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*Intro, main links, and 8th edition. *Europe versus USA. Graph banner image. *Europe. Detailed chart. 5th edition. *Rest of the world. Detailed chart. 5th edition. *Highest to lowest rates. World. 5th edition. *References and sources. Links. *Alphabetical order. World. 5th edition. *World rates. Historical view. Chart. *More links. *Notes and how-to. *Quick links to drug war charts. And more info. |
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Intro, main links, 8th edition. [TopLink] |
| "More than 9.8 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or as sentenced prisoners." |
| -- From the 8th edition of the World Prison Population List. It is found here: |
| http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/downloads/wppl-8th_41.pdf
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"Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. ... Most figures relate to dates between late 1999 and November 2003." -- World Prison Population List (5th edition), published in 2004. |
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Europe versus USA. [TopLink] |
Europe. Detailed chart. [TopLink] |
| Europe.
Total inmates, Prison Population Rates, and Populations of Nations. From World Prison Population List. 5th edition: "Most figures relate to dates between late 1999 and November 2003." |
Rates are calculated for the total number of prisoners in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Use "find" in the edit menu of your browser to locate nations here quickly. |
Order of info. Left to right. More notes at end of list. - Incarceration RATE per 100,000 population. - Independent nation or dependent territory. - Prison population total (total inmates). - Date (day/month/year). - National population. (m = million). - Notes and exceptions. (i.e. sentenced prisoners only). - * (Use free Adobe Reader to see more notes in pdf file): - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf - c (means the inmate total and rate are estimates). |
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Europe _64 Denmark 3,439 1/9/02 5.38m 361 Estonia 4,874 5/03 1.35m _70 Finland 3,617 1/12/02 5.2m _37 Iceland 107 1/9/02 289,000 _85 Ireland 3,366 10/9/03 3.97m 352 Latvia 8,156 13/6/03 2.32m 266 Lithuania 9,217 18/8/03 3.46m _59 Norway 2,662 1/9/02 4.54m _73 Sweden 6,506 1/10/02 8.93m ___ United Kingdom 141 – England & Wales 74,452 21/11/03 52.7m _70 – Northern Ireland 1,220 20/11/03 1.75m 129 – Scotland 6,569 21/11/03 5.1m _21 Faeroe Is. (Denmark) 9. /00 43,000 128 Guernsey (UK) 83 19/11/03 64,800 _92 Isle of Man (UK) 68 20/11/03 74,300 188 Jersey (UK) 170 19/11/03 90,200 Southern Europe _90 Albania 3,053 11/01 3.4m _83 Andorra 55 1/9/02 66,400 ___ Bosnia & Herzegovina _53 – Federation 1,364 30/4/03 2.6m _66 – Republika Srpska 919 30/4/03 1.4m _59 Croatia 2,584 31/12/01 4.38m _80 Greece 8,500 1/12/02 10.58m 100 Italy* 56,574 30/9/02 56.3m _61 Macedonia (F Yug Rep) 1,248 1/9/02 2.04m _73 Malta 283 1/9/02 386,000 137 Portugal 14,300 1/5/03 10.43m ___ Serbia & Montenegro _69 – Serbia 5,566 1/6/01 8.1m 104 – Montenegro 710 25/4/02 680,000 _54 – Kosovo 965 mid-02 1.8m _56 Slovenia 1,120 1/9/02 1.99m 138 Spain 56,140 14/11/03 40.65m 112 Gibraltar (UK) 31 25/11/03 27,800 Western Europe 100 Austria 8,114 10/11/03 8.09m _89 Belgium 9,253 1/9/02 10.34m _93 France 55,382 * 1/4/03 59.70m * _98 Germany 81,176 31/3/03 82.56m _50 Liechtenstein* 17 1/9/02 34,000 _85 Luxembourg 380 1/9/02 447,000 _39 Monaco* 13 10/98 33,000 100 Netherlands 16,239 1/9/02 16.16m _68 Switzerland 4,987 4/9/02 7.29m 453,488 total inmates above. 424,745,500 total population above. 107 prisoners per 100,000 population above. Europe/Asia 135 Armenia 4,343 1/1/03 3.21m 217 Azerbaijan 17,795 31/1/03 8.2m _49 Cyprus 345 * 1/9/02 699,000 * 198 Georgia 7,343 1/9/02 3.7m 606 Russian Federation 864,590 1/8/03 142.7m _92 Turkey 64,051 1/9/03 70.0m Central and Eastern Europe 554 Belarus 55,156 31/12/01 9.95m 134 Bulgaria 10,500 9/03 7.82m 170 Czech Republic 17,360 31/10/03 10.20m 165 Hungary 16,700 20/11/03 10.11m 301 Moldova 10,903 * 1/1/03 3.62m * 218 Poland 83,113 31/3/03 38.21m 200 Romania 43,489 11/11/03 21.72m 164 Slovakia 8,829 1/9/03 5.38m 415 Ukraine 198,858 1/4/03 47.89m |
Incarceration RATE per 100,000 population. You can divide it by a thousand to get the percentage of the national population imprisoned. Or just move the decimal point to the left 3 places. 1000 prisoners per 100,000 population is 1.000 percent of the population imprisoned. 2 links below are for mirror pages with web page charts of rates of nations in descending or alphabetical order: |
https://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/world.htm Charts mirror. https://corporatism.tripod.com/world.htm Charts mirror. |
The rest of the world. [TopLink] |
| ---------- AFRICA Northern Africa 110_____Algeria 34,243 31/12/01 31.1m c.121___Egypt c.80,000 /98 66.0m c.127___Libya c.6,750 /98 5.3m 176_____Morocco 54,207 31/12/02 30.8m c.36____Sudan c.12,000 3/03 33.2m 252_____Tunisia 23,165 31/12/96 9.15m Western Africa 81______Benin 4,961 30/9/00 6.1m 23______Burkina Faso 2,800 9/02 12.2m 178_____Cape Verde 755 12/99 423,000 62______Côte d’Ivoire 10,355 8/3/02 16.6m 32______Gambia 450 9/02 1.4m 58______Ghana 11,624 mid-02 20.2m 37______Guinea (Conakry) 3,070 mid-02 8.4m 34______Mali 4,040 2/02 11.9m 48______Mauritania 1,354 mid-02 2.8m c.52____Niger c.6,000 mid-02 11.6m 33______Nigeria 39,368 3/02 119.2m 54______Senegal 5,360 9/02 9.9m 46______Togo 2,043 6/11/98 4.4m Central Africa 36______Angola 4,975 mid-02 13.9m 129_____Cameroon 20,000 mid-02 15.5m 110_____Central African Rep. 4,168 /01 3.8m 46______Chad 3,883 mid-02 8.4m 38______Congo (Brazzaville) 918 /93 2.4m 79______Sao Tome e Principe 130 4/02 165,000 Eastern Africa 129_____Burundi 8,647 mid-02 6.7m c.30____Comoros c.200 /98 658,000 61______Djibouti 384 16/12/99 629,000 111_____Kenya 35,278 mid-02 31.9m 130_____Madagascar 20,109 31/7/99 15.5m 70______Malawi 8,566 20/11/03 12.2m 214_____Mauritius 2,565 4/03 1.2m 50______Mozambique 8,812 31/12/99 17.6m ________Rwanda 112,000* mid-02 8.1m –* 207_____Seychelles 157 27/10/99 76,000 120_____Tanzania 44,063 10/6/02 36.8m c.89____Uganda c.21,900 5/02 24.7m 121_____Zambia 13,173 26/6/02 10.9m c.160___Zimbabwe c.21,000 mid-02 13.1m 95______Mayotte (France) 163 1/4/03 171,000 143_____Réunion (France) 1,071 1/4/03 750,000 Southern Africa 327_____Botswana 5,890 17/11/03 1.8m 143_____Lesotho 3,000 mid-02 2.1m 267_____Namibia 4,814 31/12/01 1.8m 402_____South Africa 180,952 31/10/03 45.0m 359_____Swaziland 3,400 8/02 948,000 ---------- AMERICAS North America 116_____Canada 36,024* 00-01 31.08m 701_____USA 2,033,331 31/12/02 290.0m 447_____Bermuda (UK) 286 29/12/99 64,000 131_____Greenland (Denmark) 74 /00 56,300 Central America 459_____Belize 1,097 30/6/99 239,000 229_____Costa Rica 8,526 6/99 3.7m 158_____El Salvador 10,278 8/7/02 6.5m 71______Guatemala 8,460 9/99 11.89m 172_____Honduras 11,502 6/02 6.7m 156_____Mexico 154,765 30/6/00 98.9m 143_____Nicaragua 7,198 30/6/99 5.02m 354_____Panama 10,630 3/03 3.0m Caribbean 278_____Antigua & Barbuda 186 2/98 67,000 410_____Bahamas 1,280 10/02 312,000 367_____Barbados 992 11/11/03 270,000 c.297___Cuba c.33,000 /97 11.1m 420_____Dominica 298 30/6/99 71,000 193_____Dominican Republic 16,789 18/6/03 8.7m 333_____Grenada 297 20/6/02 89,200 53______Haiti 4,152 30/6/99 7.8m 176_____Jamaica 4,744 18/11/03 2.7m 338_____St Kitts & Nevis 135 30/6/99 40,000 243_____St Lucia 365 30/6/99 150,000 270_____St Vincent & Grenadines 302 17/10/01 112,000 351_____Trinidad & Tobago 4,794 30/6/99 1.365m 237_____Aruba (Netherlands) 223 11/98 94,000 501_____Cayman Islands (UK) 210 19/11/03 41,900 159_____Guadeloupe (France) 695 1/4/03 438,000 164_____Martinique (France) 643 1/4/03 392,000 364_____Neth. Antilles (Netherlands) 780 11/98 214,000 378_____Puerto Rico (US) 14,725 31/12/02 3.9m 215_____Virgin Islands (UK) 43 19/8/99 20,000 522_____Virgin Islands (US) 647 31/12/02 124,000 South America 107_____Argentina 38,604 30/6/99 36.23m 102_____Bolivia 8,315 6/99 8.14m 160_____Brazil 284,989 6/03 178.5m 212_____Chile 33,098 30/6/02 15.6m 126_____Colombia 54,034 31/5/01 42.8m 59______Ecuador 7,716 6/02 13.1m 175_____Guyana 1,507 6/7/01 861,000 75______Paraguay 4,088 /99 5.48m 104_____Peru 27,493 30/6/02 26.5m 437_____Suriname 1,933 30/6/99 442,000 209_____Uruguay 7,100 9/03 3.4m 76______Venezuela 19,554 mid-03 25.7m 324_____French Guiana/Guyane (France) 590 1/4/03 182,000 ---------- ASIA Western Asia 155_____Bahrain 911 31/12/97 589,000 163_____Israel 10,164 1/1/02 6.25m 106_____Jordan 5,448 2/02 5.15m 102_____Kuwait 1,735 /97 1.7m 172_____Lebanon 6,382 10/3/03 3.7m 81______Oman 2,020 /00 2.5m 95______Qatar 570 /00 599,000 110_____Saudi Arabia 23,720 /00 21.6m 93______Syria 14,000 /97 15.0m c.250___United Arab Emirates c.6,000 12/98 2.4m 83*_____Yemen 14,000* /98 16.9m Central Asia 522_____Kazakhstan 84,000 30/4/01 16.1m 390_____Kyrgyzstan 19,500 3/02 5.0m c.159___Tajikistan c.10,000 9/03 6.3m c.489___Turkmenistan c.22,000 10/00 4.5m 184_____Uzbekistan 48,000 8/03 26.1m South Central Asia 45______Bangladesh 64,866 /02 143.4m 29______India 304,893 30/6/02 1,041.1m 226_____Iran 163,526 4/02 72.2m 414*____Maldive Is. 1,098* /96 265,000 29______Nepal 7,132 /02 24.2m 59______Pakistan 87,000 /02 148.7m 91______Sri Lanka 17,485 mid-02 19.3m South Eastern Asia 133_____Brunei Darussalam 454 mid-02 341,000 44______Cambodia 6,128 mid-02 13.8m 29______Indonesia 62,886 mid-01 214.8m 125_____Malaysia 28,804 mid-02 23.0m 118_____Myanmar (Burma) 53,195 31/12/93 45.0m 94______Philippines 70,383 /99 74.5m 388*____Singapore 16,310* mid-02 4.2m 401_____Thailand 258,076 mid-02 64.3m 71______Vietnam 55,000 mid-98 77.6m Eastern Asia 117*____China 1,512,194* mid-02 1,294.4m 53______Japan 67,255 mid-02 127.5m 128_____Korea (Republic of) 60,721 31/10/02 47.4m 279*____Mongolia 7,256* mid-02 2.6m 250_____Taiwan 56,225 11/01 22.5m 184_____Hong Kong (China) 12,900 30/9/03 7.0m 197_____Macau (China) 910 mid-02 462,000 ---------- OCEANIA 115_____Australia 22,492 30/6/02 19.5m 108_____Fiji 897 mid-02 832,000 67______Kiribati 64 mid-02 96,000 44______Marshall Is. 23 1994 52,000 34______Micronesia, Fed States of. 39 1997 114,000 155_____New Zealand 5,881 mid-02 3.8m 66______Papua New Guinea 3,302 mid-02 5.0m 158_____Samoa 281 12/11/03 178,000 31______Solomon Is. 134 mid-99 430,000 106_____Tonga 110 mid-02 104,000 56______Tuvalu 6 mid-00 10,800 46______Vanuatu 96 mid-02 207,000 243_____American Samoa (US) 169 31/12/02 69,500 120_____Cook Is. (NZ) 24 mid-02 20,000 120_____French Polynesia (France) 291 1/4/03 243,000 334_____Guam (US) 542 31/12/02 162,300 139_____New Caledonia (France) 315 1/4/03 227,000 156_____Northern Mariana Is. (US) 123 31/12/02 78,600 |
World. Highest to lowest rates. [TopLink] |
| World
Prison Population
Rates. In descending order. From World Prison Population List. 5th edition: "Most figures relate to dates between late 1999 and November 2003." |
| Rates are calculated for the total number of prisoners in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Incarceration rates of 210 independent countries and dependent territories. Use "find" in the edit menu to locate one here. |
| Imprisonment RATE per 100,000 population. "c" means the rate is an estimate. There are links and more notes at the end of the list. Use free Adobe Reader to see more notes in pdf file: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf It has dates, national populations, inmate totals, etc.. |
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comparison purposes the 2 U.S. states with the highest rates (Texas and Louisiana) are in the list: 1014____Texas 1999 (governor George W. Bush) 1013____Louisiana 2001 966_____Texas 2001 715_____United States of America 584_____Russian Federation 554_____Belarus 532_____Bermuda (UK) 523_____Palau 522_____Virgin Islands (USA) 501_____Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) c.489___Turkmenistan c.487___Cuba 459_____Belize 437_____Suriname 420_____Dominica 416_____Ukraine 414_____Maldive Islands 410_____Bahamas 402_____South Africa 390_____Kyrgyzstan 388_____Singapore 386_____Kazakhstan 378_____Puerto Rico (USA) 367_____Barbados 364_____Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 354_____Panama 351_____Trinidad and Tobago 340_____Thailand 339_____Estonia 339_____Latvia 338_____St Kitts and Nevis 334_____Guam (USA) 333_____Grenada 327_____Botswana 324_____French Guiana/Guyane (France) 324_____Swaziland 303_____Mongolia 297_____Moldova (Republic of) 278_____Antigua and Barbuda 270_____St Vincent and the Grenadines 267_____Namibia 253_____Tunisia c.250___United Arab Emirates 248_____Taiwan 243_____American Samoa (USA) 243_____St Lucia 237_____Aruba (Netherlands) 234_____Lithuania 229_____Costa Rica 215_____Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 214_____Mauritius 210_____Poland 209_____Uruguay 207_____Seychelles 204_____Chile 198_____Azerbaijan 194_____Iran 190_____Romania 189_____Hong Kong (China) 188_____Jersey (United Kingdom) 184_____Macau (China) 184_____Uzbekistan 178_____Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 178_____Czech Republic 177_____Greenland (Denmark) 176_____Jamaica 176_____Morocco 175_____Guyana 174_____Israel 173_____Libya 172_____Honduras 169_____Brazil 169_____Mexico 165_____Georgia 165_____Hungary 165_____Slovakia 164_____Martinique (France) 161_____Malaysia 161_____New Zealand 161_____Tajikistan c.160___Zimbabwe 159_____Guadeloupe (France) 158_____El Salvador 158_____Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 157_____Dominican Republic 156_____Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 155_____Bahrain 146_____Lebanon 144_____Spain 143_____Lesotho 143_____Nicaragua 143_____Reunion (France) 142_____United Kingdom: England & Wales 139_____New Caledonia (France) 134_____United Kingdom: Scotland 132_____Brunei Darussalam 130_____Madagascar 129_____Burundi 129_____Cameroon 129_____Portugal 128_____Guernsey (United Kingdom) 127_____Bulgaria 126_____Colombia 125_____Republic of (South) Korea c.121___Egypt 121_____Zambia 120_____French Polynesia (France) 119_____China 118_____Myanmar (formerly Burma) 117_____Fiji 116_____Canada 116_____Tanzania 114_____Australia 112_____Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 112_____Netherlands 112_____Peru 111_____Kenya 111_____Luxembourg 110_____Algeria 110_____Central African Republic 110_____Saudi Arabia 109_____Rwanda 108_____Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro 107_____Argentina 106_____Jordan 106_____Tonga 105_____Albania 105_____Sri Lanka 102_____Bolivia 102_____Kuwait 100_____Austria 100_____Italy 96______Germany 95______France 95______Mayotte (France) 95______Qatar 94______Philippines 93______Syria 92______Armenia c.92____Ethiopia 92______Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 92______Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia 92______Turkey 90______Andorra 90______Cook Islands (New Zealand) c.89____Uganda 88______Belgium 87______Ireland, Republic of 83______Greece 83______Yemen 81______Benin 81______Oman 79______Sao Tome e Principe 78______Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 76______Venezuela 75______Paraguay 75______Sweden 72______Denmark 72______Malta 72______Switzerland 71______Finland 71______United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 71______Vietnam 70______Malawi 68______Guatemala 67______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 66______Papua New Guinea 64______Croatia 64______Norway 62______Ivory Coast 61______Djibouti 59______Ecuador 59______Pakistan 59______Slovenia c.57____Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) 56______Kiribati 56______Tuvalu 54______Japan 54______Senegal 54______Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova 53______Haiti 53______Liechtenstein 52______Ghana c.52____Niger 51______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 50______Bangladesh 50______Cyprus 50______Mozambique 48______Mauritania 48______Nauru 46______Chad 46______Togo 45______Cambodia 44______Angola 44______Marshall Islands 44______Vanuatu 41______Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 40______Iceland 39______Monaco 38______Congo (Brazzaville) 38______Indonesia 37______Republic of Guinea c.36____Sudan 34______Mali 34______Micronesia, Federated States of 33______Nigeria 32______Gambia 31______Solomon Islands c.30____Comoros 29______India 29______Nepal 28______Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 23______Burkina Faso [TopLink] |
| Incarceration RATE per 100,000 population. You can divide it by a thousand to get the percentage of the national population imprisoned. Or just move the decimal point to the left 3 places. 1000 prisoners per 100,000 population is 1.000 percent of the population imprisoned. Top 2 links below are for mirror pages with web page charts of rates of nations in descending or alphabetical order: |
| World
Prison Population
Rates. In alphabetical order. From World Prison Population List. 5th edition: "Most figures relate to dates between late 1999 and November 2003." |
Rates are calculated for the total number of prisoners in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees. Incarceration rates of 210 independent countries and dependent territories. Use "find" in the edit menu to locate one here. |
Imprisonment RATE per 100,000 population. "c" means the rate is an estimate. There are links and more notes at the end of the list. Use free Adobe Reader to see more notes in pdf file: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf It has dates, national populations, inmate totals, etc.. |
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individual U.S. states are in the list below. This list is in alphabetical order. 105____Albania 110____Algeria 243____American Samoa (USA) 90_____Andorra 44_____Angola 278____Antigua and Barbuda 107____Argentina 92_____Armenia 237____Aruba (Netherlands) 114____Australia 100____Austria 198____Azerbaijan 410____Bahamas 155____Bahrain 50_____Bangladesh 367____Barbados 554____Belarus 88_____Belgium 459____Belize 81_____Benin 532____Bermuda (UK) 102____Bolivia 51_____Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 67_____Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 327____Botswana 169____Brazil 132____Brunei Darussalam 127____Bulgaria 23_____Burkina Faso 129____Burundi 62_____Ivory Coast 45_____Cambodia 129____Cameroon 116____Canada 178____Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 501____Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 110____Central African Republic 46_____Chad 204____Chile 119____China 126____Colombia c.30___Comoros 38_____Congo (Brazzaville) 90_____Cook Islands (New Zealand) 229____Costa Rica 64_____Croatia c.487__Cuba 50_____Cyprus 178____Czech Republic c.57___Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) 72_____Denmark 61_____Djibouti 420____Dominica 157____Dominican Republic 59_____Ecuador c.121__Egypt 158____El Salvador 339____Estonia c.92___Ethiopia 28_____Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 117____Fiji 71_____Finland 95_____France 324____French Guiana/Guyane (France) 120____French Polynesia (France) 32_____Gambia 165____Georgia 96_____Germany 52_____Ghana 112____Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 83_____Greece 177____Greenland (Denmark) 333____Grenada 159____Guadeloupe (France) 334____Guam (USA) 68_____Guatemala 128____Guernsey (United Kingdom) 175____Guyana 53_____Haiti 172____Honduras 189____Hong Kong (China) 165____Hungary 40_____Iceland 29_____India 38_____Indonesia 194____Iran 87_____Ireland, Republic of 92_____Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 174____Israel 100____Italy 176____Jamaica 54_____Japan 188____Jersey (United Kingdom) 106____Jordan 386____Kazakhstan 111____Kenya 56_____Kiribati 102____Kuwait 390____Kyrgyzstan 339____Latvia 146____Lebanon 143____Lesotho 173____Libya 53_____Liechtenstein 234____Lithuania 111____Luxembourg 184____Macau (China) 78_____Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of) 130____Madagascar 70_____Malawi 161____Malaysia 414____Maldive Islands 34_____Mali 72_____Malta 44_____Marshall Islands 164____Martinique (France) 48_____Mauritania 214____Mauritius 95_____Mayotte (France) 169____Mexico 34_____Micronesia, Federated States of 297____Moldova (Republic of) 39_____Monaco 303____Mongolia 176____Morocco 50_____Mozambique 118____Myanmar (formerly Burma) 267____Namibia 48_____Nauru 29_____Nepal 112____Netherlands 364____Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 139____New Caledonia (France) 161____New Zealand 143____Nicaragua c.52___Niger 33_____Nigeria 156____Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 64_____Norway 81_____Oman 59_____Pakistan 523____Palau 354____Panama 66_____Papua New Guinea 75_____Paraguay 112____Peru 94_____Philippines 210____Poland 129____Portugal 378____Puerto Rico (USA) 95_____Qatar 125____Republic of (South) Korea 37_____Republic of Guinea 143____Reunion (France) 190____Romania 584____Russian Federation 109____Rwanda 158____Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) 79_____Sao Tome e Principe 110____Saudi Arabia 54_____Senegal 54_____Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova 108____Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro 92_____Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia 207____Seychelles 388____Singapore 165____Slovakia 59_____Slovenia 31_____Solomon Islands 402____South Africa 144____Spain 105____Sri Lanka 338____St Kitts and Nevis 243____St Lucia 270____St Vincent and the Grenadines c.36___Sudan 437____Suriname 324____Swaziland 75_____Sweden 72_____Switzerland 93_____Syria 248____Taiwan 161____Tajikistan 116____Tanzania 340____Thailand 41_____Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 46_____Togo 106____Tonga 351____Trinidad and Tobago 253____Tunisia 92_____Turkey c.489__Turkmenistan 56_____Tuvalu c.89___Uganda 416____Ukraine c.250__United Arab Emirates 142____United Kingdom: England & Wales 71_____United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 134____United Kingdom: Scotland 715____United States of America 209____Uruguay 184____Uzbekistan 44_____Vanuatu 76_____Venezuela 71_____Vietnam 215____Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 522____Virgin Islands (USA) 83_____Yemen 121____Zambia c.160__Zimbabwe |
World Incarceration Rates. Historical Snapshot. [TopLink] |
*World Incarceration Rates, 1985-1995. Historical snapshot. U.S. and Russian rates updated for 2004. At the change of the millennium, the USA became number one again - led by the states with the 2 highest rates, the racist deep-south states of Louisiana and TEXAS (under George W. Bush governorship 1994 - 2000). |
| Historical_snapshot._________________________ World_Incarceration_Rates._1985_to_1995._____ _____________________________________________ ***TEXAS_rate_in_1999_under_Bush.__1014___*** ***LOUISIANA_rate_in_1999__________1025___*** ***USA_rate_in_2004_________________763___*** ***Russian_rate_in_2004.____________532___*** _____________________________________________ #How___________________Incarceration_________ Western________________RATE_per______________ nations________________100,000________PERCENT compare._______________population._____CHANGE ________NATION_________1985__|__1995________% _____________________________________________ ________Russia___________________690_________ #1.0____United_States___313______600_____+92_ ________Belarus__________________505_________ ________Ukraine__________________390_________ ________Latvia__________640______375______41- ________Lithuania_______405______360______11- ________Singapore________________287_________ ________Moldova__________________275_________ ________Estonia_________455______270______41- ________South_Africa_____________265_________ ________Cook_Islands_____________225_________ ________Hong_Kong________________207_________ ________Romania_________260______200______23- ________Czech_Republic__270______190______30- ________Thailand_________________181_________ ________Poland__________270______170______37- ________Slovakia________225______150______33- ________South_Korea______________137_________ ________Kiribati_________________130_________ #4.7____New_Zealand______________127_________ #4.8____Portugal_________90______125_____+39_ ________Fiji_____________________123_________ ________Hungary_________220______120______45- #5.2____Canada___________________115_________ #5.2____Luxembourg_______________115_________ ________Brunei_Darussalam________110_________ ________Bulgaria_________________110_________ #5.5____Scotland________100______110_____+10_ ________Macau____________________107_________ #5.7____Northern_Ireland_________105_________ #5.7____Spain____________60______105_____+75_ ________Malaysia_________________104_________ ________China____________________103_________ #6.0____England/Wales____90______100_____+11_ #6.3____France___________75_______95_____+27_ #7.1____Germany__________90_______85_______6- #7.1____Austria_________120_______85______29- #7.1____Italy_____________________85_________ #7.5____Switzerland_______________80_________ ________Turkey___________90_______80______11- #8.0____Belgium__________65_______75_____+15_ #9.2____Sweden___________50_______65_____+30_ #9.2____Netherlands______35_______65_____+86_ #9.2____Denmark__________65_______65_________ #10.0___Finland__________80_______60______25- #10.9___Greece___________35_______55_____+57_ #10.9___Ireland__________55_______55_________ #10.9___Norway___________45_______55_____+22_ ________Croatia___________________55_________ #10.9___Malta_____________________55_________ ________Solomon_Islands___________46_________ #15.0___Iceland___________________40_________ ________Bangladesh________________37_________ ________Japan_____________________37_________ ________Slovenia_________70_______30______57- ________Cyprus___________30_______30_________ ________Cambodia__________________26_________ ________Philippines_______________26_________ ________India_____________________24_________ _____________________________________________ The_Courier_New_font_lines_up_the_columns.___ |
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pound symbol, #, signifies a Western (long democratic traditions) nation, and the number of times higher the United States incarceration rate in 1995 was when compared to that nation's incarceration rate in 1995. U.S. incarceration rate in 1995 was 5 to 15 times higher than all other Western nations. Chart is in descending order according to incarceration rate for 1995. The overall incarceration rates combine prisons and jails in nations. The historical rates chart was created mainly by combining some charts found in the Sentencing Project report, "Americans Behind Bars: U.S. and International Rates of Incarceration, 1995." |
| http://www.sentencingproject.org
and http://www.sentencingproject.org/pdfs/9030summary.pdf |
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