Who has the most prisoners? – Statista

Who has the most prisoners? – Statista

El Salvador has the most people behind bars on a per capita basis but in absolute terms the countries with the biggest prison population is the US, followed by China, Brazil, India and Russia. Seven of the nine BRICS nations but only one G7 member have the top 15 largest prison populations. / bne IntelliNews

By Florian Zandt for Statista August 12, 2024

El Salvador has the world's highest prison population rate, according to data collected in the World Prison Brief by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), reports Statista.

The Central American country had 1,086 people serving jail sentences per 100,000 inhabitants in as of August 2024. As our chart shows, most countries with a high prisoner-to-inhabitant ratio are small and could be considered developing economies – with one major exception.

This exception is the United States, which boasts a prison population rate of 531. Technically, the US features not only once but twice in the top 8, with American Samoa being an unincorporated territory. Other big economies mainly feature drastically lower on the ICPR's list. Notable exceptions to this rule include Turkey, Brazil and Russia.

When looking at the data from the perspective of the overall prison population, the picture is markedly different. By this indicator, the United States comes first, followed by China, Brazil, India and Russia. Interestingly, seven of the nine current BRICS nations but only one G7 member are featured in the top 15. While the ICPR's dataset allows comparisons between countries, the reporting timeframes for the official figures often differ wildly from nation to nation. Given this caveat, the data doesn't support showing the situation at one specific set date.

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