Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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Data shown in the highest to lowest lists are the most recent available but not necessarily from the same date. Please click on each individual country to see the date to which the data refer. As it is not possible to obtain meaningful comparative data on numbers of children in custody in different countries, we do not include juvenile imprisonment data in the highest to lowest lists.

Ranking Title Prison Population Total
  Iceland 140
  Czech Republic 19687
  Austria 8855
  Albania 5281
  Ireland, Republic of 4636
  Kosovo/Kosova 1830
  United Kingdom: Scotland 7939
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1868
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 87801
  Slovakia 9992
  Romania 23549
  Portugal 12367
  Poland 76204
  Norway 2991
  Italy 58987
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 74
  Georgia 9796
  Slovenia 1509
  Estonia 1927
  Croatia 4073
  Spain 54197
  North Macedonia 2525
  Liechtenstein 6
  Bulgaria 6501
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 524
  Andorra 60
  France 74513
  Sweden 8635
  Germany 56325
  Azerbaijan 24698
  Serbia 10787
  Luxembourg 705
  Latvia 3229
  Finland 2839
  Armenia 2357
  Netherlands 11447
  Turkey 341497
  San Marino 3
  Montenegro 1026
  Monaco 27
  Moldova (Republic of) 6084
  Malta 589
  Greece 10526
  Cyprus (Republic of) 947
  Belgium 11326
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 12
  Lithuania 4955
  Russian Federation 433006
  Ukraine 48038
  Denmark 4106
  Hungary 19499
  Switzerland 6445
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 90
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 146
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 92
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1813
  Belarus 32556