List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers

The following list compares the size of national 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 Dependency	Size	Year	Police per 100,000 people
Algeria	7005160000000000000♠160,000^[2]	2009	7002396000000000000♠396
Afghanistan	7005122000000000000♠122,000^[3]	2012	7002441000000000000♠441
American Samoa (US)	7002200000000000000♠200^[4]	2012	7002350000000000000♠350
Andorra	7002237000000000000♠237^[5]	2012	7002303000000000000♠303
Antigua and Barbuda	7002600000000000000♠600^[6]	2012	7002695000000000000♠695
Argentina	7005244683000000000♠244,683	2000	7002558000000000000♠558^[7]
Australia	7004492420000000000♠49,242^[8]	2009	7002202000000000000♠202
Austria	7004275000000000000♠27,500^[9]	2012	7002314000000000000♠314
Bahamas	7003300000000000000♠3,000^[10]	2012	7002793000000000000♠793
Bangladesh	7005155800000000000♠155,800^[11]	2015	7001960000000000000♠96
Barbados	7003139400000000000♠1,394^[12]	2013	7002489000000000000♠489
Belarus	7005136990000000000♠136,990	2010	7003144200000000000♠1,442^[13]
Belgium	7004467840000000000♠46,784^[8]	2012	7002412000000000000♠412
Belize	7003130000000000000♠1,300^[14]	2012	7002345000000000000♠345
Bermuda (UK)	7002469000000000000♠469^[15]	2012	7002757000000000000♠757
Botswana	7003850000000000000♠8,500^[16]	2012	7002381000000000000♠381
Brazil	7005436514000000000♠436,514	2014	7002211000000000000♠211^[17]
Brunei	7003440000000000000♠4,400^[18]	2012	7003106800000000000♠1,068
Bulgaria	7004496920000000000♠49,692^[8]	2015	7002694000000000000♠694
Cambodia	7004640000000000000♠64,000^[19]	2012	7002409000000000000♠409
Canada	7004674250000000000♠67,425^[8]	2009	7002185000000000000♠185
Cayman Islands (UK)	7002343000000000000♠343^[20]	2012	7002567000000000000♠567
Chile	7004303000000000000♠30,300^[21]	2012	7002257000000000000♠257
China	7006160000000000000♠1,600,000^[22]	2007	7002115000000000000♠115
Colombia	7005150000000000000♠150,000^[23]	2012	7002306000000000000♠306
Comoros	7002500000000000000♠500^[24]	2012	7001620000000000000♠62
Cook Islands (New Zealand)	7002100000000000000♠100^[4]	2012	7002552000000000000♠552
Costa Rica	7004145000000000000♠14,500^[25]	2012	7002296000000000000♠296
Croatia	7004200000000000000♠20,000^[26]	2012	7002477000000000000♠477
Cyprus¹	7003526300000000000♠5,263^[8]	2012	7002621000000000000♠621
Czech Republic	7004405000000000000♠40,500^[27]	2012	7002383000000000000♠383
Denmark	7004110000000000000♠11,000^[28]	2015	7002192000000000000♠192
Dominica	7002506000000000000♠506^[29]	2013	7002709000000000000♠709
Dominican Republic	7004320000000000000♠32,000^[30]	2012	7002317000000000000♠317
Ecuador	7004400000000000000♠40,000^[31]	2012	7002240000000000000♠240
El Salvador	7004219000000000000♠21,900^[32]	2012	7002335000000000000♠335
/ England and Wales (UK)	7005129584000000000♠129,584^[33]	2013	7002227000000000000♠227
Estonia	7003442400000000000♠4,424^[8]	2012	7002336000000000000♠336
Finland	7003780000000000000♠7,800^[34]	2012	7002141000000000000♠141
Fiji	7003197000000000000♠1,970^[4]	2012	7002227000000000000♠227
France²	7005220000000000000♠220,000^[35]	2012	7002340000000000000♠340
French Polynesia (France)	7002220000000000000♠220^[4]	2012	7001800000000000000♠80
Gambia	7003500000000000000♠5,000^[36]	2012	7002265000000000000♠265
Ghana	7004230000000000000♠23,000^[37]	2012	7001830000000000000♠83
Greece	7004546570000000000♠54,657^[8]	2012	7002503000000000000♠503
Grenada	7002900000000000000♠900^[38]	2012	7002871000000000000♠871
Germany	7005243625000000000♠243,625^[8]	2010	7002296000000000000♠296
Guinea	7004100000000000000♠10,000^[39]	2012	7001770000000000000♠77
Haiti	7004120000000000000♠12,000^[40]	2012	7002108000000000000♠108
Hong Kong (China)	7004286890000000000♠28,689^[41]	2007	7002393000000000000♠393
Hungary	7004334870000000000♠33,487^[8]	2009	7002340000000000000♠340
Iceland	7002667000000000000♠667^[8]	2009	7002198000000000000♠198
India	7006158535300000000♠1,585,353^[42]	2013	7002119000000000000♠119
Indonesia	7005579000000000000♠579,000^[43]	2012	7002222000000000000♠222
Iran	7004600000000000000♠60,000^[44]	2012	7001750000000000000♠75
Ireland	7004120000000000000♠12,000^[45]	2012	7002252000000000000♠252
Isle of Man (UK)	7002236000000000000♠236^[46]	2013	7002279000000000000♠279
Israel	28,633^[47]	2015	7002345000000000000♠345
Italy	7005276750000000000♠276,750^[8]	2012	7002456000000000000♠456
Jamaica	7003860000000000000♠8,600^[48]	2012	7002315000000000000♠315
Japan	7005251939000000000♠251,939^[8]	2006	7002198000000000000♠198
Jordan	7004250000000000000♠25,000^[49]	2012	7002256000000000000♠256
Kenya	7004350000000000000♠35,000^[50]	2012	7001740000000000000♠74
Kiribati	7002458000000000000♠458^[4]	2012	7002403000000000000♠403
Kuwait	7004180000000000000♠18,000^[51]	2012	7002430000000000000♠430
Latvia	7003700000000000000♠7,000^[52]	2012	7002357000000000000♠357
Lesotho	7003240400000000000♠2,404^[53]	2012	7002125000000000000♠125
Liechtenstein³	7001910000000000000♠91^[54]	2012	7002241000000000000♠241
Liberia	7003410000000000000♠4,100^[55]	2012	7002100000000000000♠100
Lithuania	7004109570000000000♠10,957^[8]	2012	7002333000000000000♠333
Luxembourg	7003160300000000000♠1,603^[8]	2009	7002278000000000000♠278
Macau (China)	7003410100000000000♠4,101^[56]	2012	7002628000000000000♠628
Macedonia	7003990500000000000♠9,905^[8]	2008	7002478000000000000♠478
Malaysia	7005102000000000000♠102,000^[57]	2012	7002320000000000000♠320
Mali	7003700000000000000♠7,000^[58]	2012	7001380000000000000♠38
Malta	7003190200000000000♠1,902^[8]	2012	7002443000000000000♠443
Marshall Islands	7002130000000000000♠130^[4]	2012	7002236000000000000♠236
Mexico	7005470676000000000♠470,676	2009	7002366000000000000♠366^[59]
Monaco	7002500000000000000♠500^[60]	2012	7003130200000000000♠1,302
Montenegro	7003421000000000000♠4,210^[8]	2012	7002677000000000000♠677
Montserrat (UK)	7001760000000000000♠76^[61]	2012	7003154400000000000♠1,544
Micronesia	7002500000000000000♠500^[4]	2012	7002486000000000000♠486
Myanmar	7004930000000000000♠93,000^[62]	2012	7002170000000000000♠170
Nauru	7001800000000000000♠80^[63]	2012	7002793000000000000♠793
Nepal	7004600000000000000♠60,000^[64]	2012	7002193000000000000♠193
Netherlands	7004550000000000000♠55,000^[65]	2012	7002322000000000000♠322
New Caledonia (France)	7002268000000000000♠268^[4]	2012	7001990000000000000♠99
New Zealand	7004110000000000000♠11,000^[66]	2012	7002232000000000000♠232
Niger	7003870000000000000♠8,700^[67]	2012	7001410000000000000♠41
Nigeria	7005350000000000000♠350,000^[68]	2012	7002187000000000000♠187
Niue (New Zealand)	7001160000000000000♠16^[4]	2012	7003108800000000000♠1,088
Northern Ireland (UK)	7003681300000000000♠6,813^[69]	2015	7002372000000000000♠372
Norway	7004110000000000000♠11,000^[70]	2012	7002210000000000000♠210
Palau	7001750000000000000♠75^[4]	2012	7002417000000000000♠417
Panama	7004120000000000000♠12,000^[71]^[72]	2012	7002314000000000000♠314
Pakistan	7005354221000000000♠354,221^[73]	2011	7002181000000000000♠181
Papua New Guinea	7003531100000000000♠5,311^[4]	2012	7001650000000000000♠65
Peru	7005104000000000000♠104,000^[8]	2009	7002330000000000000♠330
Philippines	7005160000000000000♠160,000^[74]	2015	7002154000000000000♠154
Pitcairn Islands (UK)	7000100000000000000♠1^[75]	2012	7003175400000000000♠1,754
Poland	7005100000000000000♠100,000^[76]	2012	7002258000000000000♠258
Portugal	7004460830000000000♠46,083^[8]	2012	7002445000000000000♠445
Romania	7004600000000000000♠60,000^[77]	2014	7002303000000000000♠303
Russia	7005756859000000000♠756,859^[78]	2016	7002515000000000000♠515
Saint Barthélemy (France)	7001110000000000000♠11^[79]	2012	7002116000000000000♠116
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha⁴ (UK)	7001690000000000000♠69^[80]	2012	7002924000000000000♠924
Saint Kitts and Nevis	7002450000000000000♠450^[81]	2012	7002973000000000000♠973
Saint Lucia	7002947000000000000♠947^[82]	2012	7002509000000000000♠509
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7002691000000000000♠691^[83]	2012	7002628000000000000♠628
San Marino⁵	7002160000000000000♠160^[84]^[85]^[86]	2012	7002484000000000000♠484
Scotland (UK)	7004172960000000000♠17,296^[87]	2014	7002324000000000000♠324
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	7002370000000000000♠370^[88]	2012	7002967000000000000♠967
Samoa	7002500000000000000♠500^[89]	2012	7002256000000000000♠256
Serbia	7004450000000000000♠45,000^[90]	2012	7002635000000000000♠635
Singapore	7004400000000000000♠40,000^[91]	2012	7002713000000000000♠713
Slovakia	7004242300000000000♠24,230^[8]	2012	7002446000000000000♠446
Slovenia	7003737100000000000♠7,371^[8]	2012	7002357000000000000♠357
Solomon Islands	7003144200000000000♠1,442^[4]	2012	7002224000000000000♠224
Somalia	7004350000000000000♠35,000^[92]	2012	7002180000000000000♠180
South Africa	7005156489000000000♠156,489^[93]	2012	7002279000000000000♠279
South Korea	7004990600000000000♠99,060^[13]	2004	7002195000000000000♠195
South Sudan	7004520000000000000♠52,000^[94]	2012	7002428000000000000♠428
Sri Lanka	7004890000000000000♠89,000^[95]	2012	7002424000000000000♠424
Spain	7005249907000000000♠249,907^[8]	2012	7002533000000000000♠533
Swaziland	7003416400000000000♠4,164^[96]	2012	7002367000000000000♠367
Sweden	7004191440000000000♠19,144^[8]	2009	7002192000000000000♠192
Switzerland	7004176300000000000♠17,630^[8]	2012	7002210000000000000♠210
Thailand	7005230000000000000♠230,000^[97]	2012	7002337000000000000♠337
Turkey	7005412624000000000♠412,624^[8]	2012	7002524000000000000♠524
Tonga	7002418000000000000♠418^[4]	2012	7002427000000000000♠427
Togo	7003400000000000000♠4,000^[98]	2012	7001550000000000000♠55
Trinidad and Tobago	7003650000000000000♠6,500^[99]	2012	7002481000000000000♠481
Tuvalu	7001720000000000000♠72^[4]	2012	7002676000000000000♠676
Ukraine	7005152000000000000♠152,000^[100]	2014	7002356000000000000♠356
United States	7005809308000000000♠809,308 ^[101]^[102]	2008	7002266000000000000♠266
Uruguay	7004179970000000000♠17,997^[103]	2013	7002517000000000000♠517
Vanuatu⁶	7002575000000000000♠575^[4]	2012	7002207000000000000♠207
Vatican City	7002130000000000000♠130^[104]	2012	7004154390000000000♠15,439
Wallis and Futuna (France)	7001200000000000000♠20^[4]	2012	7002170000000000000♠170
Zimbabwe	7004500000000000000♠50,000^[105]	2007	7002351000000000000♠351
Total Sum: 12,435,974 Rate: 1 Officer / 604 Civilians

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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