The ranking below is from Kings College School of Law, London, England - last Modified 06 Dec 2007 - It shows a much higher rate that that provided by the US Bureau of Justice. According to our US Government Statistics, we have 506 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents, but for Texas Incarceration Rate is now 976 per 100,000, per the Pew Center on the States. Double the national average.  

Ranked by size of prison population, our United States is number 1    -    Ranked by % of citizens incarcerated in prisons, our United States is number 1.

Ranked
By Size of Prison Population
Ranked
By % of Population Imprisoned

 

Country

Imprisoned

Population

Rate/ 100k

1

United States of America

2,299,116

301,139,947

763

2

China

1,565,771

1,321,851,888

118

3

Russia

891,738

141,377,752

631

4

Brazil

440,013

190,010,647

232

5

India

373,271

1,129,866,154

33

6

Mexico

222,671

108,700,891

205

7

Thailand

166,338

65,068,149

256

8

South Africa

164,297

43,997,828

373

9

Iran

158,351

27,499,638

576

10

Ukraine

149,690

46,299,862

323

11

Indonesia

136,017

234,693,997

58

12

Turkey

101,100

71,158,647

142

13

Vietnam

98,556

85,262,356

116

14

Philippines

91,530

91,077,287

100

15

Pakistan

90,000

164,741,924

55

16

Poland

84,321

38,518,241

219

17

United Kingdom (England & Wales)

83,324

60,776,238

137

18

Bangladesh

83,000

150,448,339

55

19

Japan

81,255

127,433,494

64

20

Germany

73,203

82,400,996

89

21

Spain

72,943

40,448,191

180

22

Colombia

69,689

44,379,598

157

23

Myanmar (formerly Burma)

65,063

47,373,958

137

24

Egypt

64,378

80,335,036

80

25

Taiwan

63,370

22,858,872

277

26

Argentina

60,621

40,301,927

150

27

France

59,655

63,718,187

94

28

Rwanda

58,598

9,907,509

591

29

Kazakhstan

56,012

15,284,929

366

30

Italy

55,057

58,147,733

95

31

Algeria

54,000

33,333,216

162

32

Morocco

53,580

33,757,175

159

33

Chile

51,244

16,284,741

315

34

Malaysia

50,305

24,821,286

203

35

Uzbekistan

48,000

27,780,059

173

36

R of S. Korea

47,097

49,044,790

96

37

Kenya

47,036

36,913,721

127

38

Belarus

44,416

9,724,723

457

39

Tanzania

43,911

39,384,223

111

40

Peru

41,745

28,674,757

146

41

Nigeria

39,438

135,031,164

29

42

Canada

35,110

33,390,141

105

43

Saudi Arabia

28,612

27,601,038

104

44

Iraq

27,366

27,499,638

100

45

Australia

27,224

20,434,176

133

46

Romania

26,551

22,276,056

119

47

Uganda

26,273

30,262,610

87

48

Sri Lanka

25,537

20,926,315

122

49

Israel

22,788

6,426,679

355

50

Cameroon

22,734

18,060,382

126

51

Venezuela

22,000

26,023,528

85

Rank

Country

Imprisoned

Population

Rate/ 100k

1

United States of America

2,299,116

301,139,947

763

2

Russia

891,738

141,377,752

631

3

Rwanda

58,598

9,907,509

591

4

Iran

158,351

27,499,638

576

5

Cuba

60,000

11,394,043

527

6

Palau

97

20,842

465

7

Bahamas

1,400

305,655

458

8

Belarus

44,416

9,724,723

457

9

Belize

1,334

294,385

453

10

Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)

207

46,600

444

11

Grenada

367

89,971

408

12

Anguilla (United Kingdom)

55

13,677

402

13

Bermuda (United Kingdom)

261

66,163

394

14

Georgia

18,170

4,646,003

391

15

South Africa

164,297

43,997,828

373

16

Barbados

1,030

280,946

367

17

Kazakhstan

56,012

15,284,929

366

18

American Samoa (USA)

210

57,663

364

19

Puerto Rico (USA)

14,239

3,944,259

361

20

Israel

22,788

6,426,679

355

21

Dominica

254

72,386

351

22

Greenland

188

56,344

334

23

Trinidad and Tobago

3,510

1,056,608

332

24

Botswana

5,917

1,815,508

326

25

Ukraine

149,690

46,299,862

323

26

Guam (USA)

559

173,456

322

27

Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)

713

223,652

319

28

Chile

51,244

16,284,741

315

29

Panama

10,036

3,242,173

310

30

Maldives

1,125

369,031

305

31

Antigua and Barbuda

208

69,481

299

32

Latvia

6,548

2,259,810

290

33

Taiwan

63,370

22,858,872

277

34

Aruba (Netherlands)

277

100,018

277

35

Seychelles

221

81,895

270

36

Estonia

3,467

1,315,912

263

37

Singapore

11,768

4,553,009

258

38

Thailand

166,338

65,068,149

256

39

Guyana

1,955

769,095

254

40

Tunisia

26,000

10,276,158

253

41

United Arab Emirates

11,193

4,444,011

252

42

Azerbaijan

19,559

8,120,247

241

43

Brazil

440,013

190,010,647

232

44

Swaziland

2,546

1,133,066

225

45

Mongolia

6,593

2,951,786

223

46

Lithuania

7,866

3,575,439

220

47

Poland

84,321

38,518,241

219

48

Costa Rica

8,924

4,133,884

216

49

Turkmenistan

10,953

5,097,028

215

50

El Salvador

14,682

6,948,073

211

51

Libya

12,748

6,036,914

211

52

Mexico

222,671

108,700,891

205

 

 

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