List of countries by incarceration rate

This is a list of countries and some dependent territories and subnational areas by incarceration rate.[1]

Prison population rates from World Prison Brief. See date on map.

Incarceration totals, rates, demographics

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area. The date for each item below is the latest available to WPB at the time the data was copied here. See the individual WPB country and subnational area pages for more info on dates, juvenile numbers, and much more.[1] N/A below means that the data is not available (NA) in the info provided by WPB.

* indicates "Incarceration in LOCATION" or "Crime in LOCATION" links.
Note: For the UK as a whole see #United Kingdom in notes section.

Incarceration populations and rates. From World Prison Brief
Location	Region	Count[2]	Rate per 100,000 [3]	Male (%)[lower-alpha 1]	Female (%)[4]	National (%)[lower-alpha 2]	Foreign (%)[5]	Occupancy (%)[6]	Remand (%)[7]

Afghanistan *	Asia	28,240	77	97.4	2.6	99.1	0.9	179.9	31.3
Albania *	Europe	5,112	183	98.0	2.0	98.1	1.9	84.7	50.7
Algeria	Africa	94,749	217	98.5	1.5	96.2	3.8	89.3	12.0
American Samoa	Oceania	301	538	95.9	4.1	37.8	62.2	166.2	14.9
Andorra	Europe	46	58	91.1	8.9	41.1	58.9	30.3	57.1
Angola	Africa	24,966	79	97.3	2.7	—	—	110.8	45.8
Anguilla	Americas	55	367	100.0	0.0	70.9	29.1	91.7	45.5
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	238	243	95.2	4.8	69.4	30.6	191.3	37.0
Argentina *	Americas	114,074	249	95.2	4.8	93.5	6.5	122.1	45.9
Armenia *	Asia	2,113	71	96.8	3.2	94.8	5.2	41.1	41.0
Aruba	Americas	170	165	96.5	3.5	51.9	48.1	68.4	16.6
Australia * ^[Note]	Oceania	42,403	165	92.3	7.7	82.9	17.1	112.2	31.9
Austria *	Europe	8,645	96	93.4	6.6	46.8	53.2	95.7	21.0
Azerbaijan *	Asia	22,334	220	97.1	2.9	97.9	2.1	82.7	16.9
Bahamas	Americas	1,617	409	96.9	3.1	—	—	177.8	42.0
Bahrain *	Asia	3,485	234	95.3	4.7	76.3	23.7	110.2	25.7
Bangladesh *	Asia	81,156	46	96.1	3.9	99.4	0.6	195.8	81.3
Barbados	Americas	769	267	97.4	2.6	86.2	13.8	70.7	54.7
Belarus	Europe	32,556	345	89.2	10.8	96.9	3.1	83.4	16.6
Belgium *	Europe	10,614	91	95.6	4.4	55.8	44.2	120.6	37.6
Belize *	Americas	1,114	271	97.2	2.8	88.9	11.1	87.3	40.0
Benin *	Africa	13,009	103	96.7	3.3	—	—	151.3	75.8
Bermuda	Americas	124	200	97.1	2.9	88.5	11.5	59.7	20.2
Bhutan *	Asia	1,119	145	95.7	4.3	93.2	6.8	—	—
Bolivia *	Americas	20,864	175	92.0	8.0	96.7	3.3	363.9	67.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	1,813	83	96.8	3.2	96.4	3.6	102.1	19.8
Republika Srpska	Europe	554	46	98.1	1.9	97.6	2.4	50.9	14.4
Botswana	Africa	3,882	162	95.3	4.7	68.4	31.6	100.9	24.5
Brazil *	Americas	835,643	389	95.1	4.9	99.7	0.3	151.9	30.1
Brunei	Asia	841	186	88.1	11.9	70.8	29.2	143.8	7.1
Bulgaria *	Europe	6,384	93	97.0	3.0	97.0	3.0	80.9	19.1
Burkina Faso	Africa	7,401	35	98.0	2.0	95.9	4.1	156.6	40.5
Burundi	Africa	12,448	88	94.2	5.8	98.8	1.2	304.3	39.3
Cambodia *	Asia	39,000	229	91.8	8.2	96.3	3.7	206.1	71.9
Cameroon	Africa	32,003	116	97.3	2.7	95.1	4.9	171.4	58.1
Canada *	Americas	32,261	85	94.4	5.6	—	—	102.2	39.0
Cape Verde *	Africa	1,549	296	97.1	2.9	—	—	109.4	31.7
Cayman Islands	Americas	205	312	93.2	6.8	69.2	30.8	102.1	29.6
Central African Republic	Africa	1,291	26	91.8	8.2	—	—	—	70.2
Chad	Africa	8,700	59	97.6	2.4	98.7	1.3	232.3	63.4
Chile *	Americas	45,135	240	92.9	7.1	96.6	3.4	100.4	35.9
China * ^[Note]	Asia	1,690,000	119	91.6	8.4	99.6	0.4	—	—
Colombia *	Americas	98,242	192	92.8	7.2	98.7	1.3	121.2	24.1
Comoros	Africa	387	43	97.8	2.2	92.3	7.7	161.7	29.0
Congo	Africa	1,388	27	96.3	3.7	—	—	616.9	60.0
Cook Islands	Oceania	47	224	91.7	8.3	100.0	0.0	50.0	14.6
Costa Rica *	Americas	15,516	301	94.6	5.4	86.9	13.1	129.1	14.4
Ivory Coast *	Africa	23,000	85	97.6	2.4	70.0	30.0	196.9	40.7
Croatia	Europe	3,955	99	94.7	5.3	94.3	5.7	87.1	31.0
Cuba * ^[Note]	Americas	57,337	510	—	—	—	—	—	—
Curaçao	Americas	429	261	96.8	3.2	—	—	63.9	41.0
Cyprus	Asia	716	80	94.6	5.4	53.7	46.3	108.8	32.4
Czech Republic *	Europe	19,215	179	91.8	8.2	92.0	8.0	97.0	8.0
DR Congo *	Africa	22,820	24	97.0	3.0	—	—	—	73.0
Denmark *	Europe	4,248	72	95.6	4.4	69.9	30.1	98.9	38.2
Djibouti	Africa	662	71	95.0	5.0	—	—	171.4	35.8
Dominica	Americas	206	275	99.5	0.5	98.1	1.9	73.0	23.7
Dominican Republic *	Americas	26,238	231	97.2	2.8	91.9	8.1	183.2	61.4
Ecuador *	Americas	32,325	178	93.3	6.7	91.9	8.1	133.2	37.0
Egypt *	Africa	119,000	117	96.3	3.7	99.0	1.0	—	9.9
El Salvador *	Americas	39,538	605	92.5	7.5	98.7	1.3	215.2	24.4
England and Wales * ^[Note]	Europe	82,176	136	96.0	4.0	87.8	12.2	101.4	15.4
Equatorial Guinea	Africa	500	63	95.0	5.0	—	—	—	—
Eritrea ^[Note]	Africa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Estonia *	Europe	2,057	155	96.1	3.9	64.5	35.5	76.6	19.2
Eswatini	Africa	3,362	244	97.1	2.9	94.0	6.0	133.1	18.1
Ethiopia *	Africa	110,000	99	95.8	4.2	—	—	—	14.9
Faroe Islands	Europe	11	21	100.0	0.0	—	—	78.2	32.1
Fiji	Oceania	2,379	256	97.5	2.5	98.8	1.2	137.9	24.0
Finland *	Europe	2,827	51	91.7	8.3	82.9	17.1	101.1	23.6
France *	Europe	72,350	106	96.7	3.3	77.9	22.1	103.4	32.4
French Guiana	Americas	833	261	92.7	7.3	37.0	63.0	97.9	27.9
French Polynesia	Oceania	595	208	95.8	4.2	—	—	102.2	19.0
Gabon	Africa	5,226	228	97.8	2.2	—	—	—	80.2
Gambia	Africa	543	22	97.5	2.5	33.3	66.7	172.5	22.2
Georgia	Asia	9,702	266	96.4	3.6	94.1	5.9	78.3	20.7
Germany *	Europe	56,557	67	94.4	5.6	76.0	24.0	78.7	20.6
Ghana *	Africa	14,444	45	98.8	1.2	92.8	7.2	155.5	12.2
Gibraltar *	Europe	92	273	92.9	7.1	66.1	33.9	57.1	26.8
Greece *	Europe	11,131	105	95.5	4.5	45.1	54.9	113.2	26.6
Greenland *	Americas	131	233	86.2	13.8	99.1	0.9	76.8	31.7
Grenada	Americas	365	323	98.6	1.4	96.9	3.1	233.8	20.4
Guadeloupe *	Americas	857	191	96.8	3.2	—	—	119.6	27.0
Guam	Oceania	700	408	92.8	7.2	69.0	31.0	126.2	45.1
Guatemala *	Americas	24,310	130	88.8	11.2	96.8	3.2	372.0	49.6
Guernsey	Europe	84	127	94.6	5.4	90.3	9.7	79.1	15.1
Guinea	Africa	4,375	34	97.0	3.0	97.3	2.7	156.8	60.0
Guinea-Bissau	Africa	596	31	97.4	2.6	92.9	7.1	102.2	67.9
Guyana *	Americas	1,889	239	97.2	2.8	98.5	1.5	142.4	39.5
Haiti *	Americas	11,253	98	95.8	4.2	—	—	454.4	75.0
Honduras *	Americas	20,768	206	94.3	5.7	98.7	1.3	204.0	54.1
Hong Kong *	Asia	7,867	106	79.9	20.1	70.1	29.9	74.0	29.9
Hungary *	Europe	18,800	194	92.3	7.7	95.1	4.9	111.6	16.6
Iceland	Europe	140	37	92.4	7.6	78.5	21.5	68.2	13.2
India *	Asia	554,034	40	95.8	4.2	98.8	1.2	118.5	69.1
Indonesia *	Asia	275,518	99	95.0	5.0	99.6	0.4	188.7	19.4
Iran *	Asia	189,000	228	96.9	3.1	97.1	2.9	153.0	25.1
Iraq	Asia	73,715	179	97.4	2.6	—	—	139.2	35.2
Ireland	Europe	4,246	83	96.1	3.9	86.4	13.6	85.8	17.5
Isle of Man	Europe	109	126	95.3	4.7	91.5	8.5	76.8	6.6
Israel *	Asia	14,961	168	99.0	1.0	61.1	38.9	80.1	25.2
Italy *	Europe	56,524	97	95.8	4.2	67.8	32.2	106.2	31.3
Jamaica *	Americas	3,719	130	96.1	3.9	98.9	1.1	88.8	32.3
Japan *	Asia	45,714	36	91.8	8.2	94.3	5.7	56.6	12.1
Jersey	Europe	146	135	95.7	4.3	74.8	25.2	69.5	28.1
Jordan	Asia	17,708	174	97.8	2.2	90.1	9.9	150.2	36.9
Kazakhstan	Asia	35,228	184	92.9	7.1	94.2	5.8	62.4	19.7
Kenya *	Africa	58,887	107	93.3	6.7	99.4	0.6	190.5	44.1
Kiribati	Oceania	129	113	99.2	0.8	100.0	0.0	112.8	5.4
Kosovo *	Europe	1,642	93	97.3	2.7	94.3	5.7	97.1	29.6
Kuwait *	Asia	4,420	111	94.2	5.8	86.5	13.5	134.1	10.0
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	10,142	161	95.8	4.2	96.8	3.2	61.7	16.6
Laos *	Asia	11,885	166	86.3	13.7	—	—	—	67.0
Latvia *	Europe	3,169	169	91.4	8.6	98.1	1.9	68.8	27.8
Lebanon	Asia	7,401	110	96.8	3.2	64.0	36.0	286.6	62.9
Lesotho *	Africa	2,216	104	96.4	3.6	99.1	0.9	70.6	19.5
Liberia *	Africa	2,925	56	97.2	2.8	98.0	2.0	222.1	64.0
Libya	Africa	12,300	176	98.8	1.2	87.2	12.8	141.6	90.0
Liechtenstein	Europe	11	28	100.0	0.0	25.0	75.0	45.0	75.0
Lithuania	Europe	5,089	182	95.3	4.7	97.9	2.1	83.2	11.8
Luxembourg	Europe	685	106	95.2	4.8	25.3	74.7	73.7	41.0
Macau *	Asia	1,401	209	87.8	12.2	29.3	70.7	82.8	18.9
Madagascar	Africa	27,611	97	94.2	5.8	99.9	0.1	237.4	56.8
Malawi	Africa	14,500	71	98.9	1.1	99.8	0.2	200.9	17.8
Malaysia *	Asia	76,336	229	95.5	4.5	79.5	20.5	131.9	26.7
Maldives *	Asia	1,700	314	95.7	4.3	98.9	1.1	127.7	—
Mali	Africa	8,670	40	97.2	2.8	—	—	223.3	52.8
Malta	Europe	821	159	92.9	7.1	44.3	55.7	88.6	33.9
Marshall Islands	Oceania	35	66	100.0	0.0	—	—	97.2	11.4
Martinique	Americas	919	239	97.1	2.9	—	—	96.9	37.0
Mauritania *	Africa	2,023	43	98.2	1.8	88.8	11.2	101.8	38.2
Mauritius *	Africa	2,386	184	93.9	6.1	93.6	6.4	116.9	59.4
Mayotte	Africa	519	180	99.7	0.3	—	—	127.5	56.5
Mexico *	Americas	230,000	174	94.5	5.5	98.8	1.2	98.2	41.7
Micronesia	Oceania	132	127	100.0	0.0	—	—	88.0	16.7
Moldova *	Europe	6,461	183	94.2	5.8	98.8	1.2	97.7	15.3
Monaco	Europe	13	33	85.7	14.3	4.8	95.2	9.5	76.2
Mongolia	Asia	5,832	183	95.2	4.8	99.6	0.4	124.4	26.6
Montenegro *	Europe	929	150	97.4	2.6	84.7	15.3	80.3	29.2
Morocco	Africa	88,941	240	97.7	2.3	98.6	1.4	136.9	39.1
Mozambique	Africa	18,700	56	97.1	2.9	98.5	1.5	210.7	33.1
Myanmar *	Asia	100,324	183	87.7	12.3	99.3	0.7	139.4	15.1
Namibia *	Africa	8,900	318	97.1	2.9	94.5	5.5	72.7	54.0
Nauru *	Oceania	14	140	92.9	7.1	93.3	6.7	14.0	25.0
Nepal *	Asia	25,400	83	94.4	5.6	94.7	5.3	153.7	55.1
Netherlands	Europe	11,623	66	94.5	5.5	77.1	22.9	74.4	29.2
New Caledonia	Oceania	619	212	98.9	1.1	—	—	106.3	12.1
New Zealand *	Oceania	7,964	155	93.4	6.6	97.0	3.0	93.8	36.5
Nicaragua	Americas	20,918	332	94.6	5.4	97.1	2.9	177.6	21.4
Niger	Africa	9,187	39	96.8	3.2	—	—	101.6	53.8
Nigeria *	Africa	74,367	34	98.1	1.9	99.7	0.3	146.8	72.7
North Korea * ^[Note]	Asia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
North Macedonia	Europe	2,220	107	96.7	3.3	93.3	6.7	72.0	13.7
Northern Ireland * ^[Note]	Europe	1,667	88	97.3	2.7	88.4	11.6	79.9	34.1
Northern Mariana Islands	Oceania	175	313	94.2	5.8	—	—	53.8	—
Norway *	Europe	3,009	55	93.7	6.3	71.0	29.0	73.0	25.2
Oman *	Asia	1,960	46	95.5	4.5	69.7	30.3	—	5.6
Pakistan *	Asia	85,670	38	98.4	1.6	98.8	1.2	133.8	62.1
Palau	Oceania	77	428	95.7	4.3	93.5	6.5	162.1	4.1
Panama *	Americas	21,113	478	94.8	5.2	89.9	10.1	124.6	39.2
Papua New Guinea *	Oceania	5,087	58	95.1	4.9	99.6	0.4	116.5	34.4
Paraguay *	Americas	16,656	229	94.1	5.9	95.8	4.2	143.1	77.3
Peru *	Americas	90,293	264	94.5	5.5	97.6	2.4	240.3	37.0
Philippines *	Asia	166,912	152	89.0	11.0	99.7	0.3	463.6	75.1
Poland *	Europe	71,866	191	95.4	4.6	98.2	1.8	84.3	12.8
Portugal *	Europe	12,396	120	93.0	7.0	85.0	15.0	88.9	19.0
Puerto Rico *	Americas	8,884	278	96.3	3.7	—	—	86.3	13.1
Qatar *	Asia	1,150	53	85.3	14.7	26.7	73.3	—	44.0
South Korea *	Asia	53,920	105	92.7	7.3	95.3	4.7	112.0	35.1
Réunion	Africa	1,179	130	97.4	2.6	—	—	89.1	21.5
Romania *	Europe	23,046	122	95.4	4.6	99.0	1.0	120.5	10.4
Russia *	Europe	439,453	304	91.7	8.3	93.8	6.2	67.8	23.3
Rwanda	Africa	76,099	580	92.6	7.4	99.7	0.3	101.3	7.5
Samoa	Oceania	358	179	94.0	6.0	99.5	0.5	121.2	14.0
San Marino	Europe	9	26	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	16.7	0.0
São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	260	115	96.0	4.0	99.2	0.8	126.5	32.8
Saudi Arabia *	Asia	68,056	207	98.1	1.9	51.0	49.0	—	48.3
Scotland * ^[Note]	Europe	7,328	134	96.0	4.0	96.1	3.9	86.6	26.5
Senegal	Africa	12,430	67	97.3	2.7	89.3	10.7	129.7	39.7
Serbia *	Europe	10,557	155	95.9	4.1	97.1	2.9	105.6	15.6
Seychelles	Africa	317	317	93.7	6.3	98.7	1.3	53.8	12.5
Sierra Leone	Africa	4,430	54	98.5	1.5	99.5	0.5	220.2	29.5
Singapore *	Asia	10,262	169	88.9	11.1	89.0	11.0	79.2	10.6
Sint Maarten	Americas	77	179	95.0	5.0	79.8	20.2	125.4	18.1
Slovakia *	Europe	9,939	182	92.6	7.4	98.0	2.0	89.6	15.3
Slovenia *	Europe	1,447	68	95.2	4.8	70.2	29.8	84.4	26.0
Solomon Islands	Oceania	500	79	98.3	1.7	99.0	1.0	77.7	46.8
Somalia ^[Note]	Africa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
South Africa *	Africa	144,938	239	97.4	2.6	92.5	7.5	124.8	35.7
South Sudan	Africa	7,000	50	89.1	10.9	—	—	—	28.9
Spain *	Europe	55,093	116	92.6	7.4	71.9	28.1	77.9	16.0
Sri Lanka *	Asia	22,000	102	95.1	4.9	98.6	1.4	190.6	58.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	Americas	184	347	96.4	3.6	97.9	2.1	144.0	30.5
Saint Lucia *	Americas	484	263	97.5	2.5	97.0	3.0	105.4	53.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	385	347	96.6	3.4	96.2	3.8	79.8	24.3
Sudan *	Africa	21,000	52	98.0	2.0	99.0	1.0	255.3	20.4
Suriname *	Americas	1,000	185	97.2	2.8	80.7	19.3	75.2	50.0
Sweden *	Europe	7,713	74	94.4	5.6	77.9	22.1	101.6	27.2
Switzerland *	Europe	6,310	72	94.2	5.8	30.4	69.6	93.5	42.2
Syria	Asia	10,599	60	92.6	7.4	92.7	7.3	65.6	50.5
Taiwan *	Asia	55 761	237	91.0	9.0	99.3	0.7	114.8	4.1
Tajikistan	Asia	14 000	141	98.4	1.6	95.1	4.9	61.5	15.0
Tanzania	Africa	33,570	52	96.6	3.4	96.3	3.7	115.7	51.0
Thailand *	Asia	285,572	411	87.8	12.2	95.6	4.4	339.1	19.2
East Timor	Asia	763	55	95.9	4.1	96.2	3.8	185.3	23.2
Togo	Africa	4,990	59	97.0	3.0	94.8	5.2	194.0	64.2
Tonga *	Oceania	176	166	95.5	4.5	100.0	0.0	81.5	7.4
Trinidad and Tobago *	Americas	3,802	276	97.1	2.9	99.2	0.8	81.8	59.7
Tunisia	Africa	23,484	196	97.2	2.8	—	—	118.5	57.0
Turkey *	Asia	314,502	374	96.1	3.9	96.7	3.3	125.6	43.1
Turkmenistan	Asia	35,000	576	93.5	6.5	99.3	0.7	85.0	14.0
Tuvalu *	Oceania	11	110	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	—	0.0
Uganda	Africa	70,535	144	95.5	4.5	97.7	2.3	319.2	49.8
Ukraine *	Europe	48,038	123	96.1	3.9	98.3	1.7	68.3	37.2
United Arab Emirates *	Asia	9,826	104	88.3	11.7	12.2	87.8	158.9	38.2
United States * ^[Note]	Americas	1,675,400	505	89.8	10.2	92.7	7.3	95.6	23.3
Uruguay	Americas	14,347	408	94.6	5.4	97.2	2.8	99.3	22.3
Uzbekistan	Asia	22,867	68	—	—	—	—	80.0	10.0
Vanuatu	Oceania	195	65	97.5	2.5	97.5	2.5	106.7	15.3
Venezuela *	Americas	67,200	199	94.3	5.7	97.8	2.2	167.7	61.3
Vietnam *	Asia	125,697	130	89.3	10.7	99.6	0.4	—	12.4
British Virgin Islands	Americas	143	447	95.5	4.5	—	—	90.0	37.0
U.S. Virgin Islands	Americas	359	345	97.3	2.7	84.3	15.7	162.5	36.4
Yemen *	Asia	9,719	35	98.4	1.6	96.8	3.2	—	70.1
Zambia	Africa	23,062	117	97.0	3.0	97.9	2.1	247.8	17.6
Zimbabwe *	Africa	20,898	115	97.6	2.4	98.1	1.9	129.4	18.6

100 - female
100 - foreign

Territories or other subnational areas

To keep the above chart compact the country names were stripped from the territories or other subnational areas. Here is that info as provided by World Prison Brief:

Territory or other subnational area.
American Samoa (USA)
Anguilla (United Kingdom)
Aruba (Netherlands)
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Curaçao (Netherlands)
Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
French Guiana/Guyane (France)
French Polynesia (France)
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
Greenland (Denmark)
Guadeloupe (France)
Guam (USA)
Guernsey (United Kingdom)
Hong Kong (China)
Jersey (United Kingdom)
Macau (China)
Martinique (France)
Mayotte (France)
New Caledonia (France)
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
Puerto Rico (USA)
Reunion (France)
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
United Kingdom: England & Wales
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
United Kingdom: Scotland
United States of America
Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
Virgin Islands (USA)

Notes

Australia

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[8] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Immigration detention in Australia and Punishment in Australia.

China

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[9] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Re-education through labor, Laogai, and Xinjiang internment camps.

Cuba

In addition to the numbers referenced in the main table,[10] see info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Human rights in Cuba. Also at Law enforcement in Cuba.

Eritrea

World Prison Brief has limited info on Eritrea.[11]

North Korea

World Prison Brief has limited info on North Korea.[12] See info about detainees, and alleged detainees, at Prisons in North Korea.

Somalia

World Prison Brief has limited info on Somalia.[13]

United Kingdom

See also #Territories or other subnational areas higher up.

The data source (World Prison Brief) does not list an incarceration rate for the United Kingdom as a whole, with its territories, and other subnational areas, etc.. In the main table see England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, British Virgin Islands. A rate for the United Kingdom as a whole can be calculated by adding up their prison populations, and then dividing by their combined population.

United States

Juvenile detention in the US[14]
Year	Male	Female	Total
1997	90,771	14,284	105,055
1999	92,985	14,508	107,493
2001	89,115	15,104	104,219
2003	81,975	14,556	96,531
2006	78,998	13,723	92,721
2007	75,017	11,797	86,814
2010	61,359	9,434	70,793
2011	53,079	8,344	61,423
2013	46,421	7,727	54,148
2015	40,750	7,293	48,043
2017	36,982	6,598	43,580
2019	31,064	5,415	36,479

The incarceration rate (per 100,000 population of all ages) is for inmates held in adult facilities in the United States. It does not include inmates in the custody of correctional facilities operated by departments of corrections in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and U.S. commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico).[15][16]

In addition, there were 36,479 juveniles in juvenile detention in 2019.[14] For more juvenile detention information and numbers, see Youth incarceration in the United States.

The incarceration rate in the U.S. varies greatly by U.S. state. See: List of U.S. states and territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rate. It also breaks it down to male and female incarceration rates by state. See also: Incarceration of women in the United States.

References

Highest to Lowest. World Prison Brief (WPB). Use dropdown menu to choose lists of countries by region, or the whole world. Use menu to select highest-to-lowest lists of prison population totals, prison population rates, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Column headings in WPB tables can be clicked to reorder columns lowest to highest, or alphabetically. For detailed information for each country click on any country name in lists. The individual country pages also give the date of the data. See also the WPB main data page and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. Please update the tables here only from this WPB source.
"Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
"Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
"Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
"Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
"Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
"Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
Australia. By World Prison Brief.
China. By World Prison Brief.
Cuba. By World Prison Brief.
Eritrea. World Prison Brief.
North Korea. By World Prison Brief.
Somalia. World Prison Brief.
Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C.. "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Click "National Crosstabs" at the top, and then choose the census years. Click "Show table" to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years. Or go here for all years. And here.
United States of America. By World Prison Brief.
Correctional Populations in the United States, 2016 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (NCJ 251211). Published April 2018 by U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). By Danielle Kaeble and Mary Cowhig, BJS statisticians. See PDF Archived 2018-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Appendix table 1 on page 11 has rates and counts by state. See page 1 "highlights" section for the "1 in ..." numbers. See table 4 on page 4 for a timeline of nationwide incarceration rates. See appendix table 3 on page 13, for "Persons held in custody in state or federal prisons or in local jails, 2000, 2010, and 2015–2016". That table also has incarceration rates. See appendix table 2 on page 12 for the number or persons incarcerated in territorial prisons, military facilities, and jails in Indian country.

External links

Core Publications of the World Prison Brief. Such as the World Prison Population List, and the World Female Imprisonment List.
Persons Detained Statistics of incarceration ("detained") from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Data Analysis Tools – Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) – Prisoners. United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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[4] 100 - female

[6] 100 - foreign

[WorldPrisonBrief-1] Highest to Lowest. World Prison Brief (WPB). Use dropdown menu to choose lists of countries by region, or the whole world. Use menu to select highest-to-lowest lists of prison population totals, prison population rates, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. Column headings in WPB tables can be clicked to reorder columns lowest to highest, or alphabetically. For detailed information for each country click on any country name in lists. The individual country pages also give the date of the data. See also the WPB main data page and click on the map links and/or the sidebar links to get to the region and country desired. Please update the tables here only from this WPB source.

[2] "Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[3] "Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[5] "Highest to Lowest - Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[7] "Highest to Lowest - Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[8] "Highest to Lowest - Occupancy level (based on official capacity) | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[9] "Highest to Lowest - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners | World Prison Brief". www.prisonstudies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

[Australia-10] Australia. By World Prison Brief.

[China-11] China. By World Prison Brief.

[Cuba-12] Cuba. By World Prison Brief.

[Eritrea-13] Eritrea. World Prison Brief.

[North-Korea-14] North Korea. By World Prison Brief.

[Somalia-15] Somalia. World Prison Brief.

[cjrp-16] Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C.. "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Click "National Crosstabs" at the top, and then choose the census years. Click "Show table" to get the total number of juvenile inmates for those years. Or go here for all years. And here.

[17] United States of America. By World Prison Brief.

[cpusa2016-18] Correctional Populations in the United States, 2016 Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine (NCJ 251211). Published April 2018 by U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). By Danielle Kaeble and Mary Cowhig, BJS statisticians. See PDF Archived 2018-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Appendix table 1 on page 11 has rates and counts by state. See page 1 "highlights" section for the "1 in ..." numbers. See table 4 on page 4 for a timeline of nationwide incarceration rates. See appendix table 3 on page 13, for "Persons held in custody in state or federal prisons or in local jails, 2000, 2010, and 2015–2016". That table also has incarceration rates. See appendix table 2 on page 12 for the number or persons incarcerated in territorial prisons, military facilities, and jails in Indian country.

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