Prison Population
WorldSocial / HealthPoliticalCulturalNumber of persons imprisoned per 100,000 people by country.
World Prison BriefA world map showing prison populations per 100,000 people. Dark blue (more than 400): U S A, Turkmenistan. Blue to light blue (100 to 400): Russia, Brazil, China, Australia. Very light blue (less than 100): India, Canada, and parts of central Africa.
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Class | Rank | Per 100,000 People | Bolivia, 1825 | Brazil, 1822 | Chile, 1817 | Gran Colombia, 1819–1830 | Mexico, 1821 | Paraguay, 1811 | Peru, 1821 | United Provinces of Central America, 1823–1839 | United Provinces of La Plata, 1816 | Uruguay, 1828 | |
| 14.4% | |||||||||||||
| 51.9% | 90.2% | 38.7% | 24.3% | 74.9% | 10.3% | 99.7% | 1.85% | 97.4% | |||||
| 98.5% | |||||||||||||
| 33.1% | |||||||||||||
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