| Austria | |
| Number of male inmates | 7,922 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 10,298.6 |
| Belgium | |
| Number of male inmates | 9,872 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 12,833.6 |
| Bulgaria | |
| Number of male inmates | 6,831 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 8,880.3 |
| Croatia | |
| Number of male inmates | 3,343 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 4,345.9 |
| Cyprus | |
| Number of male inmates | 872 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 1,133.6 |
| Czech Republic | |
| Number of male inmates | 17,712 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 23,025.6 |
| Denmark | |
| Number of male inmates | 3,728 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 4,846.4 |
| Estonia | |
| Number of male inmates | 2,245 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 2,918.5 |
| Finland | |
| Number of male inmates | 2,225 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 2,892.5 |
| France | |
| Number of male inmates | 60,616 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 78,800.8 |
| Germany | |
| Number of male inmates | 55,678 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 72,381.4 |
| Greece | |
| Number of male inmates | 10,798 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 14,037.4 |
| Hungary | |
| Number of male inmates | 16,137 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 20,978.10 |
| Ireland | |
| Number of male inmates | 3,576 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 4,648.8 |
| Italy | |
| Number of male inmates | 51,079 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 66,402.7 |
| Latvia | |
| Number of male inmates | 2,781 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 3,615 |
| Lithuania | |
| Number of male inmates | 5,068 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 6,588.4 |
| Luxembourg | |
| Number of male inmates | 528 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 686.4 |
| Malta | |
| Number of male inmates | 763* |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 991.9 |
| Netherlands | |
| Number of male inmates | 8,975 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 11,667.5 |
| Norway | |
| Number of male inmates | 2,875 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 3,737.5 |
| Poland | |
| Number of male inmates | 64,838 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 84,289.4 |
| Portugal | |
| Number of male inmates | 10,676 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 13,878.8 |
| Romania | |
| Number of male inmates | 20,764 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 26,993.2 |
| Slovakia | |
| Number of male inmates | 9,701 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 12,611.30 |
| Slovenia | |
| Number of male inmates | 1,080 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 1,404 |
| Spain | |
| Number of male inmates | 51,132 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 66,471.6 |
| Sweden | |
| Number of male inmates | 6,859 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 8,916.7 |
| Switzerland | |
| Number of male inmates | 5,959 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 7,746.7 |
| UK: England and Wales | |
| Number of male inmates | 75,044 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 97,557.2 |
| UK: Northern Ireland | |
| Number of male inmates | 1,358 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 1,765.4 |
| UK: Scotland | |
| Number of male inmates | 7,137 |
| Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 9,278.1 |
| Total Number of male inmates | 528,172 |
| Total Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father (using 1.3 parenting rate) | 686,623.30 |
Number of male inmates extracted from Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 7.
1.3 parenting rate: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., et al. (2002), L’Histoire familiale des hommes détenus, Paris : INSEE. The study found a parenting rate of 1.3 among male prisoners in France. The above estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned father has been calculated through the multiplication of male prisoners per country by the parenting rate, 1.3.
* Malta, number of male inmates: retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).