Prison population in European Union countries, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners.
| Countries | Total prison population |
| Austria | 8,465 |
| Belgium | 10,379 |
| Bulgaria | 7,049 |
| Croatia | 3,531 |
| Cyprus | 600 |
| Czech Republic | 19,286 |
| Denmark | 3,902 |
| Estonia | 2,341 |
| Finland | 2,395 |
| France | 62,673 |
| Germany | 59,045 |
| Greece | 11,334 |
| Hungary | 17,483 |
| Ireland | 3,724 |
| Italy | 53,329 |
| Latvia | 3,038 |
| Lithuania | 5,320 |
| Luxembourg | 557 |
| Malta | 821* |
| Netherlands | 9,415 |
| Norway | 3,053 |
| Poland | 67,894 |
| Portugal | 11,412 |
| Romania | 21,774 |
| Slovakia | 10,489 |
| Slovenia | 1,136 |
| Spain | 55,110 |
| Sweden | 7,297 |
| Switzerland | 6,316 |
| UK: England and Wales | 78,180 |
| UK: Northern Ireland | 1,414 |
| UK: Scotland | 7,441 |
| Total | 556,203 |
Source: 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.
*Malta, total prison population: retrieved from World Prison Brief (reference date: February 2021).