Another reason to be a Proud American!!! Incarceration rates by country. c. (circa) indicates that the figure is approximate. Rank Country (or dependent territory) Prisoners per 100,000 population 1 United States 716 2 Seychelles 709 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 701 4 U.S. Virgin Islands 539 5 Cuba 510 6 Rwanda 492 7 Anguilla 487 8 Russia 484 9 British Virgin Islands 460 c. 10 El Salvador 425 11 Bermuda 417 12 Azerbaijan 413 13 Belize 407 14 Grenada 402 15 Panama 401 16 Antigua and Barbuda 395 17 Cayman Islands 382 18 Thailand 381 19 Barbados 377 20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 376 21 Bahamas 371 22 Sint Maarten 369 23 Dominica 356 24 Palau 348 25 Greenland 340 26 Belarus 335 27 Curaçao 331 28 Guam 316 29 Costa Rica 314 29 Lithuania 314 31 Saint Lucia 313 32 Maldives 311 c. 32 Puerto Rico 311 32 Ukraine 311 35 Latvia 297 36 Kazakhstan 295 37 South Africa 289 38 Mongolia 287 39 Iran 284 39 Swaziland 284 41 Taiwan 280 42 Uruguay 279 43 Bahrain 275 44 Brazil 274 45 Chile 270 46 Cape Verde 267 46 French Guiana 267 48 Northern Mariana Islands 264 49 Guyana 260 50 Trinidad and Tobago 259 51 Estonia 245 52 Colombia 243 53 American Samoa 240 54 Gibraltar 238 54 United Arab Emirates 238 56 Martinique 233 57 Singapore 230 58 Aruba 228 59 Samoa 227 60 Georgia 224 60 Turkmenistan 224 62 Israel 223 63 Poland 222 64 Morocco 220 65 Montenegro 214 66 Dominican Republic 210 67 Mexico 209 68 Botswana 205 68 Slovakia 205 70 Mauritius 202 70 Peru 202 72 Tunisia 199 73 Gabon 196 74 New Zealand 193 75 Macau 191 75 Namibia 191 75 Suriname 191 78 Moldova 185 79 Kyrgyzstan 181 80 Fiji 174 81 Hungary 173 82 Turkey 171 83 Guernsey 170 84 Venezuela 169 85 Albania 168 86 Jersey 167 87 Guadeloupe 164 88 Jamaica 163 88 New Caledonia 163 90 Saudi Arabia 162 91 Honduras 159 92 Algeria 156 92 Romania 156 94 Czech Republic 154 95 French Polynesia 153 95 Serbia 153 97 Uzbekistan 152 c. 98 Bulgaria 151 98 Tonga 151 100 Spain 149 101 England & Wales England and Wales 148 102 Argentina 147 103 Scotland 146 104 Vietnam 145 105 Malta 144 106 Nauru 139 107 Armenia 138 108 Kuwait 137 109 Ethiopia 136 110 Bhutan 135 111 Portugal 134 112 Australia 130 112 Hong Kong 130 112 Réunion 130 112 Tajikistan 130 116 Zimbabwe 129 117 São Tomé and Príncipe 128 118 Isle of Man 127 119 Malaysia 126 119 Zambia 126 c. 121 Luxembourg 124 122 Macedonia 122 122 Nicaragua 122 c. 124 China 121 or 170[2] 124 Kenya 121 124 Lesotho 121 127 Myanmar 120 127 Tuvalu 120 129 Cameroon 119 130 Lebanon 118 131 Brunei 117 132 Croatia 115 133 Canada 114 134 Philippines 113 135 Bolivia 112 136 Greece 111 137 Iraq 110 138 Cook Islands 109 139 Italy 108 140 Cyprus 106 141 Cambodia 104 142 Austria 103 142 Kiribati 103 144 France 101 144 Mayotte 101 146 Belgium 100 146 Sri Lanka 100 148 Northern Ireland 99 149 Paraguay 97 149 Uganda 97 151 Angola 96 152 Equatorial Guinea 95 c. 152 Haiti 95 152 Jordan 95 155 Ireland 94 156 South Korea 92 157 Monaco 88 158 Guatemala 87 159 Ecuador 86 160 Madagascar 85 160 Federated States of Micronesia 85 162 Djibouti 83 163 Netherlands 82 163 Switzerland 82 165 Libya 81 166 Egypt 80 c. 166 Germany 80 168 Tanzania 78 169 Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina 77 170 Benin 75 170 Republika Srpska 75 172 Afghanistan 74 172 Vanuatu 74 174 Malawi 73 175 Burundi 72 176 Norway 71 177 Laos 69 177 Slovenia 69 179 Denmark 68 180 Sweden 67 181 Kosovo 66 c. 182 South Sudan 65 c. 183 Marshall Islands 64 183 Mozambique 64 183 Senegal 64 183 Togo 64 187 Indonesia 62 188 Oman 61 189 Finland 60 189 Qatar 60 c. 191 Guinea-Bissau 58 191 Syria 58 193 Gambia 56 c. 193 Sudan 56 c. 195 Yemen 55 196 Japan 54 197 Ghana 53 198 Solomon Islands 51 199 Andorra 49 200 Papua New Guinea 48 201 Iceland 47 202 Liberia 46 203 Mauritania 45 203 Nepal 45 c. 205 Bangladesh 42 205 Niger 42 205 Sierra Leone 42 208 Chad 41 209 Pakistan 39 210 Liechtenstein 36 210 Mali 36 212 Ivory Coast 34 213 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33 c. 214 Congo 31 c. 214 Nigeria 31 216 India 30 217 Burkina Faso 28 218 Guinea 25 c. 219 Timor-Leste 22 220 Central African Republic 19 220 Comoros 19 c. 222 Faroe Islands 17 223 San Marino 6
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