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 | 4000+ m | 2000–3,999 m | 500–1,999 m | 200–499 m | 1–199 m | Below sea level to 0 m | |
| 3.11% | 4.49% | 3.56% | 2.07% | |||||||
| 6.74% | 4.53% | 17.7% | ||||||||
| 10.1% | 30.1% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 40.4% | 5.72% | |||||
| 18.6% | 9.30% | 14.7% | 3.94% | 13.0% | ||||||
| 6.39% | 1.95% | 2.01% | 3.90% | 1.28% | ||||||
| 1.47% | 14.7% | 17.8% | 32.0% | 2.89% | ||||||
| 5.39% | 8.58% | 19.0% | 8.61% | 29.5% | ||||||
| 65.2% | 26.5% | 2.19% | 1.47% | |||||||
| 4.90% | 4.91% | 8.08% | 1.92% | |||||||
| 4.47% | 3.92% | 10.1% | 27.6% | 30.5% | ||||||
| 1.88% | 13.7% | 3.18% | 20.7% | |||||||
| 2.13% | 37.6% | 21.2% | 12.3% | 2.25% | ||||||
| 7.29% | 47.7% | 36.0% | 15.4% | 1.40% | ||||||
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