The following list compares the size of 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 and 2006, after an increase between 1995 and 2002. [1]
Country or dependency | Active force | Rate (per 100k population) | Year |
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Algeria * | 160,000 | 396 | [2] 2009 |
Albania * | 9,900 | 326 | [3] 2013 |
American Samoa * (US) | 200 | 350 | [4] 2012 |
Andorra * | 237 | 304 | [5] 2012 |
Antigua and Barbuda * | 600 | 695 | [6] 2012 |
Argentina * | 350,000 | 798 | [7] 2015 |
Armenia * | 13,500 | 456 | [8] 2018 |
Australia * | 65,000 | 264 | [9] 2022 |
Austria * | 29,900 | 335 | [10] 2020 |
Bahamas | 3,000 | 794 | [11] 2012 |
Bangladesh * | 210,000 | 127 | [12] 2018 |
Barbados * | 1,394 | 489 | [13] 2013 |
Belarus * | 30,970 | 331 | [14] 2010 |
Belgium * | 37,840 | 334 | [15] 2017 |
Belize * | 1,300 | 346 | [16] 2012 |
Bermuda * (UK) | 469 | 757 | [17] 2012 |
Botswana * | 8,500 | 381 | [18] 2012 |
Brazil * | 500,000 | 242 | [19] 2014 |
Brunei * | 4,400 | 1,068 | [20] 2012 |
Bulgaria * | 24,283 | 339 | [21] 2015 |
Cambodia * | 64,000 | 410 | [22] 2012 |
Canada * | 67,425 | 184 | [23] 2017 |
Cayman Islands * (UK) | 343 | 568 | [24] 2012 |
Chile * | 30,300 | 167 | [25] 2012 |
China * | 3,600,000 | 258 | [26] 2018 |
Colombia * | 150,000 | 307 | [27] 2012 |
Comoros | 500 | 62 | [28] 2012 |
Cook Islands * (NZ) | 100 | 552 | [4] 2012 |
Costa Rica * | 14,500 | 297 | [29] 2012 |
Croatia * | 20,004 | 514 | [30] 2020 |
Cyprus * [a] | 3,000 | 338 | 2020 |
Czech Republic * | 40,152 | 378 | [31] 2018 |
Denmark * | 11,225 | 196 | [32] 2020 |
Dominica | 506 | 710 | [33] 2013 |
Dominican Republic * | 32,000 | 318 | [34] 2012 |
Ecuador * | 40,000 | 241 | [35] 2012 |
El Salvador * | 21,900 | 336 | [36] 2012 |
England and Wales * (UK) | 135,301 | 227 | [37] 2021 |
Estonia * | 4,424 | 336 | [38] 2012 |
Finland * | 7,300 | 132 | [39] 2020 |
Fiji * | 1,970 | 227 | [4] 2012 |
France * | 282,612 | 422 | [40] [41] 2020 |
French Polynesia (France) | 220 | 81 | [4] 2012 |
Gambia * | 5,000 | 266 | [42] 2012 |
Ghana * | 23,000 | 83 | [43] 2012 |
Greece * | 55,000 | 507 | [44] 2018 |
Grenada * | 900 | 871 | [45] 2012 |
Germany * | 289,900 | 349 | [38] 2021 |
Guinea | 10,000 | 77 | [46] 2012 |
Haiti * | 12,000 | 108 | [47] 2012 |
Hong Kong * (China) | 40,000 | 533 | [48] 2020 |
Hungary * | 36,104 | 367 | 2015 |
Iceland * | 653 | 196 | [49] 2016 |
India * | 2,000,000 | 145 | [50] 2020 |
Indonesia * | 630,000 | 242 | [51] 2012 |
Iran * | 635,000 | 797 | [52] 2012 |
Ireland * | 14,695 | 293 | [53] 2022 |
Isle of Man * (UK) | 236 | 279 | [54] 2013 |
Israel * | 24,000 | 289 | [55] 2015 |
Italy * | 276,750 | 456 | 2012 |
Jamaica * | 8,600 | 316 | [56] 2012 |
Japan * | 322,000 | 255 | 2017 |
Jordan * | 25,000 | 256 | [57] 2012 |
Kenya * | 95,000 | 204 | [58] [59] 2017 |
Kiribati * | 458 | 404 | [4] 2012 |
Kosovo * | 9,000 | 460 | 2018 |
Kuwait * | 18,000 | 430 | [60] 2012 |
Latvia * | 7,000 | 358 | [61] 2012 |
Lesotho | 2,404 | 125 | [62] 2012 |
Liechtenstein * [b] | 131 | 329 | [63] 2022 |
Liberia * | 4,100 | 101 | [64] 2012 |
Lithuania * | 7,007 | 250 | [65] 2021 |
Luxembourg * | 1,812 | 307 | [66] 2017 |
Macau * (China) | 6,000 | 920 | [67] 2012 |
North Macedonia * | 11,688 | 564 | [68] 2017 |
Malaysia * | 102,000 | 321 | [69] 2012 |
Mali * | 7,000 | 38 | [70] 2012 |
Malta * | 1,902 | 443 | 2012 |
Marshall Islands * | 130 | 237 | [4] 2012 |
Mauritius * | 12,475 | 987 | [4] 2013 |
Mexico * | 580,000 | 495 | 2012 |
Monaco * | 500 | 1,302 | [71] 2012 |
Montenegro * | 4,210 | 677 | 2012 |
Montserrat (UK) | 76 | 1,544 | [72] 2012 |
Micronesia * | 500 | 486 | [4] 2012 |
Myanmar * | 93,000 | 170 | [73] 2012 |
Nauru * | 80 | 793 | [74] 2012 |
Nepal * | 79,538 | 272 | [75] 2021 |
Netherlands * | 50,400 | 295 | [76] 2018 |
New Caledonia (France) | 268 | 100 | [4] 2012 |
New Zealand * | 14,899 | 289 | [77] 2022 |
Niger * | 8,700 | 42 | [78] 2012 |
Nigeria * | 350,000 | 187 | [79] 2012 |
Niue (NZ) | 16 | 1,088 | [4] 2012 |
Northern Ireland * (UK) | 6,813 | 362 | [80] 2015 |
Norway * | 10,170 | 189 | [81] 2019 |
Palau * | 75 | 418 | [4] 2012 |
Palestine * | 85,000 | 1,529 | [82] 2005 |
Panama * | 12,000 | 315 | [83] [84] 2012 |
Pakistan * | 354,221 | 182 | [85] 2011 |
Papua New Guinea * | 5,311 | 65 | [4] 2012 |
Peru * | 104,000 | 330 | 2009 |
Philippines * | 220,000 | 208 | [86] 2019 |
Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 2 | 3,509 | 2015 |
Poland * | 100,000 | 259 | [87] 2012 |
Portugal * | 46,083 | 446 | 2012 |
Romania * | 60,000 | 304 | [88] 2014 |
Russia * | 1,000,000 | 681 | [89] 2016 |
Saint Barthélemy (France) | 11 | 117 | [90] 2012 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [c] (UK) | 69 | 924 | [91] 2012 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis * | 450 | 974 | [92] 2012 |
Saint Lucia * | 947 | 509 | [93] 2012 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | 691 | 628 | [94] 2012 |
San Marino * [d] | 160 | 485 | [95] [96] [97] 2012 |
Scotland * (UK) | 17,296 | 318 | [98] 2014 |
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 370 | 967 | [99] 2012 |
Samoa * | 1,027 | 527 | [100] 2023 |
Serbia * | 45,000 | 636 | [101] 2012 |
Singapore * | 11,981 | 200 | [102] 2022 |
Slovakia * | 21,734 | 398 | [103] 2019 |
Slovenia * | 7,170 | 340 | [104] 2017 |
Solomon Islands * | 1,442 | 225 | [4] 2012 |
Somalia * | 5,532 | 43 | [105] 2012 |
South Africa * | 193,000 | 345 | [106] 2019 |
South Korea * | 300,000 | 580 | [107] 2017 |
South Sudan * | 52,000 | 429 | [108] 2012 |
Sri Lanka * | 89,000 | 424 | [109] 2012 |
Spain * | 249,907 | 534 | 2012 |
Eswatini * | 4,164 | 368 | [110] 2012 |
Sweden * | 20,423 | 198 | [38] [111] 2019 |
Switzerland * | 17,630 | 211 | 2012 |
Taiwan * | 64,816 | 273 | [112] 2019 |
Thailand * | 230,000 | 338 | [113] 2012 |
Turkey * | 484,000 | 615 | 2012 |
Tonga | 418 | 414 | [4] 2012 |
Togo * | 4,000 | 56 | [114] 2012 |
Trinidad and Tobago * | 6,500 | 482 | [115] 2012 |
Tunisia | 15,000 | 131 | [116] 2017 |
Tuvalu * | 72 | 677 | [4] 2012 |
Ukraine * | 152,000 | 356 | [117] 2014 |
United States * | 697,000 | 242 | [118] 2019 |
Uruguay * | 30,000 | 862 | [119] 2015 |
Vanuatu * [e] | 575 | 207 | [4] 2012 |
Vatican City * | 130 | 15,439 | [120] 2012 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) | 20 | 170 | [4] 2012 |
Zimbabwe * | 50,000 | 351 | [121] 2007 |
Gibraltar (UK) | 280 | 856 | [122] 2022 |
British Virgin Islands (UK) | 253 | 796 | 2018 |
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