<< 2015Persons held in detention rate per 100,000 population 2016
<< 2015Comparison: Total prison population
| Countries | Date | Persons in detention | Rate in detention per 100.000 | Ch. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States [+] | 2016 | 2,162,400 | 671.07 | -1.19% | |
| Germany [+] | 2016 | 64,291 | 78.52 | 1.81% | |
| France [+] | 2016 | 68,432 | 105.75 | 2.23% | |
| Japan [+] | 2016 | 55,967 | 43.83 | -4.10% | |
| Spain [+] | 2016 | 59,589 | 128.40 | -3.31% | |
| Italy [+] | 2015 | 53,410 | 89.76 | -2.31% | |
| Portugal [+] | 2016 | 13,917 | 134.10 | -2.80% | |
| Greece [+] | 2016 | 9,560 | 85.40 | -1.40% | |
| Ireland [+] | 2016 | 3,716 | 78.43 | -1.82% | |
| Andorra [+] | 2015 | 41 | 52.55 | -21.44% | |
| United Arab Emirates [+] | 2014 | 9,826 | 108.32 | -2.04% | |
| Afghanistan [+] | 2014 | 26,519 | 80.95 | 0.96% | |
| Antigua and Barbuda [+] | 2016 | 314 | 311.01 | -7.10% | |
| Albania [+] | 2016 | 6,031 | 206.04 | 0.71% | |
| Armenia [+] | 2016 | 3,833 | 131.21 | -1.18% | |
| Angola [+] | 2015 | 24,165 | 86.74 | 2.30% | |
| Argentina [+] | 2016 | 76,261 | 173.97 | 3.91% | |
| Austria [+] | 2016 | 8,619 | 99.08 | -1.59% | |
| Australia [+] | 2016 | 38,845 | 161.05 | 6.08% | |
| Azerbaijan [+] | 2016 | 23,311 | 239.97 | 1.25% | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina [+] | 2015 | 2,730 | 77.21 | -2.54% | |
| Barbados [+] | 2015 | 954 | 335.66 | 10.09% | |
| Bangladesh [+] | 2015 | 69,719 | 43.25 | -5.48% | |
| Belgium [+] | 2015 | 10,994 | 97.40 | -7.15% | |
| Burkina Faso [+] | 2015 | 7,544 | 41.66 | 7.30% | |
| Bulgaria [+] | 2016 | 7,345 | 103.02 | -0.19% | |
| Bahrain [+] | 2013 | 4,028 | 306.22 | 72.58% | |
| Burundi [+] | 2016 | 10,127 | 96.02 | 6.12% | |
| Benin [+] | 2014 | 7,067 | 68.70 | -8.51% | |
| Brunei [+] | 2015 | 565 | 135.32 | -6.21% | |
| Bolivia [+] | 2016 | 16,038 | 147.29 | 15.54% | |
| Brazil [+] | 2016 | 726,712 | 350.15 | 3.23% | |
| Bahamas [+] | 2016 | 1,727 | 441.87 | 20.97% | |
| Bhutan [+] | 2014 | 1,119 | 144.12 | 1.70% | |
| Botswana [+] | 2015 | 3,960 | 179.25 | -5.90% | |
| Belarus [+] | 2014 | 29,776 | 313.93 | 4.52% | |
| Belize [+] | 2016 | 1,898 | 517.12 | -30.21% | |
| Canada [+] | 2016 | 37,864 | 104.36 | -8.81% | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo [+] | 2015 | 20,550 | 26.97 | -20.90% | |
| Central African Republic [+] | 2015 | 764 | 16.81 | -10.98% | |
| Republic of the Congo [+] | 2014 | 1,240 | 25.46 | -19.36% | |
| Switzerland [+] | 2016 | 6,541 | 77.96 | -0.18% | |
| Ivory Coast [+] | 2015 | 12,147 | 52.57 | 58.89% | |
| Chile [+] | 2016 | 48,922 | 273.24 | 1.60% | |
| Cameroon [+] | 2015 | 26,702 | 116.94 | 0.38% | |
| China [+] | 2016 | 1,561,086 | 111.30 | -3.08% | |
| Colombia [+] | 2016 | 118,532 | 243.76 | -2.39% | |
| Costa Rica [+] | 2016 | 13,338 | 274.72 | -5.65% | |
| Cuba [+] | 2012 | 57,337 | 503.75 | -5.16% | |
| Cape Verde [+] | 2016 | 1,569 | 290.67 | 5.42% | |
| Cyprus [+] | 2015 | 547 | 47.12 | 2.05% | |
| Czech Republic [+] | 2016 | 22,481 | 211.89 | 7.68% | |
| Djibouti [+] | 2016 | 600 | 63.70 | -1.54% | |
| Denmark [+] | 2016 | 3,408 | 59.68 | 6.00% | |
| Dominica [+] | 2015 | 219 | 299.34 | -18.53% | |
| Dominican Republic [+] | 2016 | 16,750 | 157.36 | -35.03% | |
| Algeria [+] | 2015 | 62,150 | 155.88 | -0.05% | |
| Ecuador [+] | 2016 | 34,665 | 211.60 | 40.00% | |
| Estonia [+] | 2015 | 2,823 | 214.62 | -6.74% | |
| Egypt [+] | 2016 | 106,000 | 110.87 | 44.29% | |
| Ethiopia [+] | 2014 | 113,727 | 116.80 | -2.77% | |
| Finland [+] | 2016 | 3,156 | 57.37 | 0.31% | |
| Fiji [+] | 2015 | 1,555 | 174.30 | 0.26% | |
| Federated States of Micronesia [+] | 2014 | 132 | 126.90 | 22.99% | |
| Gabon [+] | 2015 | 3,373 | 174.75 | ||
| Grenada [+] | 2016 | 457 | 425.81 | -9.39% | |
| Georgia [+] | 2016 | 9,334 | 236.85 | -3.67% | |
| Ghana [+] | 2016 | 14,368 | 50.93 | -5.94% | |
| The Gambia [+] | 2014 | 1,121 | 58.45 | 8.68% | |
| Guinea [+] | 2016 | 2,900 | 23.34 | -11.39% | |
| Equatorial Guinea [+] | 2015 | 500 | 42.54 | ||
| Guatemala [+] | 2014 | 18,425 | 115.71 | 10.47% | |
| Guinea-Bissau [+] | 2016 | 196 | 10.79 | 97.20% | |
| Guyana [+] | 2015 | 1,998 | 259.98 | -1.36% | |
| Hong Kong [+] | 2016 | 8,611 | 117.86 | -8.34% | |
| Honduras [+] | 2016 | 17,494 | 191.98 | 6.47% | |
| Croatia [+] | 2016 | 3,108 | 73.79 | -6.44% | |
| Haiti [+] | 2015 | 11,046 | 103.13 | 4.23% | |
| Hungary [+] | 2016 | 17,658 | 181.08 | 1.54% | |
| Indonesia [+] | 2016 | 202,621 | 77.64 | 15.48% | |
| Israel [+] | 2014 | 20,781 | 261.68 | 9.98% | |
| India [+] | 2015 | 419,623 | 32.06 | -0.90% | |
| Iran [+] | 2014 | 225,624 | 287.75 | -1.50% | |
| Iceland [+] | 2016 | 124 | 37.26 | -20.54% | |
| Jamaica [+] | 2016 | 3,799 | 131.90 | -1.71% | |
| Jordan [+] | 2015 | 11,489 | 125.44 | 9.53% | |
| Kenya [+] | 2016 | 48,500 | 100.03 | -12.87% | |
| Kyrgyzstan [+] | 2016 | 10,328 | 173.50 | 0.29% | |
| Cambodia [+] | 2014 | 15,182 | 99.42 | -4.59% | |
| Kiribati [+] | 2016 | 129 | 112.75 | -13.19% | |
| Comoros [+] | 2015 | 145 | 18.65 | -32.86% | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis [+] | 2016 | 220 | 401.48 | -35.40% | |
| South Korea [+] | 2016 | 57,675 | 113.59 | 5.12% | |
| Kuwait [+] | 2016 | 5,400 | 134.69 | 32.53% | |
| Kazakhstan [+] | 2015 | 42,114 | 237.27 | -4.00% | |
| Laos [+] | 2015 | 8,201 | 123.06 | ||
| Lebanon [+] | 2015 | 6,320 | 108.01 | 0.66% | |
| Saint Lucia [+] | 2016 | 525 | 294.94 | -17.93% | |
| Liechtenstein [+] | 2016 | 72 | 191.23 | 34.95% | |
| Sri Lanka [+] | 2015 | 19,067 | 92.05 | -4.00% | |
| Liberia [+] | 2015 | 2,104 | 46.76 | 9.70% | |
| Lesotho [+] | 2014 | 2,073 | 96.61 | -21.25% | |
| Lithuania [+] | 2016 | 6,815 | 233.71 | -6.84% | |
| Luxembourg [+] | 2016 | 724 | 126.09 | 3.42% | |
| Latvia [+] | 2015 | 4,409 | 221.26 | -5.99% | |
| Libya [+] | 2014 | 6,187 | 99.72 | 15.97% | |
| Morocco [+] | 2015 | 74,039 | 212.74 | -2.58% | |
| Monaco [+] | 2016 | 31 | 80.50 | -9.30% | |
| Moldova [+] | 2014 | 7,317 | 179.78 | 6.82% | |
| Montenegro [+] | 2016 | 1,123 | 178.70 | -0.75% | |
| Madagascar [+] | 2015 | 20,595 | 84.98 | -1.50% | |
| Marshall Islands [+] | 2014 | 35 | 66.17 | -2.97% | |
| North Macedonia [+] | 2015 | 3,427 | 164.81 | 9.88% | |
| Mali [+] | 2014 | 5,209 | 30.71 | 1.96% | |
| Burma - Myanmar [+] | 2016 | 79,668 | 150.64 | 29.17% | |
| Mongolia [+] | 2016 | 5,692 | 188.27 | 2.44% | |
| Mauritania [+] | 2014 | 1,768 | 43.50 | 4.02% | |
| Malta [+] | 2015 | 565 | 132.13 | -3.22% | |
| Mauritius [+] | 2016 | 2,237 | 177.20 | -0.23% | |
| Maldives [+] | 2015 | 1,513 | 361.61 | 23.02% | |
| Malawi [+] | 2015 | 12,129 | 69.02 | -3.09% | |
| Mexico [+] | 2016 | 190,175 | 149.17 | -15.19% | |
| Malaysia [+] | 2016 | 51,602 | 165.64 | 4.34% | |
| Mozambique [+] | 2015 | 15,976 | 57.04 | 0.59% | |
| Namibia [+] | 2015 | 3,560 | 146.77 | -15.21% | |
| Niger [+] | 2015 | 8,525 | 42.85 | 10.12% | |
| Nigeria [+] | 2016 | 63,142 | 33.92 | 5.70% | |
| Nicaragua [+] | 2014 | 10,569 | 175.74 | 5.39% | |
| Netherlands [+] | 2015 | 10,850 | 64.06 | -9.35% | |
| Norway [+] | 2015 | 4,103 | 78.91 | -1.14% | |
| Nepal [+] | 2014 | 16,813 | 59.36 | 9.89% | |
| Nauru [+] | 2014 | 14 | 126.47 | -49.03% | |
| New Zealand [+] | 2016 | 9,938 | 213.33 | 7.93% | |
| Oman [+] | 2013 | 1,300 | 35.03 | ||
| Panama [+] | 2015 | 17,811 | 448.72 | 17.76% | |
| Peru [+] | 2016 | 82,023 | 258.23 | 4.90% | |
| Papua New Guinea [+] | 2015 | 4,864 | 61.42 | 4.00% | |
| Philippines [+] | 2015 | 135,741 | 133.45 | 11.69% | |
| Pakistan [+] | 2015 | 80,169 | 42.33 | -1.45% | |
| Poland [+] | 2016 | 71,528 | 187.24 | -0.17% | |
| State of Palestine [+] | 2016 | 8,155 | 170.08 | -17.44% | |
| Palau [+] | 2015 | 72 | 338.22 | -0.91% | |
| Paraguay [+] | 2016 | 13,345 | 198.45 | 2.17% | |
| Qatar [+] | 2013 | 1,150 | 51.10 | -13.26% | |
| Romania [+] | 2016 | 27,455 | 138.81 | -2.62% | |
| Serbia [+] | 2016 | 10,672 | 120.97 | 6.40% | |
| Russia [+] | 2016 | 630,155 | 438.01 | -2.45% | |
| Rwanda [+] | 2015 | 54,279 | 466.73 | -9.46% | |
| Saudi Arabia [+] | 2013 | 47,000 | 156.96 | -9.55% | |
| Solomon Islands [+] | 2015 | 271 | 46.13 | -5.86% | |
| Seychelles [+] | 2014 | 735 | 788.17 | 15.82% | |
| Sudan [+] | 2013 | 19,101 | 51.83 | -8.86% | |
| Sweden [+] | 2016 | 5,910 | 60.09 | 5.84% | |
| Singapore [+] | 2016 | 12,454 | 221.79 | -2.87% | |
| Slovenia [+] | 2016 | 1,308 | 63.00 | -6.57% | |
| Slovakia [+] | 2016 | 9,995 | 183.67 | 0.78% | |
| Sierra Leone [+] | 2015 | 3,488 | 48.20 | -5.30% | |
| San Marino [+] | 2015 | 2 | 6.07 | ||
| Senegal [+] | 2016 | 9,310 | 60.37 | 1.75% | |
| Suriname [+] | 2016 | 10,116 | 1,812.53 | -2.01% | |
| South Sudan [+] | 2015 | 6,504 | 54.74 | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe [+] | 2015 | 178 | 91.02 | -23.28% | |
| El Salvador [+] | 2015 | 32,645 | 517.15 | 14.64% | |
| Syria [+] | 2004 | 10,599 | 59.52 | -12.37% | |
| Swaziland [+] | 2015 | 3,610 | 273.69 | -1.98% | |
| Chad [+] | 2011 | 4,831 | 39.31 | -2.13% | |
| Togo [+] | 2015 | 4,422 | 59.62 | -4.07% | |
| Thailand [+] | 2016 | 325,298 | 472.76 | 0.34% | |
| Tajikistan [+] | 2010 | 9,317 | 121.92 | 21.26% | |
| Timor-Leste [+] | 2015 | 184 | 14.83 | -41.86% | |
| Turkmenistan [+] | 2013 | 30,568 | 569.63 | 9.35% | |
| Tunisia [+] | 2015 | 23,553 | 208.92 | -7.95% | |
| Tonga [+] | 2014 | 176 | 166.38 | 10.52% | |
| Turkey [+] | 2015 | 177,262 | 226.47 | 9.93% | |
| Trinidad and Tobago [+] | 2015 | 7,447 | 547.54 | 119.48% | |
| Tuvalu [+] | 2014 | 11 | 100.84 | -9.87% | |
| Taiwan [+] | 2014 | 63,452 | 271.00 | -3.12% | |
| Tanzania [+] | 2015 | 34,404 | 63.85 | -2.46% | |
| Ukraine [+] | 2016 | 60,771 | 136.74 | -58.06% | |
| Uganda [+] | 2014 | 42,330 | 109.00 | 3.46% | |
| Uruguay [+] | 2015 | 9,996 | 291.30 | 4.39% | |
| Uzbekistan [+] | 2014 | 43,900 | 143.94 | 1.24% | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+] | 2014 | 412 | 376.75 | -10.46% | |
| Venezuela [+] | 2015 | 49,664 | 159.41 | -4.40% | |
| Vietnam [+] | 2015 | 136,245 | 145.61 | -5.53% | |
| Vanuatu [+] | 2015 | 230 | 86.92 | 10.89% | |
| Samoa [+] | 2015 | 501 | 258.57 | 13.64% | |
| Yemen [+] | 2013 | 14,000 | 54.74 | 27.77% | |
| South Africa [+] | 2014 | 154,648 | 283.55 | -2.50% | |
| Zambia [+] | 2016 | 25,000 | 150.45 | 30.52% | |
| Zimbabwe [+] | 2015 | 18,857 | 119.52 | 5.35% | |