Prison population in EU countries, per 100,000 population and per 1,000 recorded crimes, 2003
Country	Prison Population		Prisoners per 100,000 pop		Estimated country population (thousands)		Recorded crimes per 100,000 population		Recorded crimes		Prisoners per 1,000 recorded crimes
EU Average			98								17.5
England and Wales	72,992		139		52,481		11,241		5,899,333		12.4
Northern Ireland	1,185		70		1,697		7,515		127,499		9.3
Scotland	6,642		131		5,055		9,639		487,232		13.6
Austria	7,816		97		8,067		7,881		635,784		12.3
Belgium	8,688		84		10,356		9,784		1,013,211		8.6
Denmark	3,577		66		5,384		9,013		485,215		7.4
Finland	3,437		66		5,206		10,343		538,488		6.4
France	57,440		93		61,700		6,605		4,075,285		14.1
Germany	79,567		96		82,537		7,976		6,583,127		12.1
Greece	8,555		81		10,565		4,158		439,280		19.5
Ireland (Eire)	2,986		75		3,964		2,634		104,401		28.6
Italy	57,238		102		56,306		4,236		2,385,105		24.0
Luxembourg	498		111		448		5,728		25,679		19.4
Netherlands	18,242		113		16,193		8,530		1,381,229		13.2
Portugal	14,232		137		10,408		3,983		414,531		34.3
Spain	55,244		136		40,683		2,377		967,035		57.1
Sweden	6,755		76		8,941		13,995		1,251,265		5.4
Source: Council of Europe, SPACE I 2003, Table 1
European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics 2006, Table 1.2.1
EU averages unweighted