Top Ten Countries By Prison Population Rates

by Vishul Malik April 14, 2023

Based on recent estimates, as of 2021, the top 10 countries by highest prison population rates (number of prisoners per 100,000 people) are: United States (639 prisoners per 100,000 people)…

Top Ten Countries By Prison Population Rates

Map shows top ten countries by highest prison population rates in the world.

Based on recent estimates, as of 2021, the top 10 countries by highest prison population rates (number of prisoners per 100,000 people) are:

United States (639 prisoners per 100,000 people)
El Salvador (536 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Thailand (478 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Turkmenistan (467 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Cuba (454 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Belize (431 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Virgin Islands (423 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Seychelles (418 prisoners per 100,000 people)
St. Kitts and Nevis (408 prisoners per 100,000 people)
Rwanda (402 prisoners per 100,000 people)

S. No.	Country	prison population rates per 100,000
Top Ten Countries by Prison Population Rates 2017
1	Seychelles	799
2	United States of America	666
3	Turkmenistan	583
4	El Salvador	574
5	Virgin Islands (USA)	542
6	Cuba	510
7	Guam (USA)	438
8	Russian Federation	436
9	Rwanda	434
10	Thailand	428

S. No.	Country	prison population rates per 100,000
Other Countries by Prison Population Rates 2017
11	Panama	426
12	Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)	425
13	Grenada	421
13	Maldives	421
15	Belize	410
16	Antigua and Barbuda	403
17	St. Kitts and Nevis	391
18	American Samoa (USA)	380
19	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	378
20	Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)	369
21	Bahamas	363
22	Bermuda (United Kingdom)	354
23	Costa Rica	352
24	Puerto Rico (USA)	349
25	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	347
26	Palau	343
27	Northern Mariana Islands (USA)	337
28	St. Lucia	327
29	French Guiana/Guyane (France)	326
30	Barbados	322
31	Belarus	314
32	Anguilla (United Kingdom)	307
32	Brazil	307
34	Bahrain	301
35	Dominica	300
36	Uruguay	291
36	South Africa	291
38	Iran	287
39	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	286
40	eSwatini (Swaziland)	282
41	Trinidad and Tobago	272
42	Mongolia	266
43	Taiwan	266
44	Israel	265
45	Georgia	263
46	Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)	258
47	Peru	257
48	Guyana	256
49	Turkey	254
50	Lithuania	254

Source : World Prison Brief, Institute for Criminal Policy Research

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