 100,000 people 
#39   Azerbaijan: 198 per 100,000 people 
#40   Romania: 193 per 100,000 people 
#41   Uzbekistan: 184 per 100,000 people 
#42   Czech Republic: 178 per 100,000 people 
#43   Morocco: 176 per 100,000 people 
#44   Jamaica: 176 per 100,000 people 
#45   Guyana: 175 per 100,000 people 
#46   Israel: 174 per 100,000 people 
#47   Libya: 173 per 100,000 people 
#48   Honduras: 172 per 100,000 people 
#49   Mexico: 169 per 100,000 people 
#50   Brazil: 169 per 100,000 people 
#51   Slovakia: 165 per 100,000 people 
#52   Hungary: 165 per 100,000 people 
#53   Malaysia: 161 per 100,000 people 
#54   Tajikistan: 161 per 100,000 people 
#55   New Zealand: 160 per 100,000 people 
#56   El Salvador: 158 per 100,000 people 
#57   Dominican Republic: 157 per 100,000 people 
#58   Bahrain: 155 per 100,000 people 
#59   Georgia: 148 per 100,000 people 
#60   Lebanon: 146 per 100,000 people 
#61   Spain: 144 per 100,000 people 
#62   Lesotho: 143 per 100,000 people 
#63   Nicaragua: 143 per 100,000 people 
#64   Madagascar: 130 per 100,000 people 
#65   Portugal: 130 per 100,000 people 
#66   Cameroon: 129 per 100,000 people 
#67   Burundi: 129 per 100,000 people 
#68   Bulgaria: 127 per 100,000 people 
#69   Colombia: 126 per 100,000 people 
#70   Zambia: 121 per 100,000 people 
#71   China: 119 per 100,000 people 
#72   Fiji: 117 per 100,000 people 
#73   Canada: 116 per 100,000 people 
#74   Australia: 116 per 100,000 people 
#75   Tanzania: 116 per 100,000 people 
#76   Netherlands: 112 per 100,000 people 
#77   Luxembourg: 111 per 100,000 people 
#78   Kenya: 111 per 100,000 people 
#79   Central African Republic: 110 per 100,000 people 
#80   Algeria: 110 per 100,000 people 
#81   Saudi Arabia: 110 per 100,000 people 
#82   Rwanda: 109 per 100,000 people 
#83   Argentina: 107 per 100,000 people 
#84   Tonga: 106 per 100,000 people 
#85   Jordan: 106 per 100,000 people 
#86   Albania: 105 per 100,000 people 
#87   Sri Lanka: 105 per 100,000 people 
#88   Peru: 104 per 100,000 people 
#89   Kuwait: 102 per 100,000 people 
#90   Bolivia: 102 per 100,000 people 
#91   Austria: 100 per 100,000 people 
#92   Italy: 100 per 100,000 people 
#93   Germany: 96 per 100,000 people 
#94   Qatar: 95 per 100,000 people 
#95   France: 95 per 100,000 people 
#96   Philippines: 94 per 100,000 people 
#97   Syria: 93 per 100,000 people 
#98   Armenia: 92 per 100,000 people 
#99   Turkey: 92 per 100,000 people 
#100   Andorra: 90 per 100,000 people 
#101   Belgium: 88 per 100,000 people 
#102   Yemen: 83 per 100,000 people 
#103   Greece: 83 per 100,000 people 
#104   Benin: 81 per 100,000 people 
#105   Oman: 81 per 100,000 people 
#106   Sao Tome and Principe: 79 per 100,000 people 
#107   Venezuela: 76 per 100,000 people 
#108   Sweden: 75 per 100,000 people 
#109   Paraguay: 75 per 100,000 people 
#110   Switzerland: 72 per 100,000 people 
#111   Denmark: 72 per 100,000 people 
#112   Malta: 72 per 100,000 people 
#113   Vietnam: 71 per 100,000 people 
#114   Finland: 71 per 100,000 people 
#115   Malawi: 70 per 100,000 people 
#116   Guatemala: 68 per 100,000 people 
#117   Papua New Guinea: 66 per 100,000 people 
#118   Norway: 64 per 100,000 people 
#119   Croatia: 64 per 100,000 people 
#120   Djibouti: 61 per 100,000 people 
#121   Ecuador: 59 per 100,000 people 
#122   Pakistan: 59 per 100,000 people 
#123   Slovenia: 59 per 100,000 people 
#124   Tuvalu: 56 per 100,000 people 
#125   Kiribati: 56 per 100,000 people 
#126   Senegal: 54 per 100,000 people 
#127   Japan: 54 per 100,000 people 
#128   Haiti: 53 per 100,000 people 
#129   Liechtenstein: 53 per 100,000 people 
#130   Ghana: 52 per 100,000 people 
#131   Mozambique: 50 per 100,000 people 
#132   Bangladesh: 50 per 100,000 people 
#133   Cyprus: 50 per 100,000 people 
#134   Nauru: 48 per 100,000 people 
#135   Mauritania: 48 per 100,000 people 
#136   Chad: 46 per 100,000 people 
#137   Togo: 46 per 100,000 people 
#138   Cambodia: 45 per 100,000 people 
#139   Angola: 44 per 100,000 people 
#140   Marshall Islands: 44 per 100,000 people 
#141   Vanuatu: 44 per 100,000 people 
#142   Iceland: 40 per 100,000 people 
#143   Monaco: 39 per 100,000 people 
#144   Indonesia: 38 per 100,000 people 
#145   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 38 per 100,000 people 
#146   Guinea: 37 per 100,000 people 
#147   Micronesia, Federated States of: 34 per 100,000 people 
#148   Mali: 34 per 100,000 people 
#149   Nigeria: 33 per 100,000 people 
#150   Gambia, The: 32 per 100,000 people 
#151   Solomon Islands: 31 per 100,000 people 
#152   India: 29 per 100,000 people 
#153   Nepal: 29 per 100,000 people 
#154   Burkina Faso: 23 per 100,000 people 
#155   United Arab Emirates: 0 per 100,000 people 
#156   Niger: 0 per 100,000 people 
#157   Cuba: 0 per 100,000 people 
#158   Uganda: 0 per 100,000 people 
#159   Egypt: 0 per 100,000 people 
#160   Sudan: 0 per 100,000 people 
#161   Ethiopia: 0 per 100,000 people 
#162   Turkmenistan: 0 per 100,000 people 
#163   Comoros: 0 per 100,000 people 
#164   Zimbabwe: 0 per 100,000 people 
Weighted average: 147.9 per 100,000 people  


DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.

SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

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