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27Crime and justice
Prison population (per 100,000 people)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2007 1
1 Iceland 40
2 Norway 66
3 Australia 126
4 Canada 107 2
5 Ireland 72
6 Sweden 82
7 Switzerland 83
8 Japan 62
9 Netherlands 128
10 France 85 2
11 Finland 75
12 United States 738
13 Spain 145
14 Denmark 77
15 Austria 105
16 United Kingdom 124 2
17 Belgium 91
18 Luxembourg 167
19 New Zealand 186
20 Italy 104 2
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 168
22 Germany 95
23 Israel 209
24 Greece 90
25 Singapore 350 2
26 Korea (Republic of) 97
27 Slovenia 65
28 Cyprus 76 2
29 Portugal 121
30 Brunei Darussalam 140
31 Barbados 367
32 Czech Republic 185
33 Kuwait 130
34 Malta 86
35 Qatar 55
36 Hungary 156
37 Poland 230
38 Argentina 140
39 United Arab Emirates 288
40 Chile 240
41 Bahrain 95
42 Slovakia 158
43 Lithuania 240
44 Estonia 333
45 Latvia 292
46 Uruguay 193
47 Croatia 81
48 Costa Rica 181
49 Bahamas 462
50 Seychelles 239
51 Cuba 487
52 Mexico 196
53 Bulgaria 148
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 547
55 Tonga 114
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 207
57 Antigua and Barbuda 225
58 Oman 81
59 Trinidad and Tobago 296
60 Romania 164
61 Saudi Arabia 132
62 Panama 364
63 Malaysia 141
64 Belarus 426
65 Mauritius 205
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59
67 Russian Federation 611
68 Albania 111
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 99
70 Brazil 191
71 Dominica 419
72 Saint Lucia 303
73 Kazakhstan 340
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 74
75 Colombia 134
76 Ukraine 356
77 Samoa 123
78 Thailand 256
79 Dominican Republic 143
80 Belize 487
81 China 118 2
82 Grenada 265
83 Armenia 89
84 Turkey 91
85 Suriname 356
86 Jordan 104
87 Peru 126
88 Lebanon 168
89 Ecuador 93
90 Philippines 108
91 Tunisia 263
92 Fiji 131
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 312
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 214
95 Paraguay 86
96 Georgia 276
97 Guyana 199
98 Azerbaijan 219
99 Sri Lanka 114
100 Maldives 343 2
101 Jamaica 182
102 Cape Verde 178
103 El Salvador 174
104 Algeria 127
105 Viet Nam 105
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 45
108 Syrian Arab Republic 58
109 Turkmenistan 489
110 Nicaragua 98
111 Moldova 247 2
112 Egypt 87
113 Uzbekistan 184
114 Mongolia 269
115 Honduras 161
116 Kyrgyzstan 292
117 Bolivia 83
118 Guatemala 57
119 Gabon 212 2
120 Vanuatu 65
121 South Africa 335
122 Tajikistan 164
123 Sao Tome and Principe 82
124 Botswana 348
125 Namibia 267
126 Morocco 175
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 30
129 Solomon Islands 62
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69
131 Cambodia 58
132 Myanmar 120
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 30
135 Ghana 55
136 Pakistan 57
137 Mauritania 26
138 Lesotho 156
139 Congo 38
140 Bangladesh 50
141 Swaziland 249
142 Nepal 26
143 Madagascar 107
144 Cameroon 125
145 Papua New Guinea 69
146 Haiti 43
147 Sudan 36
148 Kenya 130
149 Djibouti 61
150 Timor-Leste 41
151 Zimbabwe 139
152 Togo 65
153 Yemen 83 2
154 Uganda 95
155 Gambia 32
156 Senegal 54
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 30
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 113
160 Guinea 37
161 Rwanda 691 2 2
162 Angola 44
163 Benin 75
164 Malawi 74
165 Zambia 120
166 Côte d'Ivoire 49 2
167 Burundi 106
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 57
169 Ethiopia 92
170 Chad 35
171 Central African Republic 110
172 Mozambique 51
173 Mali 33
174 Niger 46
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 23
177 Sierra Leone 32

Notes :

1 - Data are as of January 2007.
2 -

Source :
ICPS (International Centre for Prison Studies). 2007. World Prison Population List, Seventh Edition. London. For more details visit: http://www.prisonstudies.org/.