| Country | Total number of inmates (including pre-trial detainees) 01.01.2024 | Total capacity of penal institutions 01.01.2024 | Prison density per 100 places, 01.01.2024 | Prison Population Rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 01.01.2024 |
| Albania | 5185 | 5727 | 90.5 | 185.7 |
| Andorra | 51 | 148 | 34.5 | 59.9 |
| Armenia | 2469 | 4491 | 55.0 | 82.5 |
| Austria | 9085 | 8476 | 107.2 | 99.2 |
| Azerbaijan | | | | |
| Belgium | 11631 | 10600 | 109.7 | 98.3 |
| BH: BiH (state level) | 288 | 350 | 82.3 | |
| BH: BiH (Total) | | | | |
| BH: Fed. BiH | 1688 | 2044 | 82.6 | |
| BH: Rep. Srpska | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 6378 | 9 282 | 68.7 | 99.0 |
| Croatia | 4445 | 3953 | 112.4 | 115.1 |
| Cyprus | 966 | 620 | 155.8 | 103.5 |
| Czechia | 19569 | 20301 | 96.4 | 179.5 |
| Denmark | 4083 | 4109 | 99.4 | 68.5 |
| Estonia | 1841 | 3278 | 56.2 | 133.9 |
| Finland | | | | 0.0 |
| France | 74618 | 60640 | 123.1 | 109.1 |
| Georgia | 9868 | 12356 | 79.9 | 259.2 |
| Germany | 57955 | 72377 | 80.1 | 69.5 |
| Greece | 10242 | 10763 | 95.2 | 98.5 |
| Hungary | 17915 | 17998 | 99.5 | 186.9 |
| Iceland | 140 | 160 | 87.5 | 35.1 |
| Ireland | 4696 | 4514 | 104.0 | 87.9 |
| Italy | 60166 | 51179 | 117.6 | 102.0 |
| Latvia | 3271 | 4822 | 67.8 | 174.7 |
| Liechtenstein | 14 | 20 | 70.0 | 35.0 |
| Lithuania | 4551 | 6711 | 67.8 | 157.7 |
| Luxembourg | 600 | 995 | 60.3 | 89.3 |
| Malta | 671 | 733 | 91.5 | 119.1 |
| Moldova | 5695 | 6735 | 84.6 | 235.0 |
| Monaco | 31 | 89 | 34.8 | 80.2 |
| Montenegro | 1046 | 1333 | 78.5 | 163.8 |
| Netherlands | 9669 | 12070 | 80.1 | 53.9 |
| North Macedonia | 2555 | 2573 | 99.3 | 139.9 |
| Norway | 2855 | 3708 | 77.0 | 51.4 |
| Poland | 74548 | 85429 | 87.3 | 203.6 |
| Portugal | 12015 | 12627 | 95.2 | 112.9 |
| Romania | 23650 | 20526 | 115.2 | 124.1 |
| San Marino | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3.0 |
| Serbia | 11701 | 11957 | 97.9 | 177.1 |
| Slovak Republic | 9733 | 11558 | 84.2 | 179.4 |
| Slovenia | 1706 | 1346 | 126.7 | 80.3 |
| Spain (Total) | 56698 | 77189 | 73.5 | 116.6 |
| Spain (State Administration) | 48670 | 64663 | 75.3 | 119.9 |
| Spain (Catalonia | 8028 | 12526 | 64.1 | 100.1 |
| Sweden | 10175 | 9190 | 110.7 | 96.4 |
| Switzerland | 6881 | 7251 | 94.9 | 76.8 |
| Republic of Türkiye | 292282 | 295992 | 98.7 | 342.4 |
| Ukraine | 44024 | 78763 | 55.9 | 116.3 |
| UK: England & Wales | 87489 | 88987 | 98.3 | 145.0 |
| UK: Northern Ireland | 1828 | 2120 | 86.2 | 94.2 |
| UK: Scotland | 7845 | 7773 | 100.9 | 140.5 |
Comments:
Albania
- Total number of inmates: For year 2023, the number of the recidivists is 890.
- Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Andorra
- Capacity: Of the maximum 148 places, the places recommended by the CPT are 110.
Belgium
- Total number of inmates: January 1st generally has a significantly lower prison population due to a large amount of penitentiary leaves between 31 December and 1 January.
Bosnia Herzegovina (state level)
- Total number of inmates: This number icludes 215 prisoners, and 73 detainees,
- Capacity: According to the state numbers, the capacity of the prison is 300 prison and 50 detention places.
Fed. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Total number of inmates: This number includes 1328 sentenced prisoners and 360 remand prisoners.
- Capacity: Capacity of institutions was 1759 for convicted persons and 294 for detained persons.
Croatia
- Capacity: This figure do not include the capacities of educational institutions comprising 120 places.
Czechia
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
France
- Total number of inmates: These figures do not include overseas territories.
- Capacity: These figures do not include overseas territories.
Georgia
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
– Total number of inmates was 9 868 of which 1 783 were accused and 8 085 were convicts.
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
- Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024.
Germany
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
– Source: Federal Statistical Office (ed.), Bestand der Gefangenen und Verwahrten in den deutschen Justizvollzugsanstalten nach ihrer Unterbringung auf Haftplätzen des geschlossenen und offenen Vollzugs.
Hungary
- Total number of inmates: In addition to this figure, there were 117 temporarily admitted detainees, and 331 persons were in reintegration custody.
Iceland
- Capacity: 22 cells were not in use due to renovation.
Italy
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
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The total number of places of the Italian prison system is calculated on the basis of a Decree of the Ministry of Health of 1975 relevant to civil houses; the parameters of said Ministerial Decree were wholly adopted by the Penitentiary Administration: in particular, the surface foreseen for a single room is 9 square meters, plus 5 square meters for each further bed in multiple occupancy rooms.
Latvia
- Total number of inmates: On 1 January 2024 there were 3271 inmates, including 2497 sentenced persons and 774 pre – trial detainees.
Monaco
- Capacity: The total number of cells is 36.
- Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Netherlands
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
– This figure includes 1617 different types of reserve places. The operational capacity is 10453.
San Marino
- Total number of inmates: Only 1 inmate was in precautionary custody.
- Capacity: Following the renovation and modernization works of this penitentiary structure, as of 1 January 2024 the capacity of the institution was equal to 2 cells out of a total of 8 cells, as the first phase of the renovation work on the first floor, in which 6 cells are located, was underway.
- Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
Serbia
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 January 2023.
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 January 2023.
Türkiye
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 2 January 2023.
- Capacity: Reference date is 31 December 2022.
Spain (Catalonia)
- Total number of inmates: This year, the figure takes into account places for inmates who are in different semi-liberty modalities.
- Population: Data recovered from https://www.idescat.cat/indicadors/?id=aec&n=15223&lang=en
Sweden
- Total number of inmates: The reported number is preliminary
- Capacity: The reported capacity represents core (ordinary) capacity. Transport placings and seclusion, for example, are not included in these numbers.
Türkiye
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 2 January 2024.
Sweden
- Population: Data recovered from https://worldpopulationreview.com on 19 august 2024
UK: England & Wales
- Total number of inmates: Reference date is 31 December 2023.
- Capacity: The figure represents the Useable Operational Capacity as at Friday 29 December 2023, published here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/658e98b680a3bb000d9d05c8/prison_pop_report_29_dec.ods
- Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/wales-population/ and https://www.ukpopulation.org/england-population/
Northern Ireland
- Total number of inmates: The data included in this total from the Northern Ireland Prison Service is currently under review.
- Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/northern-ireland-population/
Scotland
- Population: Prevision for 1st July of 2024 found on https://www.ukpopulation.org/scotland-population/
