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http://www.uncjin.org/stats/kprison/totpris.txt
Responding
Country Less Croatia |
Total
Prisoners 1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
Projected 1999 |
1999
Population |
Incarceration
rate per 100,000 Population |
TONGA |
108 |
106 |
77 |
66 |
109,082 |
60.5 |
ST.KITTS&NEVIS |
113 |
120 |
138 |
149 |
42,838 |
347.0 |
VANUATU |
231 |
247 |
193 |
186 |
189,036 |
98.2 |
SRILANKA |
240 |
139 |
226 |
188 |
19,144,875 |
1.0 |
MAURITIUS |
6,756 |
3,757 |
2,671 |
310 |
2,022,604 |
15.3 |
MALTA |
215 |
278 |
422 |
512 |
381,603 |
134.2 |
SLOVENIA |
871 |
1,068 |
798 |
839 |
1,970,570 |
42.6 |
SWAZILAND |
1,255 |
1,284 |
990 |
911 |
985,335 |
92.5 |
SLOVAKREPUBLIC |
13,672 |
11,824 |
4,591 |
948 |
5,396,193 |
17.6 |
TRINIDAD&TOBAGO |
1,232 |
. |
2,907 |
1,232 |
1,102,096 |
111.8 |
IRELAND |
1,937 |
1,901 |
1,785 |
1,722 |
3,632,944 |
47.4 |
NORWAY |
2,002 |
2,113 |
2,378 |
2,540 |
4,438,547 |
57.2 |
BOTSWANA |
2,740 |
2,740 |
2,702 |
2,689 |
1,464,167 |
183.7 |
JAMAICA |
3,524 |
3,603 |
3,022 |
2,881 |
2,652,443 |
108.6 |
FINLAND |
3,996 |
3,823 |
3,385 |
3,124 |
5,158,372 |
60.6 |
DENMARK |
3,202 |
3,313 |
3,375 |
3,470 |
5,356,845 |
64.8 |
COSTARICA |
3,477 |
3,957 |
3,610 |
3,814 |
3,674,490 |
103.8 |
SCOTLAND |
5,589 |
5,229 |
4,724 |
4,316 |
5,603,400 |
77.0 |
NEWZEALAND |
2,720 |
3,289 |
4,018 |
4,640 |
3,662,265 |
126.7 |
SINGAPORE |
4,140 |
5,033 |
4,320 |
4,678 |
3,531,600 |
132.5 |
LITHUANIA |
13,623 |
8,437 |
8,360 |
4,877 |
3,584,966 |
136.0 |
SWEDEN |
4,106 |
4,564 |
4,601 |
4,919 |
8,911,296 |
55.2 |
BELGIUM |
6,865 |
6,509 |
6,289 |
5,978 |
10,182,034 |
58.7 |
NETHERLANDS |
4,540 |
5,061 |
6,616 |
7,482 |
15,807,641 |
47.3 |
HUNGARY |
23,897 |
21,163 |
12,385 |
7,636 |
10,186,372 |
75.0 |
BULGARIA |
17,095 |
13,425 |
11,030 |
7,785 |
8,194,772 |
95.0 |
ECUADOR |
6,791 |
6,531 |
7,923 |
8,214 |
12,562,496 |
65.4 |
UGANDA |
9,453 |
8,008 |
9,063 |
8,451 |
22,804,973 |
37.1 |
PORTUGAL |
8,165 |
8,150 |
9,051 |
9,341 |
9,918,040 |
94.2 |
CZECKREPUBLIC |
28,919 |
23,615 |
8,231 |
10,000 |
10,280,513 |
97.3 |
HONGKONG |
8,207 |
10,037 |
12,095 |
14,001 |
6,249,430 |
224.0 |
PHILIPPINES |
15,434 |
15,418 |
14,525 |
14,217 |
79,345,812 |
17.9 |
ZIMBABWE |
14,223 |
. |
15,674 |
14,223 |
11,163,160 |
127.4 |
RWANDA |
12,893 |
13,850 |
14,713 |
15,639 |
8,154,933 |
191.8 |
PERU |
15,062 |
16,182 |
17,859 |
19,165 |
26,624,582 |
72.0 |
AUSTRIA |
18,244 |
15,223 |
20,146 |
19,773 |
8,139,299 |
242.9 |
GHANA |
98,197 |
9,366 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
18,887,626 |
105.9 |
ETHIOPIA |
36,210 |
34,832 |
26,526 |
22,839 |
59,680,383 |
38.3 |
ITALY |
33,609 |
31,382 |
26,150 |
22,921 |
56,735,130 |
40.4 |
POLAND |
99,427 |
67,824 |
50,165 |
23,210 |
38,608,929 |
60.1 |
MALAYSIA |
21,944 |
23,172 |
22,832 |
23,537 |
21,376,066 |
110.1 |
Romania |
60,269 |
16,625 |
26,010 |
30,000 |
22,334,312 |
134.3 |
Spain |
21,794 |
25,571 |
28,680 |
32,234 |
39,167,744 |
82.3 |
Japan |
55,641 |
54,204 |
46,858 |
43,451 |
126,182,077 |
34.4 |
England |
46,816 |
50,302 |
45,466 |
46,178 |
59,113,439 |
78.1 |
France |
42,617 |
49,328 |
43,913 |
46,582 |
58,978,172 |
79.0 |
Korea |
47,870 |
43,556 |
52,371 |
52,433 |
46,884,800 |
111.8 |
United
States |
810,000 |
900,000 |
1,000,000 |
2,000,000 |
272,639,608 |
733.6 |
Rest
of World |
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3,579,768 |
5,421,584,648 |
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Total
Respondents |
1,639,931 |
1,536,159 |
1,603,864 |
2,574,301 |
1,143,217,910 |
225.2 |
Total
Less US |
829,931 |
636,159 |
603,864 |
574,301 |
870,578,302 |
66.0 |
ROW |
|
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3,203,912 |
4,856,782,090 |
66.0 |
Grand
Total |
|
|
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5,778,214 |
6,000,000,000 |
96.3 |
Percent
in US |
|
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34.6% |
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Thanks to the "War on Drugs", as many as 600,000 Americans are
now in prison only for violations of drug laws, which is more than the combined prison
population of the following countries for all crimes:
- TONGA
- ST.KITTS&NEVIS
- VANUATU
- SRILANKA
- MAURITIUS
- MALTA
- SLOVENIA
- SWAZILAND
- SLOVAKREPUBLIC
- TRINIDAD&TOBAGO
- IRELAND
- NORWAY
- BOTSWANA
- JAMAICA
- FINLAND
- DENMARK
- COSTARICA
- SCOTLAND
- NEWZEALAND
- SINGAPORE
- LITHUANIA
- SWEDEN
- BELGIUM
- NETHERLANDS
- HUNGARY
- BULGARIA
- ECUADOR
- UGANDA
- PORTUGAL
- CZECKREPUBLIC
- HONGKONG
- PHILIPPINES
- ZIMBABWE
- RWANDA
- PERU
- AUSTRIA
- GHANA
- ETHIOPIA
- ITALY
- POLAND
- MALAYSIA
- Romania
- Spain
- Japan
- England
- France
- Korea
Breakdown of US Prison Population
|
Percent of Inmates |
|
Number of Inmates |
|
|
1986 |
1991 |
1999 |
1986 |
1991 |
1999 |
Property Offenses |
31 |
24.8 |
20 |
247,743 |
284,307 |
400,000 |
Drug Offenses |
8.6 |
21.3 |
20 |
68,729 |
244,183 |
400,000 |
Public-order Offenses |
5.2 |
6.9 |
7 |
41,557 |
79,102 |
140,000 |
Other Offenses |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
5,594 |
4,586 |
8,000 |
Violent Offenses |
54.6 |
46.6 |
52.6 |
436,347 |
534,223 |
1,052,000 |
Murder/negligent manslaugher
|
14 |
12 |
9.6 |
111,884 |
137,568 |
192,000 |
Kidnapping
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
15,983 |
11,464 |
20,000 |
Robbery
|
21 |
15 |
10 |
167,826 |
171,960 |
200,000 |
Assault
|
8 |
8 |
8 |
63,934 |
91,712 |
160,000 |
Other Violent
|
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
6,393 |
6,878 |
8,000 |
Rape/sexual assault
|
9 |
10 |
23.6 |
71,925 |
114,640 |
472,000 |
Total |
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799,171 |
1,146,401 |
2,000,000 |
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