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]

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* indicates "Law enforcement in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country or dependencyActive forceRate
(per 100k population)
Year
 Algeria *160,000396[2] 2009
 Albania *9,900326[3] 2013
 American Samoa * (US)200350[4] 2012
 Andorra *237304[5] 2012
 Antigua and Barbuda *600695[6] 2012
 Argentina *350,000798[7] 2015
 Armenia *13,500456[8] 2018
 Australia *65,000264[9] 2022
 Austria *29,900335[10] 2020
 Bahamas3,000794[11] 2012
 Bangladesh *210,000127[12] 2018
 Barbados *1,394489[13] 2013
 Belarus *30,970331[14] 2010
 Belgium *37,840334[15] 2017
 Belize *1,300346[16] 2012
 Bermuda * (UK)469757[17] 2012
 Botswana *8,500381[18] 2012
 Brazil *500,000242[19] 2014
 Brunei *4,4001,068[20] 2012
 Bulgaria *24,283339[21] 2015
 Cambodia *64,000410[22] 2012
 Canada *67,425184[23] 2017
 Cayman Islands * (UK)343568[24] 2012
 Chile *30,300167[25] 2012
 China *3,600,000258[26] 2018
 Colombia *150,000307[27] 2012
 Comoros50062[28] 2012
 Cook Islands * (NZ)100552[4] 2012
 Costa Rica *14,500297[29] 2012
 Croatia *20,004514[30] 2020
 Cyprus * [a]3,0003382020
 Czech Republic *40,152378[31] 2018
 Denmark *11,225196[32] 2020
 Dominica506710[33] 2013
 Dominican Republic *32,000318[34] 2012
 Ecuador *40,000241[35] 2012
 El Salvador *21,900336[36] 2012
 England and Wales * (UK)135,301227[37] 2021
 Estonia *4,424336[38] 2012
 Finland *7,300132[39] 2020
 Fiji *1,970227[4] 2012
 France *282,612422[40][41] 2020
 French Polynesia (France)22081[4] 2012
 Gambia *5,000266[42] 2012
 Ghana *23,00083[43] 2012
 Greece *55,000507[44] 2018
 Grenada *900871[45] 2012
 Germany *289,900349[38] 2021
 Guinea10,00077[46] 2012
 Haiti *12,000108[47] 2012
 Hong Kong * (China)40,000533[48] 2020
 Hungary *36,1043672015
 Iceland *653196[49] 2016
 India *2,000,000145[50] 2020
 Indonesia *630,000242[51] 2012
 Iran *635,000797[52] 2012
 Ireland *14,695293[53] 2022
 Isle of Man * (UK)236279[54] 2013
 Israel *24,000289[55] 2015
 Italy *276,7504562012
 Jamaica *8,600316[56] 2012
 Japan *322,0002552017
 Jordan *25,000256[57] 2012
 Kenya *95,000204[58][59] 2017
 Kiribati *458404[4] 2012
 Kosovo *9,0004602018
 Kuwait *18,000430[60] 2012
 Latvia *7,000358[61] 2012
 Lesotho2,404125[62] 2012
 Liechtenstein * [b]131329[63] 2022
 Liberia *4,100101[64] 2012
 Lithuania *7,007250[65] 2021
 Luxembourg *1,812307[66] 2017
 Macau * (China)6,000920[67] 2012
 North Macedonia *11,688564[68] 2017
 Malaysia *102,000321[69] 2012
 Mali *7,00038[70] 2012
 Malta *1,9024432012
 Marshall Islands *130237[4] 2012
 Mauritius *12,475987[4] 2013
 Mexico *580,0004952012
 Monaco *5001,302[71] 2012
 Montenegro *4,2106772012
 Montserrat (UK)761,544[72] 2012
 Micronesia *500486[4] 2012
 Myanmar *93,000170[73] 2012
 Nauru *80793[74] 2012
 Nepal *79,538272[75] 2021
 Netherlands *50,400295[76] 2018
 New Caledonia (France)268100[4] 2012
 New Zealand *14,899289[77] 2022
 Niger *8,70042[78] 2012
 Nigeria *350,000187[79] 2012
 Niue (NZ)161,088[4] 2012
 Northern Ireland * (UK)6,813362[80] 2015
 Norway *10,170189[81] 2019
 Palau *75418[4] 2012
 Palestine *85,0001,547[82] 2005
 Panama *12,000315[83][84] 2012
 Pakistan *1,180,000606[85] 2011
 Papua New Guinea *5,31165[4] 2012
 Peru *104,0003302009
 Philippines *220,000208[86] 2019
 Pitcairn Islands (UK)23,5092015
 Poland *100,000259[87] 2012
 Portugal *46,0834462012
 Romania *60,000304[88] 2014
 Russia *1,000,000681[89] 2016
 Saint Barthélemy (France)11117[90] 2012
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [c] (UK)69924[91] 2012
 Saint Kitts and Nevis *450974[92] 2012
 Saint Lucia *947509[93] 2012
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *691628[94] 2012
 San Marino * [d]160485[95][96][97] 2012
 Scotland * (UK)17,296318[98] 2014
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands)370967[99] 2012
 Samoa *1,027527[100] 2023
 Serbia *45,000636[101] 2012
 Singapore *11,981200[102] 2022
 Slovakia *21,734398[103] 2019
 Slovenia *7,170340[104] 2017
 Solomon Islands *1,442225[4] 2012
 Somalia *5,53243[105] 2012
 South Africa *193,000345[106] 2019
 South Korea *300,000580[107] 2017
 South Sudan *52,000429[108] 2012
 Sri Lanka *89,000424[109] 2012
 Spain *249,9075342012
 Eswatini *4,164368[110] 2012
 Sweden *20,423198[38][111] 2019
 Switzerland *17,6302112012
 Taiwan *64,816273[112] 2019
 Thailand *230,000338[113] 2012
 Turkey *484,0006152012
 Tonga418414[4] 2012
 Togo *4,00056[114] 2012
 Trinidad and Tobago *6,500482[115] 2012
 Tunisia15,000131[116] 2017
 Tuvalu *72677[4] 2012
 Ukraine *152,000356[117] 2014
 United States *800,000278[118] 2019
 Uruguay *30,000862[119] 2015
 Vanuatu * [e]575207[4] 2012
 Vatican City *13015,439[120] 2012
 Wallis and Futuna (France)20170[4] 2012
 Zimbabwe *50,000351[121] 2007
  1. ^ Excluding zones not under the control of the Republic of Cyprus.
  2. ^ Does not include the Security Corps, an auxiliary force.
  3. ^ Does not include Tristan da Cunha.
  4. ^ Includes the Civil Police (traffic), the Gendarmerie (criminal), and the Fortress Guard (customs).
  5. ^ Includes both the Vanuatu Police Force, and the paramilitary wing, the Vanuatu Mobile Force.

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