International Centre for Prison Studies

National Populations Highest to Lowest

Total	211 Nations	8,964,620
1	United States of America	2,085,620
2	China	1,548,498
3	Russian Federation	787,900
4	India	313,635
5	Brazil	308,304
6	Ukraine	198,386
7	Thailand	191,970
8	Mexico	191,890
9	South Africa	186,739
10	Iran	133,658
11	Rwanda	112,000
12	Pakistan	87,000
13	Indonesia	84,357
14	Poland	80,093
15	Egypt	80,000
16	Germany	79,329
17	United Kingdom: England & Wales	75,164
18	Bangladesh	74,170
19	Japan	73,734
20	Philippines	70,383
21	Colombia	68,545
22	Ethiopia	65,000
23	Turkey	64,051
24	Myanmar (formerly Burma)	60,000
25	Spain	59,675
26	Kazakhstan	58,300
27	Republic of (South) Korea	57,902
28	Italy	57,238
29	France	56,957
30	Argentina	56,313
31	Taiwan	56,066
32	Belarus	55,156
33	Cuba	55,000
34	Vietnam	55,000
35	Morocco	54,207
36	Uzbekistan	48,000
37	Malaysia	43,424
38	Tanzania	43,244
39	Romania	39,935
40	Nigeria	39,153
41	Canada	36,024
42	Kenya	35,278
43	Algeria	34,243
44	Chile	33,098
45	Peru	32,129
46	Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)	30,000
47	Saudi Arabia	23,720
48	Australia	23,362
49	Tunisia	23,165
50	Turkmenistan	22,000
51	Uganda	21,900
52	Zimbabwe	21,000
53	Sri Lanka	20,975
54	Madagascar	20,109
55	Cameroon	20,000
56	Netherlands	19,999
57	Venezuela	19,554
58	Kyrgyzstan	19,500
59	Czech Republic	18,503
60	Singapore	16,835
61	Hungary	16,700
62	Azerbaijan	16,345
63	Puerto Rico (USA)	15,046
64	Iraq	15,000
65	Syria	14,000
66	Yemen	14,000
67	Dominican Republic	13,836
68	Israel	13,603
69	Portugal	13,563
70	Hong Kong (China)	13,226
71	Zambia	13,173
72	Sudan	12,000
73	Libya	11,790
74	Ghana	11,379
75	Honduras	11,236
76	Moldova (Republic of)	10,729
77	Panama	10,630
78	Coste D'Ivoire	10,355
79	El Salvador	10,278
80	Tajikistan	10,000
81	Bulgaria	9,918
82	Belgium	9,147
83	Slovakia	8,891
84	Greece	8,841
85	Mozambique	8,812
86	Burundi	8,647
87	Malawi	8,566
88	Costa Rica	8,526
89	Guatemala	8,307
90	Austria	8,114
91	Lithuania	8,063
92	Latvia	7,857
93	Ecuador	7,716
94	Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia	7,487
95	Nicaragua	7,198
96	Nepal	7,132
97	Uruguay	7,100
98	Georgia	7,091
99	New Zealand	6,802
100	Cambodia	6,778
101	Bolivia	6,768
102	Sweden	6,755
103	United Kingdom: Scotland	6,652
104	Mongolia	6,400
105	Angola	6,008
106	Niger	6,000
107	United Arab Emirates	6,000
108	Botswana	5,890
109	Jordan	5,448
110	Lebanon	5,375
111	Senegal	5,360
112	Switzerland	5,266
113	Benin	4,961
114	Namibia	4,814
115	Trinidad and Tobago	4,794
116	Jamaica	4,744
117	Estonia	4,571
118	Central African Republic	4,168
119	Haiti	4,152
120	Paraguay	4,088
121	Mali	4,040
122	Denmark	3,908
123	Chad	3,883
124	Albania	3,778
125	Finland	3,719
126	Ireland, Republic of	3,417
127	Papua New Guinea	3,302
128	Swaziland	3,245
129	Republic of Guinea	3,070
130	Croatia	3,010
131	Lesotho	3,000
132	Norway	2,975
133	Armenia	2,866
134	Burkina Faso	2,800
135	Mauritius	2,565
136	Togo	2,043
137	Oman	2,020
138	Suriname	1,933
139	Kuwait	1,735
140	Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)	1,598
141	Guyana	1,507
142	Mauritania	1,354
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation	1,338
144	United Kingdom: Northern Ireland	1,311
145	Bahamas	1,280
146	Slovenia	1,170
147	Maldive Islands	1,098
148	Belize	1,097
149	Fiji	1,083
150	Reunion (France)	1,071
151	Barbados	992
152	Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova	965
153	Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska	933
154	Congo (Brazzaville)	918
155	Bahrain	911
156	Macau (China)	875
157	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	780
158	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	755
159	Montenegro (Serbia & Montenegro)	734
160	Guadeloupe (France)	695
161	Martinique (France)	643
162	French Guiana/Guyane (France)	590
163	Guam (USA)	579
164	Qatar	570
165	Virgin Islands (USA)	559
166	Luxembourg	498
167	Brunei Darussalam	463
168	Gambia	450
169	Djibouti	384
170	St Lucia	365
171	Cyprus	355
172	Bermuda (UK)	343
173	Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)	320
174	New Caledonia (France)	315
175	St Vincent and the Grenadines	302
176	Dominica	298
177	Grenada	297
178	French Polynesia (France)	291
179	Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)	281
180	Malta	278
181	Solomon Islands	275
182	Aruba (Netherlands)	223
183	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	210
184	Comoros	200
185	Antigua and Barbuda	186
186	American Samoa (USA)	174
187	Jersey (United Kingdom)	168
188	Mayotte (France)	163
189	Seychelles	157
190	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	136
191	St Kitts and Nevis	135
192	Sao Tome e Principe	130
193	Tonga	116
194	Iceland	112
195	Palau	103
196	Greenland (Denmark)	100
197	Vanuatu	93
198	Guernsey (United Kingdom)	83
199	Kiribati	81
200	Isle of Man (United Kingdom)	62
201	Andorra	61
202	Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	43
203	Micronesia, Federated States of	39
204	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)	31
205	Marshall Islands	23
206	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	19
207	Liechtenstein	18
208	Faeroe Islands (Denmark)	13
209	Monaco	13
210	Nauru	6
211	Tuvalu	6