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World Prison Population Rates.
In descending order.
From World Prison Population List.
5th edition: "Most figures relate to dates
between late 1999 and November 2003."

Rates are calculated for the total number of
prisoners in penal institutions, including pre-trial
detainees. Incarceration rates of 210 independent
countries and dependent territories. Use "find" in
the edit menu to locate one here.

Imprisonment RATE per 100,000 population.
"c" means the rate is an estimate.
There are links and more notes at the end of the list.
Use free Adobe Reader to see more notes in 5th edition pdf file:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf
It has dates, national populations, inmate totals, etc..

For comparison purposes the 2 U.S. states with the
highest rates (Texas and Louisiana) are in the list:

1014____Texas 1999 (governor George W. Bush)
1013____Louisiana 2001
966_____Texas 2001
715_____United States of America
584_____Russian Federation
554_____Belarus
532_____Bermuda (UK)
523_____Palau
522_____Virgin Islands (USA)
501_____Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
c.489___Turkmenistan
c.487___Cuba
459_____Belize
437_____Suriname
420_____Dominica
416_____Ukraine
414_____Maldive Islands
410_____Bahamas
402_____South Africa
390_____Kyrgyzstan
388_____Singapore
386_____Kazakhstan
378_____Puerto Rico (USA)
367_____Barbados
364_____Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)
354_____Panama
351_____Trinidad and Tobago
340_____Thailand
339_____Estonia
339_____Latvia
338_____St Kitts and Nevis
334_____Guam (USA)
333_____Grenada
327_____Botswana
324_____French Guiana/Guyane (France)
324_____Swaziland
303_____Mongolia
297_____Moldova (Republic of)
278_____Antigua and Barbuda
270_____St Vincent and the Grenadines
267_____Namibia
253_____Tunisia
c.250___United Arab Emirates
248_____Taiwan
243_____American Samoa (USA)
243_____St Lucia
237_____Aruba (Netherlands)
234_____Lithuania
229_____Costa Rica
215_____Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
214_____Mauritius
210_____Poland
209_____Uruguay
207_____Seychelles
204_____Chile
198_____Azerbaijan
194_____Iran
190_____Romania
189_____Hong Kong (China)
188_____Jersey (United Kingdom)
184_____Macau (China)
184_____Uzbekistan
178_____Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
178_____Czech Republic
177_____Greenland (Denmark)
176_____Jamaica
176_____Morocco
175_____Guyana
174_____Israel
173_____Libya
172_____Honduras
169_____Brazil
169_____Mexico
165_____Georgia
165_____Hungary
165_____Slovakia
164_____Martinique (France)
161_____Malaysia
161_____New Zealand
161_____Tajikistan
c.160___Zimbabwe
159_____Guadeloupe (France)
158_____El Salvador
158_____Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)
157_____Dominican Republic
156_____Northern Mariana Islands (USA)
155_____Bahrain
146_____Lebanon
144_____Spain
143_____Lesotho
143_____Nicaragua
143_____Reunion (France)
142_____United Kingdom: England & Wales
139_____New Caledonia (France)
134_____United Kingdom: Scotland
132_____Brunei Darussalam
130_____Madagascar
129_____Burundi
129_____Cameroon
129_____Portugal
128_____Guernsey (United Kingdom)
127_____Bulgaria
126_____Colombia
125_____Republic of (South) Korea
c.121___Egypt
121_____Zambia
120_____French Polynesia (France)
119_____China
118_____Myanmar (formerly Burma)
117_____Fiji
116_____Canada
116_____Tanzania
114_____Australia
112_____Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
112_____Netherlands
112_____Peru
111_____Kenya
111_____Luxembourg
110_____Algeria
110_____Central African Republic
110_____Saudi Arabia
109_____Rwanda
108_____Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro
107_____Argentina
106_____Jordan
106_____Tonga
105_____Albania
105_____Sri Lanka
102_____Bolivia
102_____Kuwait
100_____Austria
100_____Italy
96______Germany
95______France
95______Mayotte (France)
95______Qatar
94______Philippines
93______Syria
92______Armenia
c.92____Ethiopia
92______Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
92______Serbia and Montenegro: Serbia
92______Turkey
90______Andorra
90______Cook Islands (New Zealand)
c.89____Uganda
88______Belgium
87______Ireland, Republic of
83______Greece
83______Yemen
81______Benin
81______Oman
79______Sao Tome e Principe
78______Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)
76______Venezuela
75______Paraguay
75______Sweden
72______Denmark
72______Malta
72______Switzerland
71______Finland
71______United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
71______Vietnam
70______Malawi
68______Guatemala
67______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska
66______Papua New Guinea
64______Croatia
64______Norway
62______Ivory Coast
61______Djibouti
59______Ecuador
59______Pakistan
59______Slovenia
c.57____Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
56______Kiribati
56______Tuvalu
54______Japan
54______Senegal
54______Serbia and Montenegro: Kosovo/Kosova
53______Haiti
53______Liechtenstein
52______Ghana
c.52____Niger
51______Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation
50______Bangladesh
50______Cyprus
50______Mozambique
48______Mauritania
48______Nauru
46______Chad
46______Togo
45______Cambodia
44______Angola
44______Marshall Islands
44______Vanuatu
41______Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)
40______Iceland
39______Monaco
38______Congo (Brazzaville)
38______Indonesia
37______Republic of Guinea
c.36____Sudan
34______Mali
34______Micronesia, Federated States of
33______Nigeria
32______Gambia
31______Solomon Islands
c.30____Comoros
29______India
29______Nepal
28______Faeroe Islands (Denmark)
23______Burkina Faso

Incarceration RATE per 100,000 population. You can
divide it by a thousand to get the percentage of
the national population imprisoned. Or just move
the decimal point to the left 3 places. 1000
prisoners per 100,000 population is 1.000 percent
of the population imprisoned.

"Over 9 million people are held in penal
institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-
trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been
convicted and sentenced." -- World Prison
Population List (5th edition), published in 2004.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r234.pdf
There is a 6th edition here:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/world-prison-population-list-2005.pdf
The very latest list is found on this web page:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/world_brief.html
The above chart with more reference links is mirrored here:
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/world.htm Charts mirror.
http://corporatism.tripod.com/world.htm Charts mirror.
http://multi19.fortunecity.com/world.htm Charts mirror.