Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total

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Ranking Title Prison Population Total
  Jordan 19140
  United Kingdom: England & Wales 85415
  New Caledonia (France) 572
  Martinique (France) 976
  Guadeloupe (France) 851
  French Guiana/Guyane (France) 907
  Reunion (France) 1249
  Mayotte (France) 600
  France 73080
  Paraguay 17065
  Colombia 100184
  United Kingdom: Scotland 7675
  United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 1856
  Slovenia 1485
  Slovakia 10214
  Portugal 12617
  Poland 78013
  Norway 3045
  Italy 57230
  Ireland, Republic of 4598
  Guernsey (United Kingdom) 72
  Georgia 9594
  Estonia 2029
  Czech Republic 19762
  Austria 8798
  Albania 4890
  Taiwan 54398
  Sri Lanka 27269
  Mexico 231907
  Ecuador 31485
  Guatemala 24031
  Dominican Republic 25383
  Chile 48933
  Uganda 75205
  Nigeria 76982
  Mauritius 2567
  Ghana 15228
  Burundi 11937
  Northern Mariana Islands (USA) 153
  Moldova (Republic of) 6084
  Macau (China) 1323
  Australia 41155
  Uzbekistan 29000
  Qatar 1644
  Kuwait 4500
  Hong Kong (China) 7751
  Panama 22239
  South Sudan 8400
  United States of America 1767200
  Turkey 336315
  Liberia 3000
  Cuba 90000
  El Salvador 71000
  Belize 1199
  Peru 90006
  Morocco 97204
  Kyrgyzstan 7633
  Republic of (South) Korea 52940
  Faeroe Islands (Denmark) 12
  Greenland (Denmark) 136
  Honduras 19619
  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 385
  Rwanda 84710
  Madagascar 28830
  Cote d'Ivoire 25121
  Cameroon 32003
  Burkina Faso 8369
  Afghanistan 14000
  Anguilla (United Kingdom) 36
  Egypt 120000
  Greece 10723
  Cyprus (Republic of) 791
  Belgium 11326
  Pakistan 87712
  Malaysia 72437
  Lebanon 9500
  Cambodia 38050
  Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 114
  Trinidad and Tobago 3802
  St. Lucia 514
  St. Kitts and Nevis 160
  Puerto Rico (USA) 7176
  Jamaica 3559
  Grenada 379
  Dominica 237
  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 189
  Barbados 743
  Aruba (Netherlands) 254
  Antigua and Barbuda 233
  Zimbabwe 22114
  Zambia 24000
  Tanzania 32671
  Sierra Leone 4801
  Mauritania 2826
  Eswatini/Swaziland 3405
  Botswana 3971
  Benin 14190
  Malta 589
  Singapore 9536
  New Zealand 8376
  Guyana 2156
  Romania 23079
  Lithuania 4955
  Thailand 262319
  French Polynesia (France) 539
  Russian Federation 433006
  Philippines 180826
  Angola 24966
  Kenya 58887
  Sweden 7713
  Iceland 140
  Bulgaria 6384
  Guam (USA) 700
  Ukraine 48038
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska 554
  Azerbaijan 22334
  Andorra 46
  North Macedonia 2220
  Bangladesh 81156
  Canada 32261
  Argentina 114074
  Vanuatu 195
  India 554034
  Croatia 3955
  Indonesia 275518
  South Africa 151755
  Spain 55093
  Gambia 543
  Samoa 358
  Maldives 1700
  Japan 45714
  Mali 8670
  Uruguay 14347
  Brazil 835643
  Bolivia 20864
  Kazakhstan 35228
  Costa Rica 15516
  Tajikistan 14000
  Seychelles 362
  Central African Republic 1990
  Germany 56557
  Curaçao (Netherlands) 429
  Denmark 4248
  Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 763
  Solomon Islands 500
  American Samoa (USA) 301
  Iraq 73715
  Virgin Islands (USA) 359
  Gabon 5226
  Switzerland 6445
  Suriname 1000
  Mozambique 20517
  Equatorial Guinea 500
  Chad 8700
  Netherlands 11623
  Latvia 3169
  Serbia 10557
  Fiji 2379
  Luxembourg 685
  Hungary 18800
  Finland 2827
  Israel 14961
  Venezuela 67200
  Guinea (Republic of) 4375
  Palau 77
  Armenia 2113
  Mongolia 5832
  Togo 4990
  Libya 12300
  Democratic Republic of Congo 22820
  Comoros 387
  Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 1549
  Algeria 94749
  Montenegro 929
  Monaco 13
  Liechtenstein 11
  San Marino 9
  Malawi 16366
  Namibia 8900
  Senegal 12430
  Laos 11885
  Haiti 11253
  Lesotho 2216
  Myanmar (formerly Burma) 100324
  Isle of Man (United Kingdom) 109
  Tunisia 23484
  Yemen 9719
  Guinea Bissau 596
  Vietnam 125697
  Nepal 25400
  Sao Tome e Principe 260
  Papua New Guinea 5087
  Jersey (United Kingdom) 146
  Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 92
  Turkmenistan 35000
  China 1690000
  Niger 9187
  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 87
  Bermuda (United Kingdom) 124
  Bahamas 1617
  Saudi Arabia 68056
  Djibouti 662
  Kosovo/Kosova 1642
  Congo (Republic of) 1388
  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation 1813
  Brunei Darussalam 841
  Iran 189000
  Belarus 32556
  Marshall Islands 35
  Cook Islands (New Zealand) 47
  Nicaragua 20918
  Bahrain 3485
  Sudan 21000
  Ethiopia 110000
  Eritrea
  Kiribati 129
  Democratic People's Republic of (North) Korea
  Oman 1960
  Tuvalu 11
  Tonga 176
  Nauru 14
  Micronesia, Federated States of 132
  Bhutan 1119
  Somalia
  United Arab Emirates 9826
  Syria 10599

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