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 | Moderate | High | Very High | Desert - Dry Regions | |
| 1.86% | ||||||||
| 4.58% | 2.91% | 9.51% | 4.95% | |||||
| 2.52% | 7.35% | 30.8% | 59.1% | |||||
| 2.31% | 30.5% | |||||||
| 5.18% | 5.94% | 1.92% | 1.05% | |||||
| 16.5% | 11.9% | 10.8% | ||||||
| 11.3% | 5.72% | 4.10% | 12.2% | |||||
| 1.22% | 5.24% | 92.9% | ||||||
| 5.96% | 1.46% | 11.7% | 9.60% | |||||
| 19.6% | 5.24% | 9.49% | 20.7% | |||||
| 19.0% | 2.57% | 2.44% | ||||||
| 8.30% | 16.0% | 15.2% | 72.0% | |||||
| 21.4% | 16.2% | 6.96% | 47.0% | |||||
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