Number of prisoners in member states of the Council of Europe as of 1 September 2006.
Number of prisoners in Council of Europe member states in absolute and relative terms as of 1 September 2006.*
Sourced from the article ‘European Standards for Detention Conditions. A Reference Note’, Otechestvennye Zapiski No. 2 (41) 2008, p. 70.
|
Country population (thousands) |
Total number of prisoners (including those in pre-trial detention) |
Number of prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants |
Total capacity of penal institutions |
Prison occupancy |
|
|
Russia |
143,221.30 |
871,609 |
608.6 |
955,421 |
91.2 |
|
Ukraine |
46,557.40 |
165,408 |
355.3 |
159,966 |
103.4 |
|
Estonia |
1,340.0 |
4,310 |
321.6 |
4,472 |
96.4 |
|
Georgia |
4,433.00 |
13,419 |
302.7 |
11,402 |
117.7 |
|
Latvia |
2,289.10 |
6,531 |
285.3 |
9,166 |
71.3 |
|
Lithuania |
3,408.10 |
8,078 |
237 |
9,574 |
84.4 |
|
Poland |
38,140.10 |
88,647 |
232.4 |
75,550 |
117.3 |
|
Moldova |
3,832.70 |
8,817 |
230 |
10,570 |
83.4 |
|
Azerbaijan |
8,406.00 |
17,809 |
211.9 |
22,470 |
79.3 |
|
Armenia |
3,009.50 |
5,682 |
188.8 |
4,058 |
140 |
|
Czech Republic |
10,189.00 |
18,912 |
185.6 |
18,936 |
99.9 |
|
Romania |
21,531.70 |
35,910 |
166.8 |
37,947 |
94.6 |
|
Luxembourg |
461.40 |
755 |
163.6 |
781 |
96.7 |
|
Slovakia |
5,388.10 |
8,657 |
160.7 |
10,461 |
82.8 |
|
Bulgaria |
7,692.50 |
12,218 |
158.8 |
10,566 |
115.6 |
|
Hungary |
10,058.40 |
15,591 |
155 |
11,378 |
137 |
|
Spain |
43,686.80 |
64,120 |
146.1 |
45,811 |
140 |
|
United Kingdom: England and Wales |
53,728.80 |
77,982 |
145.1 |
80,649 |
96.7 |
|
United Kingdom: Scotland |
5,116.90 |
7,192 |
140.6 |
6,394 |
112.5 |
|
Netherlands |
16,379.00 |
20,463 |
124.9 |
22,000 |
93 |
|
Albania |
3,172.20 |
3,884 |
122.4 |
3,341 |
116.3 |
|
Portugal |
10,578.70 |
12,636 |
119.4 |
2,115 |
104.3 |
|
Serbia |
7,498.00 |
8,553 |
114.1 |
7,851 |
108.9 |
|
Monaco |
32.60 |
37 |
113.5 |
83 |
44.6 |
|
Austria |
8,327.40 |
8,780 |
105.4 |
8,491 |
103.4 |
|
Macedonia |
2,036.40 |
2,038 |
100.1 |
2,005 |
101.6 |
|
Germany |
82,640.90 |
79,146 |
95.8 |
80,183 |
98.7 |
|
Belgium |
10,430.30 |
9,971 |
95.5 |
8,457 |
117.9 |
|
Turkey |
73,921.80 |
67,795 |
91.7 |
73,395 |
92.4 |
|
France |
63,195.00 |
57,876 |
91.6 |
50,419 |
114.8 |
|
Greece |
11,122.50 |
10,113 |
90.9 |
6,019 |
168 |
|
United Kingdom: Northern Ireland |
1,741.60 |
1,502 |
86.2 |
1,506 |
99.7 |
|
Malta |
404.70 |
343 |
84.1 |
444 |
77.3 |
|
Croatia |
4,556.00 |
3,833 |
84.1 |
3,159 |
121.3 |
|
Sweden |
9,078.20 |
7,175 |
79 |
6,756 |
106.2 |
|
Switzerland |
7,454.80 |
5,888 |
79 |
6,741 |
87.3 |
|
Ireland |
4,221.20 |
3,135 |
74.3 |
3,426 |
91.5 |
|
Cyprus |
845.60 |
599 |
70.8 |
550 |
108.9 |
|
Finland |
5,261.20 |
3,714 |
70.6 |
3,519 |
105.5 |
|
Denmark |
5,430.00 |
3,759 |
69.2 |
4,104 |
91.6 |
|
Norway |
4,668.70 |
3,164 |
67.8 |
3,330 |
95 |
|
Italy |
58,778.80 |
38,309 |
65.2 |
43,233 |
88.6 |
|
Slovenia |
2,000.80 |
1,301 |
65 |
1,116 |
116.6 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska |
1,477.00 |
952 |
64.5 |
1,085 |
87.7 |
|
Andorra |
74.20 |
30 |
40.4 |
124 |
24.2 |
|
Iceland |
298.40 |
119 |
39.9 |
137 |
86.9 |
|
Liechtenstein |
34.90 |
10 |
28.6 |
22 |
45.5 |
|
San Marino |
30.60 |
1 |
3.3 |
8 |
12.5 |
|
Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2,325.00 |
18 |
…. |
20 |
90 |
* Data on the total number of prisoners provided by different countries are not entirely comparable; they may or may not include certain specific categories of prisoners.