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Table 31
Prison population
(1) , rate per 100,000 population by
jurisdiction as at 1 September 2004 and percentage
change in prison population, 2003-2004
Number, Rate per 100,000 population &
Percentage
Jurisdiction | Number
1 September 2004 | Rate
(14) per 100,000
population in 2004 | Percentage change,
2003-2004 |
|---|
Australia
(12) | 24,171 | 122 | 2.6 |
|---|
Austria | 9,000 | 110 | 15.1 |
|---|
Belgium
(5) | 9,249 | 89 | 2.3 |
|---|
Bulgaria | .. | (16) 130 | (15) 6.7 |
|---|
Canada
(13) | .. | (16) 115 | (15) 13.7 |
|---|
Czech Republic
(6) | 18,343 | 180 | 6.2 |
|---|
Cyprus | 395 | 53 | 10.3 |
|---|
Denmark | .. | (16) 65 | (15) 3.5 |
|---|
England & Wales
(2) | 75,038 | 142 | 5.2 |
|---|
Estonia
(6) | 4,575 | 339 | 5.1 |
|---|
Finland
(7) | 3,535 | 68 | 2.1 |
|---|
France
(8) | .. | (16) 92 | (15) 7.4 |
|---|
Germany | 79,329 | 96 | 0.2 |
|---|
Greece | .. | (16) 77 | (15) 1.6 |
|---|
Hungary
(6) | 16,434 | 162 | -0.4 |
|---|
Ireland (Eire) | .. | (16) 79 | (15) 2.4 |
|---|
Italy
(6) | 56,068 | 96 | -1.4 |
|---|
Japan
(3) | 75,289 | 59 | 4.7 |
|---|
Lithuania
(7) | 8,063 | 234 | -27.2 |
|---|
Malta | .. | (16) 70 | (15) 1.4 |
|---|
Netherlands | 20,910 | 128 | 14.8 |
|---|
New Zealand
(4) | .. | (16) 149 | (15) 5.6 |
|---|
Northern Ireland | 1,219 | 72 | 8.1 |
|---|
Norway
(3) | .. | (17) 65 | (18) 4.0 |
|---|
Poland
(2) | 79,344 | 208 | -1.7 |
|---|
Portugal | .. | (16) 135 | (15) 2.1 |
|---|
Russian Federation
(5) | 763,054 | 529 | -9.9 |
|---|
Scotland | 6,876 | 135 | 3.7 |
|---|
Slovakia | 9,422 | 175 | 6.7 |
|---|
Slovenia | .. | (16) 55 | (15) -2.0 |
|---|
South Africa
(13) | .. | (16) 389 | (15) -2.0 |
|---|
Spain
(9) | 58,087 | 134 | 5.1 |
|---|
Sweden
(10) | .. | (16) 75 | (15) 3.8 |
|---|
Switzerland
(11) | 6,021 | 81 | 14.3 |
|---|
Turkey | .. | (16) 93 | (15) 8.2 |
|---|
USA
(12) | 2,131,180 | 726 | 2.3 |
|---|
(1) At 1 September: number of prisoners including
pre-trial detainees.
(2) At 31 August.
(3) Average daily population.
(4) Annual averages.
(5) At 1 March.
(6) At 31 December.
(7) At 1 January.
(8) Metropolitan and overseas departments.
(9) At 30 July.
(10)At 1 October.
(11)At 4 September.
(12)At 30 June.
(13)Average daily count by financial year (e.g. 2003
= 1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004).
(14)Based on estimates of national population.
(15) Percentage change 2002-2003.
(16) In 2003
(17) In 2002
(18) Percentage change 2001-2002.
.. Data not available.
Source: Home Office. 22 July 2005.
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