The Scottish Government

Prison population ⁽¹⁾ , rate per 100,000 population by jurisdiction as at 1 September 2003 and percentage change in prison population, 2002-2003

Table 35

Number, Rate per 100,000 population & Percentage

Jurisdiction

Number
1 September 2003

Rate ⁽¹³⁾ per 100,000
population in 2003

Percentage change,
2002-2003

Australia ⁽¹¹⁾

23,555

118

4.7

Austria ⁽⁴⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 93

⁽¹⁵⁾ 6.7

Belgium ⁽³⁾

9,039

87

2.7

Bulgaria

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 120

⁽¹⁵⁾ 5

Canada ⁽¹²⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 102

⁽¹⁵⁾ 1.7

Czech Republic ⁽⁵⁾

17,277

169

6.6

Cyprus

358

50

⁽¹⁶⁾ -3

Denmark

3,522

65

3.5

England & Wales ⁽²⁾

71,324

137

0.2

Estonia ⁽⁶⁾

4,352

321

-8.9

Finland ⁽⁵⁾

3,463

66

-0.2

France ⁽⁷⁾

57,440

93

7.4

Germany ⁽⁸⁾

79,153

96

5.5

Greece

8,418

77

1.6

Hungary ⁽⁵⁾

16,507

163

-7.5

Ireland (Eire)

3,101

79

2.4

Japan ⁽³⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 53

⁽¹⁵⁾ 6.2

Lithuania ⁽⁶⁾

11,070

320

-4.3

Malta

281

71

1.4

Netherlands

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 101

⁽¹⁵⁾ 8.5

New Zealand ⁽⁴⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 146

⁽¹⁵⁾ -2.5

Northern Ireland

1,128

66

9.6

Norway ⁽³⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 61

⁽¹⁵⁾ 4.9

Poland ⁽²⁾

80,692

211

-0.4

Portugal

14,060

135

2.1

Russia ⁽⁵⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 602

⁽¹⁵⁾ -10.9

Scotland ⁽³⁾

6,524

129

1.9

Slovakia

8,829

164

15.1

Slovenia

1,099

55

-2.0

South Africa ⁽³⁾

181,385

403

-2.0

Spain

55,244

132

9.3

Sweden ⁽⁹⁾

6,755

75

3.8

Switzerland ⁽¹⁰⁾

5,266

72

5.6

Turkey

64,051

93

⁽¹⁶⁾ 15.2

USA ⁽¹¹⁾

..

⁽¹⁴⁾ 702

⁽¹⁵⁾ 2.8