Here are data from the International Centre for Prison Studies at King's College, University of London: <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/highest_to_lowest_rates.html>
Entire World - Prison Population Rates per 100,000 of the national population
1 United States of America 738 2 Russian Federation 603 3 St. Kitts and Nevis 547 4 Bermuda (UK) 532 5 Virgin Islands (USA) 521 6 Turkmenistan c.489 7 Cuba c.487 8 Palau 478 9 Belize 470 10 Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) 464 11 Bahamas 462 12 American Samoa (USA) 446 13 Suriname 437 14 Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) 429 15 Belarus 426 16 Dominica 419 17 Maldives 414 18 Puerto Rico (USA) 369 19 Barbados 367 20 Kazakhstan 364 20 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 364 20 Ukraine 364 23 Panama 351 24 Singapore 350 25 Botswana 339 26 South Africa 335 27 Estonia 333 28 Aruba (Netherlands) 324 28 Swaziland 324 30 St Vincent and the Grenadines 312 31 French Guiana/Guyane (France) 306 32 St Lucia 303 33 Trinidad and Tobago 296 34 Guam (USA) 293 35 Kyrgyzstan 292 35 Latvia 292 37 Georgia 276 38 Mongolia 269 39 Namibia 267 40 Grenada 265 41 Tunisia c.263 42 Taiwan 259 43 Thailand 257 44 Antigua and Barbuda 255 45 United Arab Emirates c.250 46 Moldova (Republic of) 247 47 Chile 238 48 Lithuania 235 49 Poland 229 50 Azerbaijan 219 51 Israel 209 52 Libya 207 53 Iran 206
Entire World - Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage within the prison population)
1 Haiti 83.5% 2 Andorra 77.0% 3 Bolivia 75.0% 4 Mozambique 72.9% 5 India 71.1% 6 Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) 70.9% 7 Peru 69.5% 8 Bangladesh 67.7% 9 Philippines 67.3% 10 Mali 67.2% 11 Paraguay 67.0% 12 Pakistan 66.1% 13 Madagascar 65.4% 14 Cameroon c.65% 15 Benin 64.5% 16 Nigeria 64.3% 17 Honduras 63.5% 18 Uruguay 63.1% 19 Ecuador 63.0% 20 Burundi 62.9% 20 Panama 62.9% 22 Lebanon 62.0% 23 Angola 58.9% 23 Argentina 58.9% 25 Saudi Arabia 58.7% 26 Sao Tome e Principe 58.5% 27 Burkina Faso 58.3% 28 Uganda 58.0% 29 Djibouti 57.2% 30 Libya 56.8% 31 Togo 55.4% 32 Nepal 55.3% 33 Republic of Guinea 51.3% 34 Georgia 50.6% 35 Dominican Republic 50.4% 36 Comoros c.50% 37 Venezuela 49.7% 38 Swaziland 49.6% 39 Sri Lanka 49.3% 40 Turkey 47.7% 41 Guatemala 43.9% 41 Tanzania 43.9% 43 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 43.5% 44 Colombia 43.2% 45 Bahamas 43.0% 46 Jordan 42.9% 47 Mexico 42.8% 48 El Salvador 42.3% 49 Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova 42.0% 50 United Arab Emirates c.42% 51 Indonesia 41.9% 52 Luxembourg 41.8% 53 Suriname 41.4% 54 Morocco 40.7% 55 Sierra Leone 40% 56 Costa Rica 39.5% 57 Kenya 39.4% 58 Switzerland 39.0% 59 Liechtenstein 38.9% 60 Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro 38.1% 61 Puerto Rico (USA) 38.0% 62 Malaysia 37.5% 63 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 37.2% 64 Italy 36.6% 65 Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) 36.5% 66 Algeria 36.1% 66 France 36.1% 68 Belgium 35.9% 69 Cote D'Ivoire 35.6% 69 Trinidad and Tobago 35.6% 71 Qatar 35.5% 72 Solomon Islands 35.4% 73 Zambia 35.3% 74 Marshall Islands 34.8% 75 Brazil 34.4% 76 Mauritius 34.3% 77 Guam (USA) 33.9% 78 Senegal 33.1% 79 Slovakia 32.0% 80 Guyana 31.6% 81 Papua New Guinea 31.3% 82 Chile 31.2% 83 Netherlands 30.7% 84 Canada 30.1% 84 Croatia 30.1% 86 Cambodia 29.8% 87 Zimbabwe 29.7% 88 South Africa 29.4% 89 Bahrain 29.3% 90 Malta 29.2% 91 Slovenia 29.1% 92 Ghana 28.8% 93 Republic of (South) Korea 28.7% 94 St Lucia 28.4% 95 Greece 28.2% 96 Moldova (Republic of) 27.6% 96 St. Kitts and Nevis 27.6% 98 Mongolia 26.9% 99 Jersey (United Kingdom) 26.8% 100 Latvia 26.5% 101 Armenia 26.2% 102 Israel 26.1% 103 Belize 25.6% 104 Botswana 25.1% 104 Denmark 25.1% 106 Thailand 25.0% 107 Iran 24.8%
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