List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers

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
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 *	436,432	158	[51] 2022
Iran *	215,000	250	[52] [53] 2024
Ireland *	14,695	293	[54] 2022
Isle of Man * (UK)	236	279	[55] 2013
Israel *	24,000	289	[56] 2015
Italy *	276,750	456	2012
Jamaica *	8,600	316	[57] 2012
Japan *	322,000	255	2017
Jordan *	25,000	256	[58] 2012
Kenya *	95,000	204	[59] [60] 2017
Kiribati *	458	404	[4] 2012
Kosovo *	9,000	460	2018
Kuwait *	18,000	430	[61] 2012
Latvia *	7,000	358	[62] 2012
Lesotho	2,404	125	[63] 2012
Liechtenstein * [b]	131	329	[64] 2022
Liberia *	4,100	101	[65] 2012
Lithuania *	7,007	250	[66] 2021
Luxembourg *	1,812	307	[67] 2017
Macau * (China)	6,000	920	[68] 2012
North Macedonia *	11,688	564	[69] 2017
Malaysia *	102,000	321	[70] 2012
Mali *	7,000	38	[71] 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	[72] 2012
Montenegro *	4,210	677	2012
Montserrat (UK)	76	1,544	[73] 2012
Micronesia *	500	486	[4] 2012
Myanmar *	93,000	170	[74] 2012
Nauru *	80	793	[75] 2012
Nepal *	79,538	272	[76] 2021
Netherlands *	50,400	295	[77] 2018
New Caledonia (France)	268	100	[4] 2012
New Zealand *	14,899	289	[78] 2022
Niger *	8,700	42	[79] 2012
Nigeria *	350,000	187	[80] 2012
Niue (NZ)	16	1,088	[4] 2012
Northern Ireland * (UK)	6,813	362	[81] 2015
Norway *	10,170	189	[82] 2019
Palau *	75	418	[4] 2012
Palestine	85,000	1,506	[83] 2005
Panama *	12,000	315	[84] [85] 2012
Pakistan *	354,221	182	[86] 2011
Papua New Guinea *	5,311	65	[4] 2012
Peru *	104,000	330	2009
Philippines *	220,000	208	[87] 2019
Pitcairn Islands (UK)	2	3,509	2015
Poland *	100,000	259	[88] 2012
Portugal *	46,083	446	2012
Romania *	60,000	304	[89] 2014
Russia *	770,000	525	[90] 2016
Saint Barthélemy (France)	11	117	[91] 2012
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [c] (UK)	69	924	[92] 2012
Saint Kitts and Nevis *	450	974	[93] 2012
Saint Lucia *	947	509	[94] 2012
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	691	628	[95] 2012
San Marino * [d]	160	485	[96] [97] [98] 2012
Scotland * (UK)	17,296	318	[99] 2014
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	370	967	[100] 2012
Samoa *	1,027	527	[101] 2023
Serbia *	45,000	636	[102] 2012
Singapore *	10,500	174	[103] 2025
Slovakia *	21,734	398	[104] 2019
Slovenia *	7,170	340	[105] 2017
Solomon Islands *	1,442	225	[4] 2012
Somalia *	5,532	43	[106] 2012
South Africa *	193,000	345	[107] 2019
South Korea *	300,000	580	[108] 2017
South Sudan *	52,000	429	[109] 2012
Sri Lanka *	89,000	424	[110] 2012
Spain *	249,907	534	2012
Eswatini *	4,164	368	[111] 2012
Sweden *	20,423	198	[38] [112] 2019
Switzerland *	17,630	211	2012
Taiwan *	64,816	273	[113] 2019
Thailand *	230,000	338	[114] 2012
Turkey *	484,000	615	2012
Tonga	418	414	[4] 2012
Togo *	4,000	56	[115] 2012
Trinidad and Tobago *	6,500	482	[116] 2012
Tunisia	15,000	131	[117] 2017
Tuvalu *	72	677	[4] 2012
Ukraine *	152,000	356	[118] 2014
United States *	697,195	242	[119] 2019
Uruguay *	30,000	862	[120] 2015
Vanuatu * [e]	575	207	[4] 2012
Vatican City *	130	15,439	[121] 2012
Wallis and Futuna (France)	20	170	[4] 2012
Zimbabwe *	50,000	351	[122] 2007
Gibraltar (UK)	280	856	[123] 2022
British Virgin Islands (UK)	253	796	2018

1. Excluding zones not under the control of the Republic of Cyprus.
2. Does not include the Security Corps, an auxiliary force.
3. Does not include Tristan da Cunha.
4. Includes the Civil Police (traffic), the Gendarmerie (criminal), and the Fortress Guard (customs).
5. Includes both the Vanuatu Police Force, and the paramilitary wing, the Vanuatu Mobile Force.

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• The Tenth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (Tenth CTS, 2005–2006)
• International Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice, p. 135