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 2002–2006, after an increase between 1995 and 2002.[1]

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Country or dependencyNumber of OfficersYearPolice per
100,000
people
Algeria160,000[2]2009396
Albania9,900[3]2013325
American Samoa (US)200[4]2012350
Andorra237[5]2012303
Antigua and Barbuda600[6]2012695
Argentina350,0002015798[7]
Australia53,8572017218 [8]
Austria27,500[9]2012314
Bahamas3,000[10]2012793
Bangladesh205,000[11]2018125
Barbados1,394[12]2013489
Belarus30,9702010325[13]
Belgium37,840[14]2017333
Belize1,300[15]2012345
Bermuda (UK)469[16]2012757
Botswana8,500[17]2012381
Brazil436,5142014211[18]
Brunei4,400[19]20121,068
Bulgaria24,283[20]2015339
Cambodia64,000[21]2012409
Canada67,425[22]2017188
Cayman Islands (UK)343[23]2012567
Chile30,300[24]2012257
China2,000,000[25]2018143
Colombia150,000[26]2012306
Comoros500[27]201262
Cook Islands (New Zealand)100[4]2012552
Costa Rica14,500[28]2012296
Croatia20,000[29]2012477
Cyprus15,2632012621
Czech Republic40,152[30]2018378
Denmark11,000[31]2017192
Dominica506[32]2013709
Dominican Republic32,000[33]2012317
Ecuador40,000[34]2012240
El Salvador21,900[35]2012335
/ England and Wales (UK)124,784[36]2019211
Estonia4,424[37]2012336
Finland7,200[38]2018130
Fiji1,970[4]2012227
France2220,000[39]2012340
French Polynesia (France)220[4]201280
Gambia5,000[40]2012265
Ghana23,000[41]201283
Greece54,6572012503
Grenada900[42]2012871
Germany315,900[37]2018381
Guinea10,000[43]201277
Haiti12,000[44]2012108
Hong Kong35,804[45]2020487
Hungary36,1042015366
Iceland653[46]2016196
India1,926,000[47]2017150
Indonesia579,000[48]2012222
Iran60,000[49]201275
Ireland13,000[50]2012265
Isle of Man (UK)236[51]2013279
Israel28,633[52]2015345
Italy276,7502012456
Jamaica8,600[53]2012315
Japan296,7002017234
Jordan25,000[54]2012256
Kenya95,000[55][56]2017203
Kiribati458[4]2012403
Kosovo9,0002018459
Kuwait18,000[57]2012430
Latvia7,000[58]2012357
Lesotho2,404[59]2012125
Liechtenstein391[60]2012241
Liberia4,100[61]2012100
Lithuania10,9572012333
Luxembourg1,8122017[62]306
Macau (China)4,101[63]2012628
North Macedonia11,688[64]2017564
Malaysia102,000[65]2012320
Mali7,000[66]201238
Malta1,9022012443
Marshall Islands130[4]2012236
Mauritius12,475[4]2013987
Mexico544,0002012464
Monaco500[67]20121,302
Montenegro4,2102012677
Montserrat (UK)76[68]20121,544
Micronesia500[4]2012486
Myanmar93,000[69]2012170
Nauru80[70]2012793
Nepal60,000[71]2012193
Netherlands50,400[72]2018295
New Caledonia (France)268[4]201299
New Zealand11,000[73]2012232
Niger8,700[74]201241
Nigeria350,000[75]2012187
Niue (New Zealand)16[4]20121,088
Northern Ireland (UK)6,813[76]2015362
Norway10,170[77]2019188
Palau75[4]2012417
Palestinian Authority85,000[78]20051,250[78]
Panama12,000[79][80]2012314
Pakistan354,221[81]2011181
Papua New Guinea5,311[4]201265
Peru104,0002009330
Philippines170,000[82]2017160
Pitcairn Islands (UK)2[83]20151,754
Poland100,000[84]2012258
Portugal46,0832012445
Romania60,000[85]2014303
Russia914,525[86]2016623
Saint Barthélemy (France)11[87]2012116
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha4 (UK)69[88]2012924
Saint Kitts and Nevis450[89]2012973
Saint Lucia947[90]2012509
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines691[91]2012628
San Marino5160[92][93][94]2012484
Scotland (UK)17,296[95]2014318
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)370[96]2012967
Samoa500[97]2012256
Serbia45,000[98]2012635
Singapore9,591[99]2018170
Slovakia24,2302012446
Slovenia7,170[100]2017264
Solomon Islands1,442[4]2012224
Somalia5,532[101]201243
South Africa193,000[102]2019345
South Korea116,678[103]2017227
South Sudan52,000[104]2012428
Sri Lanka89,000[105]2012424
Spain249,9072012533
Swaziland4,164[106]2012367
Sweden19,741[37][107]2017195
Switzerland17,6302012210
Taiwan64,816[108]2019272
Thailand230,000[109]2012337
Turkey412,6242012524
Tonga418[4]2012427
Togo4,000[110]201255
Trinidad and Tobago6,500[111]2012481
Tunisia15,000[112]2017131
Tuvalu72[4]2012676
Ukraine152,000[113]2014356
United States686,665[114]2018238
Uruguay17,997[115]2013517
Vanuatu6575[4]2012207
Vatican City130[116]201215,439
Wallis and Futuna (France)20[4]2012170
Zimbabwe50,000[117]2007351
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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