United States -- Land of the Free? Prisoners per capita.

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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	United States:	715 per 100,000 people
# 2	Russia:	584 per 100,000 people
# 3	Belarus:	554 per 100,000 people
# 4	Palau:	523 per 100,000 people
# 5	Belize:	459 per 100,000 people
# 6	Suriname:	437 per 100,000 people
# 7	Dominica:	420 per 100,000 people
# 8	Ukraine:	416 per 100,000 people
# 9	Bahamas, The:	410 per 100,000 people
# 10	South Africa:	402 per 100,000 people
# 11	Kyrgyzstan:	390 per 100,000 people
# 12	Singapore:	388 per 100,000 people
# 13	Kazakhstan:	386 per 100,000 people
# 14	Barbados:	367 per 100,000 people
# 15	Panama:	354 per 100,000 people
# 16	Trinidad and Tobago:	351 per 100,000 people
# 17	Thailand:	340 per 100,000 people
= 18	Latvia:	339 per 100,000 people
= 18	Estonia:	339 per 100,000 people
# 20	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	338 per 100,000 people
# 21	Grenada:	333 per 100,000 people
# 22	Botswana:	327 per 100,000 people
# 23	Swaziland:	324 per 100,000 people
# 24	Mongolia:	303 per 100,000 people
# 25	Antigua and Barbuda:	278 per 100,000 people
# 26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	270 per 100,000 people
# 27	Namibia:	267 per 100,000 people
# 28	Tunisia:	253 per 100,000 people
# 29	Taiwan:	250 per 100,000 people
# 30	Saint Lucia:	243 per 100,000 people
# 31	Lithuania:	234 per 100,000 people
# 32	Costa Rica:	229 per 100,000 people
# 33	Iran:	226 per 100,000 people
# 34	Mauritius:	214 per 100,000 people
# 35	Poland:	210 per 100,000 people
# 36	Uruguay:	209 per 100,000 people
# 37	Seychelles:	207 per 100,000 people
# 38	Chile:	204 per 100,000 people
# 39	Azerbaijan:	198 per 100,000 people
# 40	Romania:	193 per 100,000 people
# 41	Uzbekistan:	184 per 100,000 people
# 42	Czech Republic:	178 per 100,000 people
= 43	Jamaica:	176 per 100,000 people
= 43	Morocco:	176 per 100,000 people
# 45	Guyana:	175 per 100,000 people
# 46	Israel:	174 per 100,000 people
# 47	Libya:	173 per 100,000 people
# 48	Honduras:	172 per 100,000 people
= 49	Brazil:	169 per 100,000 people
= 49	Mexico:	169 per 100,000 people
= 51	Hungary:	165 per 100,000 people
= 51	Slovakia:	165 per 100,000 people
= 53	Malaysia:	161 per 100,000 people
= 53	Tajikistan:	161 per 100,000 people
# 55	New Zealand:	160 per 100,000 people
# 56	El Salvador:	158 per 100,000 people
# 57	Dominican Republic:	157 per 100,000 people
# 58	Bahrain:	155 per 100,000 people
# 59	Georgia:	148 per 100,000 people
# 60	Lebanon:	146 per 100,000 people
# 61	Spain:	144 per 100,000 people
= 62	Nicaragua:	143 per 100,000 people
= 62	Lesotho:	143 per 100,000 people
= 64	Portugal:	130 per 100,000 people
= 64	Madagascar:	130 per 100,000 people
= 66	Burundi:	129 per 100,000 people
= 66	Cameroon:	129 per 100,000 people
# 68	Bulgaria:	127 per 100,000 people
# 69	Colombia:	126 per 100,000 people
# 70	Zambia:	121 per 100,000 people
# 71	China:	119 per 100,000 people
# 72	Fiji:	117 per 100,000 people
= 73	Australia:	116 per 100,000 people
= 73	Canada:	116 per 100,000 people
= 73	Tanzania:	116 per 100,000 people
# 76	Netherlands:	112 per 100,000 people
= 77	Kenya:	111 per 100,000 people
= 77	Luxembourg:	111 per 100,000 people
= 79	Central African Republic:	110 per 100,000 people
= 79	Saudi Arabia:	110 per 100,000 people
= 79	Algeria:	110 per 100,000 people
# 82	Rwanda:	109 per 100,000 people
# 83	Argentina:	107 per 100,000 people
= 84	Tonga:	106 per 100,000 people
= 84	Jordan:	106 per 100,000 people
= 86	Sri Lanka:	105 per 100,000 people
= 86	Albania:	105 per 100,000 people
# 88	Peru:	104 per 100,000 people
= 89	Bolivia:	102 per 100,000 people
= 89	Kuwait:	102 per 100,000 people
= 91	Italy:	100 per 100,000 people
= 91	Austria:	100 per 100,000 people
# 93	Germany:	96 per 100,000 people
= 94	France:	95 per 100,000 people
= 94	Qatar:	95 per 100,000 people
# 96	Philippines:	94 per 100,000 people
# 97	Syria:	93 per 100,000 people
= 98	Armenia:	92 per 100,000 people
= 98	Turkey:	92 per 100,000 people
# 100	Andorra:	90 per 100,000 people
# 101	Belgium:	88 per 100,000 people
= 102	Yemen:	83 per 100,000 people
= 102	Greece:	83 per 100,000 people
= 104	Oman:	81 per 100,000 people
= 104	Benin:	81 per 100,000 people
# 106	Sao Tome and Principe:	79 per 100,000 people
# 107	Venezuela:	76 per 100,000 people
= 108	Sweden:	75 per 100,000 people
= 108	Paraguay:	75 per 100,000 people
= 110	Switzerland:	72 per 100,000 people
= 110	Malta:	72 per 100,000 people
= 110	Denmark:	72 per 100,000 people
= 113	Vietnam:	71 per 100,000 people
= 113	Finland:	71 per 100,000 people
# 115	Malawi:	70 per 100,000 people
# 116	Guatemala:	68 per 100,000 people
# 117	Papua New Guinea:	66 per 100,000 people
= 118	Croatia:	64 per 100,000 people
= 118	Norway:	64 per 100,000 people
# 120	Djibouti:	61 per 100,000 people
= 121	Slovenia:	59 per 100,000 people
= 121	Pakistan:	59 per 100,000 people
= 121	Ecuador:	59 per 100,000 people
= 124	Tuvalu:	56 per 100,000 people
= 124	Kiribati:	56 per 100,000 people
= 126	Japan:	54 per 100,000 people
= 126	Senegal:	54 per 100,000 people
= 128	Liechtenstein:	53 per 100,000 people
= 128	Haiti:	53 per 100,000 people
# 130	Ghana:	52 per 100,000 people
= 131	Bangladesh:	50 per 100,000 people
= 131	Mozambique:	50 per 100,000 people
= 131	Cyprus:	50 per 100,000 people
= 134	Mauritania:	48 per 100,000 people
= 134	Nauru:	48 per 100,000 people
= 136	Chad:	46 per 100,000 people
= 136	Togo:	46 per 100,000 people
# 138	Cambodia:	45 per 100,000 people
= 139	Marshall Islands:	44 per 100,000 people
= 139	Angola:	44 per 100,000 people
= 139	Vanuatu:	44 per 100,000 people
# 142	Iceland:	40 per 100,000 people
# 143	Monaco:	39 per 100,000 people
= 144	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	38 per 100,000 people
= 144	Indonesia:	38 per 100,000 people
# 146	Guinea:	37 per 100,000 people
= 147	Mali:	34 per 100,000 people
= 147	Micronesia, Federated States of:	34 per 100,000 people
# 149	Nigeria:	33 per 100,000 people
# 150	Gambia, The:	32 per 100,000 people
# 151	Solomon Islands:	31 per 100,000 people
= 152	Nepal:	29 per 100,000 people
= 152	India:	29 per 100,000 people
# 154	Burkina Faso:	23 per 100,000 people
= 155	United Arab Emirates:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Comoros:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Ethiopia:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Uganda:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Egypt:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Sudan:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Cuba:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Turkmenistan:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Niger:	0 per 100,000 people
= 155	Zimbabwe:	0 per 100,000 people