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 | Value | 2.0 to 3.0 | 3.0 to 4.0 | 4.0 to 5.0 | 5.0 to 7.0 | 7.0 to 9.0 | 9.0 to 11.0 | 4000+ m | 2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | |
| 29.7% | 75.3% | 3.11% | 4.49% | 3.56% | 2.07% | |||||||||||
| 47.4% | 99.5% | 6.74% | 4.53% | 17.7% | ||||||||||||
| 15.0% | 87.9% | 10.1% | 30.1% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 40.4% | 5.72% | |||||||||
| 2.83% | 33.9% | 69.8% | 18.6% | 9.30% | 14.7% | 3.94% | 13.0% | |||||||||
| 2.06% | 57.9% | 37.8% | 2.15% | 6.39% | 1.95% | 2.01% | 3.90% | 1.28% | ||||||||
| 16.7% | 24.8% | 58.2% | 60.7% | 14.0% | 15.7% | 1.47% | 14.7% | 17.8% | 32.0% | 2.89% | ||||||
| 38.8% | 30.3% | 52.8% | 20.5% | 5.39% | 8.58% | 19.0% | 8.61% | 29.5% | ||||||||
| 99.9% | 33.3% | 57.8% | 66.5% | 14.4% | 65.2% | 26.5% | 2.19% | 1.47% | ||||||||
| 6.30% | 17.1% | 53.6% | 26.3% | 8.69% | 4.90% | 4.91% | 8.08% | 1.92% | ||||||||
| 30.3% | 48.7% | 24.6% | 4.47% | 3.92% | 10.1% | 27.6% | 30.5% | |||||||||
| 2.83% | 89.2% | 33.2% | 1.88% | 13.7% | 3.18% | 20.7% | ||||||||||
| 10.1% | 42.9% | 58.7% | 2.13% | 37.6% | 21.2% | 12.3% | 2.25% | |||||||||
| 100% | 34.8% | 66.2% | 38.3% | 7.29% | 47.7% | 36.0% | 15.4% | 1.40% | ||||||||
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