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Number of persons imprisoned per 100,000 people by country.

World Prison Brief

A 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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Prison Population

African Union (AU) Members

British Empire, Early 1920s

Class

Rank

Per 100,000 People

Value

Aden

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Bahama Islands

Basutoland

Bechuanaland

British Guiana

British Honduras

British North Borneo

Cameroons

Canada

Ceylon

Cyprus

Egypt

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Gambia

Gold Coast

India

Iraq

Irish Free State

Jamaica

Kenya

Kuwait

Malay States

Mauritius

New Hebrides

New Zealand

Newfoundland

Nigeria

North East New Guinea

Northern Rhodesia

Nyasaland

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Samoa

Sarawak

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South West Africa

Southern Rhodesia

Swaziland

Tanganyika

Territory of Papua

Togo

Transjordan

Trinidad and Tobago

Trucial Oman

Uganda

Union of South Africa

United Kingdom

87.3%96.9%45.3%46.0%64.8%75.6%51.6%
40.9%94.0%84.3%
95.6%25.7%88.8%
98.8%96.9%
85.3%82.8%43.0%
95.5%3.10%
98.5%97.8%
21.9%97.5%39.6%38.0%
47.4%4.39%37.8%98.5%93.1%26.1%30.2%96.8%76.6%56.6%
59.9%98.3%99.7%6.31%94.1%84.5%98.1%94.9%99.5%98.2%96.4%99.3%99.7%97.2%96.9%12.1%99.3%96.0%
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