List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers
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The following list compares the size of national police forces and police per head. In 2006, an analysis by the United Nations indicates an approximate median of 300 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants.[1] Only nine countries disclosed values lower than 100 officers per 100,000 inhabitants.[1] The highest median of police officers – around 400 – was observed in West Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe.[1] The median of police officers per population remained stable between 2002-2006, after an increase between 1995 and 2002.[1]
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There is an error in the math on this page for the US; if you take 1,22 million / 3,000 = 406.8. The 3,000 is for 300 hundred million / 100,000.
Country or Dependency | Size | Year | Police per 100,000 people |
---|---|---|---|
Algeria | 160,000[2] | 2009 | 413 |
Afghanistan | 122,000[3] | 2012 | 401 |
American Samoa (United States) | 200[4] | 2012 | 360 |
Andorra | 237[5] | 2012 | 278 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 600[6] | 2012 | 733 |
Argentina | 206,125 | 2000 | 558[7] |
Australia | 49,242[8] | 2009 | 217 |
Austria | 27,500[9] | 2012 | 326 |
Bahamas | 3,000[10] | 2012 | 848 |
Bangladesh | 155,800[11] | 2015 | 96 |
Barbados | 1,394[12] | 2013 | 497 |
Belarus | 139,340 | 2010 | 1,442[13] |
Belgium | 46,784[8] | 2012 | 421 |
Belize | 1,300[14] | 2012 | 415 |
Bermuda (United Kingdom) | 469[15] | 2012 | 729 |
Botswana | 8,500[16] | 2012 | 418 |
Brazil | 424,162 | 2014 | 211[17] |
Brunei | 4,400[18] | 2012 | 1,076 |
Bulgaria | 49,692[8] | 2015 | 678 |
Cambodia | 64,000[19] | 2012 | 428 |
Canada | 67,425[8] | 2009 | 202 |
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) | 343[20] | 2012 | 625 |
Chile | 30,300[21] | 2012 | 282 |
China | 1,600,000[22] | 2007 | 120 |
Colombia | 150,000[23] | 2012 | 323 |
Comoros | 500[24] | 2012 | 66 |
Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 100[4] | 2012 | 500 |
Costa Rica | 14,500[25] | 2012 | 337 |
Croatia | 20,000[26] | 2012 | 466 |
Cyprus1 | 5,263[8] | 2012 | 610 |
Czech Republic | 40,500[27] | 2012 | 385 |
Denmark | 11,000[28] | 2015 | 193 |
Dominica | 506[29] | 2013 | 709 |
Dominican Republic | 32,000[30] | 2012 | 376 |
Ecuador | 40,000[31] | 2012 | 262 |
El Salvador | 21,900[32] | 2012 | 360 |
/ England and Wales (United Kingdom) | 129,584[33] | 2013 | 227 |
Estonia | 4,424[8] | 2012 | 333 |
Finland | 7,800[34] | 2012 | 143 |
Fiji | 1,970[4] | 2012 | 232 |
France2 | 220,000[35] | 2012 | 356 |
French Polynesia (France) | 220[4] | 2012 | 82 |
Gambia | 5,000[36] | 2012 | 280 |
Ghana | 23,000[37] | 2012 | 94 |
Greece | 54,657[8] | 2012 | 491 |
Grenada | 900[38] | 2012 | 818 |
Germany | 243,625[8] | 2010 | 296 |
Guinea | 10,000[39] | 2012 | 100 |
Haiti | 12,000[40] | 2012 | 118 |
Hong Kong (China) | 27,117[41] | 2007 | 393 |
Hungary | 33,487[8] | 2009 | 333 |
Iceland | 667[8] | 2009 | 211 |
India | 1,585,353[42] | 2013 | 123 |
Indonesia | 579,000[43] | 2012 | 243 |
Iran | 60,000[44] | 2012 | 80 |
Ireland | 12,000[45] | 2012 | 261 |
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) | 236[46] | 2013 | 279 |
Israel | 27,000[47] | 2012 | 339 |
Italy | 276,750[8] | 2012 | 465 |
Jamaica | 8,600[48] | 2012 | 297 |
Japan | 251,939[8] | 2006 | 197 |
Jordan | 25,000[49] | 2012 | 404 |
Kenya | 35,000[50] | 2012 | 81 |
Kiribati | 458[4] | 2012 | 442 |
Kuwait | 18,000[51] | 2012 | 504 |
Latvia | 7,000[52] | 2012 | 195 |
Lesotho | 2,404[53] | 2012 | 116 |
Liechtenstein3 | 91[54] | 2012 | 249 |
Liberia | 4,100[55] | 2012 | 108 |
Lithuania | 10,957[8] | 2012 | 319 |
Luxembourg | 1,603[8] | 2009 | 331 |
Macau (China) | 4,101[56] | 2012 | 737 |
Macedonia | 9,905[8] | 2008 | 484 |
Malaysia | 102,000[57] | 2012 | 370 |
Mali | 7,000[58] | 2012 | 48 |
Malta | 1,902[8] | 2012 | 455 |
Marshall Islands | 130[4] | 2012 | 191 |
Mexico | 393,084 | 2009 | 366[59] |
Monaco | 500[60] | 2012 | 1,374 |
Montenegro | 4,210[8] | 2012 | 677 |
Montserrat (United Kingdom) | 76[61] | 2012 | 1,471 |
Micronesia | 500[4] | 2012 | 454 |
Myanmar | 93,000[62] | 2012 | 154 |
Nauru | 80[63] | 2012 | 800 |
Nepal | 60,000[64] | 2012 | 225 |
Netherlands | 55,000[65] | 2012 | 328 |
New Caledonia (France) | 268[4] | 2012 | 106 |
New Zealand | 11,000[66] | 2012 | 247 |
Niger | 8,700[67] | 2012 | 58 |
Nigeria | 350,000[68] | 2012 | 205 |
Niue (New Zealand) | 16[4] | 2012 | 800 |
Northern Cyprus | 1,937[69] | 2014 | 676 |
Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) | 6,813[70] | 2015 | 376 |
Norway | 11,000[71] | 2012 | 222 |
Palau | 75[4] | 2012 | 375 |
Panama | 12,000[72][73] | 2012 | 333 |
Pakistan | 354,221[74] | 2011 | 207 |
Papua New Guinea | 5,311[4] | 2012 | 105 |
Peru | 104,000[8] | 2009 | 352 |
Philippines | 160,000[75] | 2015 | 157 |
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) | 1[76] | 2012 | 1,785 |
Poland | 100,000[77] | 2012 | 261 |
Portugal | 46,083[8] | 2012 | 437 |
Romania | 60,000[78] | 2014 | 300 |
Russia | 782,001 | 2013 | 546 |
Saint Barthélemy (France) | 11[79] | 2012 | 137 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha4 (United Kingdom) | 69[80] | 2012 | 939 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 450[81] | 2012 | 899 |
Saint Lucia | 947[82] | 2012 | 557 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 691[83] | 2012 | 633 |
San Marino5 | 160[84][85][86] | 2012 | 500 |
Scotland (United Kingdom) | 17,296[87] | 2014 | 326 |
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 370[88] | 2012 | 528 |
Samoa | 500[89] | 2012 | 257 |
Serbia | 45,000[90] | 2012 | 631 |
Singapore | 40,000[91] | 2012 | 752 |
Slovakia | 24,230[8] | 2012 | 448 |
Slovenia | 7,371[8] | 2012 | 358 |
Solomon Islands | 1,442[4] | 2012 | 301 |
Somalia | 35,000[92] | 2012 | 198 |
South Africa | 156,489[93] | 2012 | 317 |
South Korea | 93,600[13] | 2004 | 195 |
South Sudan | 52,000[94] | 2012 | 629 |
Sri Lanka | 89,000[95] | 2012 | 438 |
Spain | 249,907[8] | 2012 | 533 |
Swaziland | 4,164[96] | 2012 | 351 |
Sweden | 19,144[8] | 2009 | 208 |
Switzerland | 17,630[8] | 2012 | 221 |
Thailand | 230,000[97] | 2012 | 344 |
Turkey | 412,624[8] | 2012 | 538 |
Tonga | 418[4] | 2012 | 413 |
Togo | 4,000[98] | 2012 | 72 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 6,500[99] | 2012 | 529 |
Tuvalu | 72[4] | 2012 | 720 |
Ukraine | 152,000[100] | 2014 | 343 |
United States | 1,220,545[101][102] | 2008 | 379 |
Uruguay | 17,997[103] | 2013 | 542 |
Vanuatu6 | 575[4] | 2012 | 277 |
Vatican City | 130[104] | 2012 | 15,550 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) | 20[4] | 2012 | 136 |
Zimbabwe | 50,000[105] | 2007 | 401 |
- 1: Excluding zones not under the control of the Republic of Cyprus.
- 2: Only includes metropolitan France.
- 3: Does not include the Security Corps, an auxiliary force.
- 4: Does not include Tristan da Cunha.
- 5: Includes the Civil Police (traffic), the Gendarmerie (criminal), and the Fortress Guard (customs).
- 6: Includes both the Vanuatu Police Force, and the paramilitary wing, the Vanuatu Mobile Force.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice — page 19
- ↑ Algeria General Directorate of National Security
- ↑ Afghanistan / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Citation from the GunPolicy.org literature library
- ↑ UN Report - Andorra
- ↑ Antigua & Barbuda / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Understanding High Crime Rates in Latin America: The Role of Social and Policy Factors — Table 9
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Austria / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Bahamas / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Bangladesh / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Barbados Police Report
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 International Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice — page 135
- ↑ Belize / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Bermuda Police Service Update | Bermuda Progressive Labour Party (PLP)
- ↑ Botswana / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Brunei / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Cambodia / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ About Us
- ↑ Chile / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ China to Unify Police Identity Card from Jan. 1 Xinhua News Agency January 1, 2007
- ↑ Columbia > Police Reform in Latin America
- ↑ About Comoros > U.S. State Department
- ↑ History, Organization, Budget, and Issues
- ↑ Croatia / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Czech Republic / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Departments of the Ministry of National Security, Immigration and Labour
- ↑ Dominican Republic / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Ecuador / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ PNC se acerca al número ideal de agentes
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Finland / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ France / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Gambia / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Ghana / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Who We Are
- ↑ Guinea / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Special Report
- ↑ Singapore has fewer policemen per 100,000 people but lower crime rate than some cities - Channel NewsAsia
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Iran Security Forces Report
- ↑ Ireland / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Isle Of Man Constabulary Homepage
- ↑ Israel / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Jamaica / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Jordan - Government - The Armed Forces
- ↑ Kenya / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Gordon Rottman: Armies of the Gulf War (Osprey Military, London UK, 1993) p 31
- ↑ Latvia / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Lesotho Country Profile
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Liberia / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Annual Report
- ↑ Malaysia / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Mali / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Monaco / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Review of The Royal Montserrat Police Service 30 April-11 May 2012
- ↑ Myanmar / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Introducing Nauru's big blue line | thetelegraph.com.au
- ↑ Nepal / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Netherlands / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ New Zealand / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Niger / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Norway / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ IISS_2012_397
- ↑ IISS_2012_398
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Dynamic Drive
- ↑ Poland / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Romania / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ About Us - Police Territoriale
- ↑ About Us > National Police
- ↑ St Kitts & Nevis / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Royal Saint Lucia Police Force
- ↑ Comparative Criminology | North America - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- ↑ Yearly Gendarmerie Photo
- ↑ Public Security Forces > Civil Police
- ↑ Military units of San Marino > Fortress Guard
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sint Maarten / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Samoa / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Serbia / Europe / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Singapore / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Somalia - Security Background
- ↑ SAPS Police - Population Ratio Page
- ↑ UN Report
- ↑ Sri Lanka / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Annul Report
- ↑ Thailand / Asia & South Pacific / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Togo / Africa / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Trinidad & Tobago / Americas / Member countries / Internet / Home - INTERPOL
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008
- ↑ Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 2008
- ↑ Un policía cada 241 personas en capital - El País
- ↑ Gendarme Corps
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