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Countries with the largest number of prisoners per 100,000 of the national population, as of January 2024

The United States is home to the largest number of prisoners worldwide. Roughly 1.8 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. at the end of 2023. In China, the estimated prison population totaled to 1.69 million people that year. Other nations had far fewer prisoners.

The largest share of the U.S. prisoners in federal correctional facilities were of African-American origin. As of 2020, there were 345,500 black, non-Hispanic prisoners, compared to 327,300 white, non-hispanic inmates. The U.S. states with the largest number of prisoners in 2022 were Texas, California and Florida.

Over 160,000 prisoners in state facilities were sentenced forremoved or sexual assault, which was the most common cause of imprisonment. Second most common were murder, followed by aggravated or simple assault.

Wrongful Convictions

Thousands of people have been wrongly convicted across the country in a system defined by official indifference to innocence and error.

3,175+ Exonerations since 1989 in the National Registry of Exonerations.

375 people exonerated through DNA evidence since 1989.

27,200+ years exonerated people spent in prison for crimes they did not commit.

Only 44% of the 95 conviction integrity units in the U.S. have recorded exonerations.

Incarceration rates and counts

	Location	Rate	Counts
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6	United States	531	1,767,200
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127	China	119	1,690,000
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