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Country or subnational area	Count	Occupancy (%)	Rate per 100,000	Male (%)	Female prison population (%)	National (%)	Foreign (%)	Remand (%)

Country or subnational area	Count	Occupancy (%)	Rate per 100,000	Male (%)	Female prison population (%)	National (%)	Foreign (%)	Remand (%)
United States	2,094,000	99.8	639	90.2	9.8	94.8	5.2	23.4
China	1,710,000		121	91.6	8.4	99.6	0.4
Brazil	759,518	151.9	357	95.1	4.9	99.7	0.3	30.1
India	478,600	118.5	35	95.8	4.2	98.8	1.2	69.1
Russia	469,283	67.8	325	91.7	8.3	93.8	6.2	23.3
Thailand	311,605	339.1	449	87.8	12.2	95.6	4.4	19.2
Turkey	281,094	125.6	335	96.1	3.9	96.7	3.3	43.1
Indonesia	256,051	188.7	93	95	5	99.6	0.4	19.4
Mexico	215,232	98.2	166	94.5	5.5	98.8	1.2	41.7
Philippines	215,000	463.6	200	89	11	99.7	0.3	75.1
Iran	189,000	153	228	96.9	3.1	97.1	2.9	25.1
South Africa	147,922	124.8	248	97.4	2.6	92.5	7.5	35.7
Vietnam	123,697		128	89.3	10.7	99.6	0.4	12.4
Ethiopia	110,000		99	95.8	4.2			14.9
Egypt	106,000		116	96.3	3.7	99	1	9.9
Argentina	103,209	122.1	230	95.2	4.8	93.5	6.5	45.9
Colombia	98,076	121.2	194	92.8	7.2	98.7	1.3	24.1
Peru	96,440	240.3	290	94.5	5.5	97.6	2.4	37
Myanmar	92,000	139.4	171	87.7	12.3	99.3	0.7	15.1
Morocco	86,384	136.9	238	97.7	2.3	98.6	1.4	39.1
Bangladesh	83,107	195.8	48	96.1	3.9	99.4	0.6	81.3
Pakistan	77,275	133.8	38	98.4	1.6	98.8	1.2	62.1
Poland	68,852	84.3	181	95.4	4.6	98.2	1.8	12.8
Malaysia	68,603	131.9	212	95.5	4.5	79.5	20.5	26.7
Saudi Arabia	68,056		207	98.1	1.9	51	49	48.3
Nigeria	67,631	146.8	32	98.1	1.9	99.7	0.3	72.7
Algeria	65,000	89.3	153	98.5	1.5	96.2	3.8	12
Rwanda	65,000	101.3	511	92.6	7.4	99.7	0.3	7.5
France	62,673	103.4	93	96.7	3.3	77.9	22.1	32.4
Spain	57,680	77.9	122	92.6	7.4	71.9	28.1	16
Germany	57,600	78.7	69	94.4	5.6	76	24	20.6
Cuba	57,337		510
Taiwan	56,693	114.8	241	91	9	99.3	0.7	4.1
Uganda	55,229	319.2	124	95.5	4.5	97.7	2.3	49.8
South Korea	53,920	112	105	92.7	7.3	95.3	4.7	35.1
Italy	53,697	106.2	89	95.8	4.2	67.8	32.2	31.3
Ukraine	52,609	68.3	148	96.1	3.9	98.3	1.7	37.2
Japan	48,429	56.6	38	91.8	8.2	94.3	5.7	12.1
Iraq	45,000	139.2	126	97.4	2.6			35.2
Venezuela	43,992	167.7	134	94.3	5.7	97.8	2.2	61.3
Kenya	42,596	190.5	81	93.3	6.7	99.4	0.6	44.1
Australia	41,060	112.2	160	92.3	7.7	82.9	17.1	31.9
Ecuador	39,251	133.2	224	93.3	6.7	91.9	8.1	37
Chile	39,092	100.4	210	92.9	7.1	96.6	3.4	35.9
Canada	38,570	102.2	104	94.4	5.6			39
El Salvador	37,190	215.2	572	92.5	7.5	98.7	1.3	24.4
Cambodia	36,600	206.1	220	91.8	8.2	96.3	3.7	71.9
Tanzania	35,803	115.7	59	96.6	3.4	96.3	3.7	51
Belarus	32,556	83.4	345	89.2	10.8	96.9	3.1	16.6
Afghanistan	30,748	179.9	87	97.4	2.6	99.1	0.9	31.3
Cameroon	30,701	171.4	124	97.3	2.7	95.1	4.9	58.1
Turkmenistan	30,452	85	552	93.5	6.5	99.3	0.7	14
Kazakhstan	29,403	62.4	157	92.9	7.1	94.2	5.8	19.7
Sri Lanka	28,915	190.6	135	95.1	4.9	98.6	1.4	58.9
Madagascar	27,903	237.4	102	94.2	5.8	99.9	0.1	56.8
Dominican Republic	26,782	183.2	243	97.2	2.8	91.9	8.1	61.4
Nepal	26,118	153.7	86	94.4	5.6	94.7	5.3	55.1
Guatemala	25,298	372	139	88.8	11.2	96.8	3.2	49.6
Angola	24,000	110.8	93	97.3	2.7			45.8
Tunisia	22,964	118.5	194	97.2	2.8			57
Uzbekistan	22,900	80	68					10
Zambia	22,823	247.8	123	97	3	97.9	2.1	17.6
Romania	22,250	120.5	116	95.4	4.6	99	1	10.4
Zimbabwe	22,000	129.4	127	97.6	2.4	98.1	1.9	18.6
Honduras	21,629	204	237	94.3	5.7	98.7	1.3	54.1
Ivory Coast	21,186	196.9	82	97.6	2.4	70	30	40.7
Azerbaijan	21,008	82.7	208	97.1	2.9	97.9	2.1	16.9
Sudan	21,000	255.3	52	98	2	99	1	20.4
Nicaragua	20,918	177.6	332	94.6	5.4	97.1	2.9	21.4
DR Congo	20,550		29	97	3			73
Jordan	20,060	150.2	198	97.8	2.2	90.1	9.9	36.9
Mozambique	19,832	210.7	63	97.1	2.9	98.5	1.5	33.1
Israel	19,376	80.1	234	99	1	61.1	38.9	25.2
Czech Republic	19,269	97	179	91.8	8.2	92	8	8
Costa Rica	19,226	129.1	374	94.6	5.4	86.9	13.1	14.4
Bolivia	19,161	363.9	164	92	8	96.7	3.3	67.2
Panama	18,174	124.6	420	94.8	5.2	89.9	10.1	39.2
Paraguay	16,804	143.1	241	94.1	5.9	95.8	4.2	77.3
Hungary	16,551	111.6	169	92.3	7.7	95.1	4.9	16.6
Malawi	14,060	200.9	71	98.9	1.1	99.8	0.2	17.8
Yemen	14,000		53	98.4	1.6	96.8	3.2	70.1
Ghana	13,333	155.5	43	98.8	1.2	92.8	7.2	12.2
Burundi	12,761	304.3	96	94.2	5.8	98.8	1.2	39.3
Uruguay	11,755	99.3	337	94.6	5.4	97.2	2.8	22.3
Senegal	11,547	129.7	68	97.3	2.7	89.3	10.7	39.7
Portugal	11,463	88.9	111	93	7	85	15	19
Greece	11,459	113.2	107	95.5	4.5	45.1	54.9	26.6
Singapore	11,198	79.2	185	88.9	11.1	89	11	10.6
Haiti	10,905	454.4	97	95.8	4.2			75
Serbia	10,900	105.6	158	95.9	4.1	97.1	2.9	15.6
Netherlands	10,887	74.4	63	94.5	5.5	77.1	22.9	29.2
Belgium	10,883	120.6	95	95.6	4.4	55.8	44.2	37.6
Niger	10,723	101.6	47	96.8	3.2			53.8
Syria	10,599	65.6	60	92.6	7.4	92.7	7.3	50.5
Slovakia	10,415	89.6	190	92.6	7.4	98	2	15.3
Kyrgyzstan	10,142	61.7	161	95.8	4.2	96.8	3.2	16.6
Lebanon	10,032	286.6	205	96.8	3.2	64	36	62.9
United Arab Emirates	9,826	158.9	104	88.3	11.7	12.2	87.8	38.2
New Zealand	9,469	93.8	188	93.4	6.6	97	3	36.5
Tajikistan	9,317	61.5	121	98.4	1.6	95.1	4.9	15
Georgia	9,125	78.3	245	96.4	3.6	94.1	5.9	20.7
Libya	9,100	141.6	139	98.8	1.2	87.2	12.8	90
Laos	9,000		130	86.3	13.7			67
Puerto Rico	8,884	86.3	278	96.3	3.7			13.1
Chad	8,700	232.3	59	97.6	2.4	98.7	1.3	63.4
Benin	8,502	151.3	70	96.7	3.3			75.8
Austria	8,471	95.7	95	93.4	6.6	46.8	53.2	21
Burkina Faso	7,621	156.6	37	98	2	95.9	4.1	40.5
Bulgaria	7,553	80.9	109	97	3	97	3	19.1
Namibia	7,400	72.7	295	97.1	2.9	94.5	5.5	54
Scotland	7,368	86.6	134	96	4	96.1	3.9	26.5
South Sudan	7,000		50	89.1	10.9			28.9
Sweden	7,000	101.6	68	94.4	5.6	77.9	22.1	27.2
Switzerland	6,906	93.5	80	94.2	5.8	30.4	69.6	42.2
Hong Kong	6,735	74	90	79.9	20.1	70.1	29.9	29.9
Moldova	6,429	97.7	182	94.2	5.8	98.8	1.2	15.3
Lithuania	6,018	83.2	216	95.3	4.7	97.9	2.1	11.8
Togo	5,277	194	67	97	3	94.8	5.2	64.2
Mali	5,209	223.3	33	97.2	2.8			52.8
Papua New Guinea	5,087	116.5	62	95.1	4.9	99.6	0.4	34.4
Mongolia	4,804	124.4	154	95.2	4.8	99.6	0.4	26.6
Sierra Leone	4,732	220.2	60	98.5	1.5	99.5	0.5	29.5
Kuwait	4,662	134.1	117	94.2	5.8	86.5	13.5	10
Albania	4,641	84.7	164	98	2	98.1	1.9	50.7
Gabon	4,476		241	97.8	2.2			80.2
Botswana	4,343	100.9	208	95.3	4.7	68.4	31.6	24.5
Trinidad and Tobago	3,999	81.8	292	97.1	2.9	99.2	0.8	59.7
Denmark	3,968	98.9	68	95.6	4.4	69.9	30.1	38.2
Jamaica	3,884	88.8	137	96.1	3.9	98.9	1.1	32.3
Guinea	3,782	156.8	28	97	3	97.3	2.7	60
Eswatini	3,776	133.1	278	97.1	2.9	94	6	18.1
Ireland	3,753	85.8	74	96.1	3.9	86.4	13.6	17.5
Bahrain	3,485	110.2	234	95.3	4.7	76.3	23.7	25.7
Croatia	3,413	87.1	84	94.7	5.3	94.3	5.7	31
Latvia	3,319	68.8	175	91.4	8.6	98.1	1.9	27.8
Finland	2,910	101.1	53	91.7	8.3	82.9	17.1	23.6
Mauritius	2,815	116.9	218	93.9	6.1	93.6	6.4	59.4
Liberia	2,700	222.1	54	97.2	2.8	98	2	64
Norway	2,653	73	49	93.7	6.3	71	29	25.2
Fiji	2,506	137.9	274	97.5	2.5	98.8	1.2	24
Mauritania	2,321	101.8	53	98.2	1.8	88.8	11.2	38.2
Estonia	2,299	76.6	173	96.1	3.9	64.5	35.5	19.2
Armenia	2,197	41.1	74	96.8	3.2	94.8	5.2	41
North Macedonia	2,175	72	105	96.7	3.3	93.3	6.7	13.7
Lesotho	2,073	70.6	92	96.4	3.6	99.1	0.9	19.5
Oman	1,960		45	95.5	4.5	69.7	30.3	5.6
Guyana	1,884	142.4	239	97.2	2.8	98.5	1.5	39.5
Maldives	1,852	127.7	499	95.7	4.3	98.9	1.1
Kosovo	1,832	97.1	103	97.3	2.7	94.3	5.7	29.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,813	102.1	83	96.8	3.2	96.4	3.6	19.8
Bahamas	1,778	177.8	442	96.9	3.1			42
Macau	1,617	82.8	232	87.8	12.2	29.3	70.7	18.9
Cape Verde	1,549	109.4	296	97.1	2.9			31.7
Northern Ireland	1,405	79.9	74	97.3	2.7	88.4	11.6	34.1
Congo	1,388	616.9	27	96.3	3.7			60
Belize	1,222	87.3	307	97.2	2.8	88.9	11.1	40
Qatar	1,150		53	85.3	14.7	26.7	73.3	44
Slovenia	1,122	84.4	53	95.2	4.8	70.2	29.8	26
Bhutan	1,119		145	95.7	4.3	93.2	6.8
Montenegro	1,070	80.3	172	97.4	2.6	84.7	15.3	29.2
Réunion	1,066	89.1	118	97.4	2.6			21.5
Suriname	1,000	75.2	183	97.2	2.8	80.7	19.3	50
Barbados	850	70.7	296	97.4	2.6	86.2	13.8	54.7
Brunei	841	143.8	186	88.1	11.9	70.8	29.2	7.1
Malta	821	88.6	153	92.9	7.1	44.3	55.7	33.9
Central African Republic	764		16	91.8	8.2			70.2
Republika Srpska	763	50.9	64	98.1	1.9	97.6	2.4	14.4
Guadeloupe	756	119.6	168	96.8	3.2			27
Martinique	715	96.9	186	97.1	2.9			37
East Timor	695	185.3	52	95.9	4.1	96.2	3.8	23.2
Gambia	691	172.5	31	97.5	2.5	33.3	66.7	22.2
Guam	690	126.2	411	92.8	7.2	69	31	45.1
Djibouti	662	171.4	71	95	5			35.8
Cyprus	616	108.8	86	94.6	5.4	53.7	46.3	32.4
French Guiana	603	97.9	196	92.7	7.3	37	63	27.9
French Polynesia	595	102.2	211	95.8	4.2			19
Luxembourg	524	73.7	83	95.2	4.8	25.3	74.7	41
Saint Lucia	503	105.4	263	97.5	2.5	97	3	53.5
Equatorial Guinea	500		63	95	5
Solomon Islands	479	77.7	77	98.3	1.7	99	1	46.8
Grenada	463	233.8	413	98.6	1.4	96.9	3.1	20.4
New Caledonia	440	106.3	154	98.9	1.1			12.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	412	162.5	394	97.3	2.7	84.3	15.7	36.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	410	79.8	369	96.6	3.4	96.2	3.8	24.3
Samoa	400	121.2	204	94	6	99.5	0.5	14
Curaçao	377	63.9	236	96.8	3.2			41
Mayotte	352	127.5	127	99.7	0.3			56.5
Seychelles	320	53.8	324	93.7	6.3	98.7	1.3	12.5
Antigua and Barbuda	287	191.3	302	95.2	4.8	69.4	30.6	37
São Tomé and Príncipe	253	126.5	116	96	4	99.2	0.8	32.8
Comoros	225	161.7	27	97.8	2.2	92.3	7.7	29
Saint Kitts and Nevis	220	144	393	96.4	3.6	97.9	2.1	30.5
Cayman Islands	218	102.1	312	93.2	6.8	69.2	30.8	29.6
Vanuatu	202	106.7	72	97.5	2.5	97.5	2.5	15.3
Guinea-Bissau	196	102.2	10	97.4	2.6	92.9	7.1	67.9
Dominica	194	73	262	99.5	0.5	98.1	1.9	23.7
American Samoa	193	166.2	345	95.9	4.1	37.8	62.2	14.9
Tonga	176	81.5	166	95.5	4.5	100	0	7.4
Northern Mariana Islands	175	53.8	313	94.2	5.8
Bermuda	175	59.7	278	97.1	2.9	88.5	11.5	20.2

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