Prison population in EU countries, per 100,000 population and per 1,000 recorded crimes, 2001
Country	Prison Population		Prisoners per 100,000 pop		Estimated country population (millions)		Recorded crimes		Prisoners per 1,000 recorded crimes		Crimes per 100,000 pop
EU Average			87						16.9		6,738
England and Wales	67,056		129		52,084,500		5,525,316		12.1		10,608
Northern Ireland	872		52		1,689,300		139,786		6.2		8,275
Scotland	6,137		121		5,064,200		421,093		14.6		8,315
Austria	7,059		87		8,150,835		522,710		13.5		6,413
Belgium	8,536		83		10,258,762		848,648		10.1		8,272
Denmark	3,105		58		5,352,815		473,290		6.6		8,842
Finland	3,110		60		5,175,783		361,105		8.6		6,977
France	47,005		77		59,039,173		4,061,792		11.6		6,880
Germany	70,203		85		82,280,551		6,363,865		11.0		7,734
Greece	8,343		76		10,939,771		439,630		19.0		4,019
Ireland (Eire)	3,019		79		3,840,834		86,621		34.9		2,255
Italy	55,743		96		57,844,924		2,163,830		25.8		3,741
Luxembourg	341		77		442,972		22,646		15.1		5,112
Netherlands	14,968		94		15,981,472		1,219,653		12.3		7,632
Portugal	13,210		128		10,356,117		372,170		35.5		3,594
Spain	46,594		116		41,116,842		1,015,640		45.9		2,470
Sweden	6,089		69		8,875,053		1,189,393		5.1		13,402
Source: Home Office, International Comparisons of Crime 2001, HOSB 12/03
Belgian crime is for 2000
EU averages unweighted
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