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]

List

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Country or dependency Number of Officers Year Police per 100,000 people Algeria 160,000[2] 2009 396 Albania 9,900[3] 2013 325 American Samoa (US) 200[4] 2012 350 Andorra 237[5] 2012 303 Antigua and Barbuda 600[6] 2012 695 Argentina 350,000 2015 798[7] Armenia 13,500[8] 2018 455 Australia 53,857 2017 218[9] Austria 27,500[10] 2012 314 Bahamas 3,000[11] 2012 793 Bangladesh 256,344[12] 2018 154 Barbados 1,394[13] 2013 489 Belarus 30,970 2010 325[14] Belgium 37,840[15] 2017 333 Belize 1,300[16] 2012 345 Bermuda (UK) 469[17] 2012 757 Botswana 8,500[18] 2012 381 Brazil 436,514 2014 211[19] Brunei 4,400[20] 2012 1,068 Bulgaria 24,283[21] 2015 339 Cambodia 64,000[22] 2012 409 Canada 67,425[23] 2017 188 Cayman Islands (UK) 343[24] 2012 567 Chile 30,300[25] 2012 257 China 2,000,000[26] 2018 143 Colombia 150,000[27] 2012 306 Comoros 500[28] 2012 62 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 100[4] 2012 552 Costa Rica 14,500[29] 2012 296 Croatia 20,000[30] 2012 477 Cyprus^1 3,000 2020 337 Czech Republic 40,152[31] 2018 378 Denmark 11,225[32] 2020 196 Dominica 506[33] 2013 709 Dominican Republic 32,000[34] 2012 317 Ecuador 40,000[35] 2012 240 El Salvador 21,900[36] 2012 335 / England and Wales (UK) 124,784[37] 2019 211 Estonia 4,424[38] 2012 336 Finland 7,200[39] 2018 130 Fiji 1,970[4] 2012 227 France 282,612[40][41] 2020 429 French Polynesia (France) 220[4] 2012 80 Gambia 5,000[42] 2012 265 Ghana 23,000[43] 2012 83 Greece 54,657 2012 503 Grenada 900[44] 2012 871 Germany 322,400[38] 2019 388 Guinea 10,000[45] 2012 77 Haiti 12,000[46] 2012 108 Hong Kong 35,804[47] 2020 487 Hungary 36,104 2015 366 Iceland 653[48] 2016 196 India 1,926,000[49] 2018 198 Indonesia 579,000[50] 2012 222 Iran 60,000[51] 2012 75 Ireland 13,000[52] 2012 265 Isle of Man (UK) 236[53] 2013 279 Israel 28,633[54] 2015 345 Italy 276,750 2012 456 Jamaica 8,600[55] 2012 315 Japan 296,700 2017 234 Jordan 25,000[56] 2012 256 Kenya 95,000[57][58] 2017 203 Kiribati 458[4] 2012 403 Kosovo 9,000 2018 459 Kuwait 18,000[59] 2012 430 Latvia 7,000[60] 2012 357 Lesotho 2,404[61] 2012 125 Liechtenstein^3 91[62] 2012 241 Liberia 4,100[63] 2012 100 Lithuania 10,957 2012 333 Luxembourg 1,812 2017 306[64] Macau (China) 4,101[65] 2012 628 North Macedonia 11,688[66] 2017 564 Malaysia 102,000[67] 2012 320 Mali 7,000[68] 2012 38 Malta 1,902 2012 443 Marshall Islands 130[4] 2012 236 Mauritius 12,475[4] 2013 987 Mexico 544,000 2012 464 Monaco 500[69] 2012 1,302 Montenegro 4,210 2012 677 Montserrat (UK) 76[70] 2012 1,544 Micronesia 500[4] 2012 486 Myanmar 93,000[71] 2012 170 Nauru 80[72] 2012 793 Nepal 60,000[73] 2012 193 Netherlands 50,400[74] 2018 295 New Caledonia (France) 268[4] 2012 99 New Zealand 11,000[75] 2012 232 Niger 8,700[76] 2012 41 Nigeria 350,000[77] 2012 187 Niue (New Zealand) 16[4] 2012 1,088 Northern Ireland (UK) 6,813[78] 2015 362 Norway 10,170[79] 2019 188 Palau 75[4] 2012 417 Palestinian Authority 85,000[80] 2005 1,250[80] Panama 12,000[81][82] 2012 314 Pakistan 354,221[83] 2011 181 Papua New Guinea 5,311[4] 2012 65 Peru 104,000 2009 330 Philippines 170,000[84] 2017 160 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 2[85] 2015 1,754 Poland 100,000[86] 2012 258 Portugal 46,083 2012 445 Romania 60,000[87] 2014 303 Russia 756,859[88] 2016 515 Saint Barthélemy (France) 11[89] 2012 116 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha^4 (UK) 69[90] 2012 924 Saint Kitts and Nevis 450[91] 2012 973 Saint Lucia 947[92] 2012 509 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 691[93] 2012 628 San Marino^5 160[94][95][96] 2012 484 Scotland (UK) 17,296[97] 2014 318 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 370[98] 2012 967 Samoa 500[99] 2012 256 Serbia 45,000[100] 2012 635 Singapore 9,591[101] 2018 170 Slovakia 21,734 2019 403[102] Slovenia 7,170[103] 2017 264 Solomon Islands 1,442[4] 2012 224 Somalia 5,532[104] 2012 43 South Africa 193,000[105] 2019 345 South Korea 116,678[106] 2017 227 South Sudan 52,000[107] 2012 428 Sri Lanka 89,000[108] 2012 424 Spain 249,907 2012 533 Swaziland 4,164[109] 2012 367 Sweden 20,423[38][110] 2019 197 Switzerland 17,630 2012 210 Taiwan 64,816[111] 2019 272 Thailand 230,000[112] 2012 337 Turkey 412,624 2012 524 Tonga 418[4] 2012 427 Togo 4,000[113] 2012 55 Trinidad and Tobago 6,500[114] 2012 481 Tunisia 15,000[115] 2017 131 Tuvalu 72[4] 2012 676 Ukraine 152,000[116] 2014 356 United States 686,665[117] 2018 238 Uruguay 17,997[118] 2013 517 Vanuatu^6 575[4] 2012 207 Vatican City 130[119] 2012 15,439 Wallis and Futuna (France) 20[4] 2012 170 Zimbabwe 50,000[120] 2007 351 Total sum: 12,435,974 — 165

• 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.

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External links

• 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

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