World map showing number of prisoners per 100,000 citizens (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_rate" class="extiw" title="w:Incarceration rate">incarceration rate</a>). Gray means no data.
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Self-made. Data: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All">Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Rate</a>. The default order is highest to lowest. Click "title" column heading to sort the table in ascending or descending alphabetical order. Click "Prison Population Rate" heading to put in ascending or descending numerical order. For more details about the figures of any country, click on the name of that country. Main page: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief">World Prison Brief</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Prison_Studies" class="extiw" title="w:International Centre for Prison Studies">International Centre for Prison Studies</a>. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison-population-total">this page</a> for breakdowns by region, whole world, prison population total, prison population rate, percentage of pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners, percentage of female prisoners, percentage of foreign prisoners, and occupancy rate. See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate" class="extiw" title="en:List of countries by incarceration rate">en:List of countries by incarceration rate</a>.