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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]
Table
* indicates "Law enforcement in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
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 *
256,344
155
[12] [
circular reference ] 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 *
480,000
232
[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 *
2,000,000
143
[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)
35,804
477
[48] 2020
Hungary *
36,104
367
2015
Iceland *
653
196
[49] 2016
India *
2,000,000
145
[50] 2020
Indonesia *
580,000
223
[51] 2012
Iran *
300,000
377
[52] 2012
Ireland *
14,695
293
[53] 2022
Isle of Man * (UK)
236
279
[54] 2013
Israel *
28,633
345
[55] 2015
Italy *
276,750
456
2012
Jamaica *
8,600
316
[56] 2012
Japan *
296,700
235
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)
4,101
629
[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 *
544,000
465
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 *
300,000
160
[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
1,554
[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
[
citation needed ] 2015
Poland *
100,000
259
[87] 2012
Portugal *
46,083
446
2012
Romania *
60,000
304
[88] 2014
Russia *
800,000
545
[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 *
116,678
226
[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] [
circular reference ] 2017
Tuvalu *
72
677
[4] 2012
Ukraine *
152,000
356
[117] 2014
United States *
700,000
243
[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
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