People in prison: 🇺🇸 United States — 1,767,200 🇨🇳 China — 1,690,000 🇧🇷 Brazil — 835,643 🇮🇳 India — 554,034 🇷🇺 Russia — 433,006 🇹🇷 Turkey — 336,315 🇮🇩 Indonesia — 275,518 🇹🇭 Thailand — 262,319 🇲🇽 Mexico — 232,230 🇮🇷 Iran — 189,000 🇿🇦 South Africa — 151,755 🇪🇬 Egypt — 120,000 🇦🇷 Argentina — 114,074 🇵🇰 Pakistan — 87,712 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — 81,156 🇵🇱 Poland — 78,102 🇳🇬 Nigeria — 77,684 🇫🇷 France — 73,080 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 68,056 🇻🇪 Venezuela — 67,200 🇮🇹 Italy — 57,320 🇩🇪 Germany — 56,557 🇪🇸 Spain — 55,095 🇰🇷 South Korea — 52,940 🇯🇵 Japan — 45,714 🇦🇺 Australia — 41,155 🇨🇦 Canada — 32,261 🇮🇱 Israel — 14,961 🇵🇹 Portugal — 12,623 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 11,447 🇧🇪 Belgium — 11,326 🇬🇷 Greece — 10,723 🇦🇪 UAE — 9,862 🇸🇬 Singapore — 9,536 🇦🇹 Austria — 8,798 🇸🇪 Sweden — 7,713 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 6,445 🇩🇰 Denmark — 4,248 🇳🇴 Norway — 2,975 🇫🇮 Finland — 2,827 🇱🇺 Luxembourg — 685 🇸🇨 Seychelles — 362 🇲🇨 Monaco — 14 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — 12 🇻🇦 Vatican — 0 According to World Prison Brief, as of July 26, 2023