9 million people are in prisons around world, and a quarter of them are in the U.S.

9 million people are in prisons around world, and a quarter of them are in the U.S.

As of May 2021, the United States had the highest prisoner rate, with 639 prisoners per 100,000 of the national population. El Salvador, Turkmenistan, Thailand, and Palau rounded out the top five countries with the highest rate of incarceration.

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