The requested information is contained in the following table.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
Nationality Total Percentage Population in prison by nationality All nationalities 80,261 100 UK nationals 68,124 85 Foreign nationals 11,231 14 Not recorded 905 1 Foreign national population in prison All foreign nationals 11,231 100 European Union nationals 2,441 22 Non-European Union nationals 8,790 78 Sources: These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and so although shown to the last individual, the figure may not be accurate to that level.
Nationality Total Total Africa 3,254 Angola 84 Burundi less than 50 Dahomey (Benin) less than 50 Botswana less than 50 Ivory Coast less than 50 Central African Republic less than 50 Congo 111 Cameroon, United Republic less than 50 Cape Verde less than 50 Algeria 193 Egypt less than 50 Ethiopia less than 50 Ghana 207 Gambia less than 50 Guinea less than 50 Equatorial Guinea less than 50 Guinea/Bissau less than 50 Kenya 64 Liberia less than 50 Libya less than 50 Morocco 50 Mali less than 50 Mauritania less than 50 Mauritius less than 50 Malawi less than 50 Mozambique less than 50 Namibia less than 50 Niger less than 50 Nigeria 1,061 Rwanda less than 50 Seychelles less than 50 Sudan less than 50 Sierre Leone 97 Senegal less than 50 Somalia 356 Swaziland less than 50 Chad less than 50 Togo less than 50 Tunisia less than 50 Tanzania less than 50 Uganda 95 Western Sahara less than 50 South Africa 210 Zambia less than 50 Congo, Democratic Republic less than 50 Zimbabwe 194 Total Asia 1,872 Bangladesh 167 Burma less than 50 China 312 Hong Kong less than 50 Indonesia less than 50 India 315 Japan less than 50 Korea Republic of (Sth) less than 50 Sri Lanka 169 Mongolia less than 50 Malaysia less than 50 Philippines less than 50 Pakistan 419 Singapore less than 50 Thailand less than 50 East Timor (Portuguese) less than 50 Taiwan (Nationalist Chinese) less than 50 Vietnam 406 Total Central and South America 379 Argentina less than 50 Bolivia less than 50 Brazil 92 Belize less than 50 Chile less than 50 Columbia 124 Costa Rica less than 50 Ecuador less than 50 French Guyana less than 50 Guatemala less than 50 Guyana less than 50 Honduras less than 50 Mexico less than 50 Panama less than 50 Peru less than 50 Paraguay less than 50 Surinam less than 50 El Salvador less than 50 Venezuela less than 50 Total Europe 3,135 EU countries 2,441 Austria less than 50 Belgium less than 50 Bulgaria less than 50 Cyprus 50 Czech Republic less than 50 Denmark less than 50 Estonia less than 50 Finland less than 50 France 170 Germany 129 Greece less than 50 Hungary less than 50 Irish Republic 653 Italy 106 Latvia less than 50 Lithuania 191 Malta less than 50 Netherlands 132 Poland 312 Portugal 183 Romania 150 Slovakia less than 50 Slovenia less than 50 Spain 67 Sweden less than 50 Non EU European countries 694 Albania 148 Armenia less than 50 Azerbijan less than 50 Bosnia-Hercegovina less than 50 Croatia less than 50 Switzerland less than 50 Georgia less than 50 Gibraltar less than 50 Kazakhstan less than 50 Kyrgystan less than 50 Moldova less than 50 Macedonia less than 50 Serbia and Montenegro 94 Norway less than 50 San Marino less than 50 Russia 113 Turkey 225 Uzbekistan less than 50 Total Middle East 669 United Arab Emirates less than 50 Afghanistan 95 Bahrain less than 50 Iran 194 Israel less than 50 Iraq 264 Jordan less than 50 Kuwait less than 50 Lebanon less than 50 Oman less than 50 Qatar less than 50 Saudi Arabia less than 50 Syrian Arab Republic less than 50 Yemen, Republic of less than 50 Total North America 130 Canada less than 50 United States of America 103 Total Oceania 51 Australia less than 50 Fiji less than 50 French Southern Territories less than 50 Kiribati less than 50 New Zealand less than 50 Papua New Guinea less than 50 Total Other 8 West Indies 1,733 Aruba less than 50 Anguilla less than 50 Netherlands Antilles less than 50 Barbados less than 50 Bermuda less than 50 Bahamas less than 50 Cuba less than 50 Dominica less than 50 Dominican Republic less than 50 Grenada less than 50 Haiti less than 50 Jamaica 1,464 St Lucia less than 50 Montserrat less than 50 St Christopher & Nevis less than 50 Trinidad and Tobago 91 St Vincent & The Grenadines less than 50 Note: For reasons of confidentiality and data integrity numbers under 50 are not shown Sources: These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system, and so although shown to the last individual, the figure may not be accurate to that level.