Based on a comparison of 36 countries in 2015, Turkey ranked the highest in Prison capacity and number of persons held - Actual number of persons held in prison with 158,690 persons followed by Poland and France. On the other end of the scale was Liechtenstein with 53.0 persons, Iceland with 152 persons and Cyprus with 547 persons.
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| Country | Unit | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Albania | persons | 4,667 | 4,657 | 4,659 | 4,618 | 4,998 | |||
| Austria | persons | 8,708 | 8,540 | 8,770 | 8,805 | 8,862 | |||
| Belgium | persons | 10,126 | 10,526 | 11,040 | 11,183 | 11,818 | ... | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | persons | ... | ... | 2,743 | 2,757 | ... | 2,898 | ||
| Bulgaria | persons | 9,006 | 9,379 | 9,885 | 9,493 | 8,834 | |||
| Croatia | persons | 4,891 | 5,165 | 5,084 | 4,741 | 4,352 | |||
| Cyprus | persons | 578 | 636 | 622 | 678 | 553 | |||
| Czech Republic | persons | 21,853 | 21,900 | 23,170 | 22,644 | 16,645 | |||
| Denmark | persons | 3,721 | 3,944 | 3,947 | 3,829 | 4,091 | |||
| Estonia | persons | 3,555 | 3,393 | 3,400 | 3,286 | 3,112 | |||
| Finland | persons | 3,589 | 3,364 | 3,268 | 3,306 | 3,295 | |||
| France | persons | 60,978 | 60,544 | 64,787 | 66,572 | 67,075 | |||
| Germany | persons | 72,295 | 70,827 | 69,543 | 68,533 | 66,221 | |||
| Hungary | persons | 15,432 | 16,328 | 17,210 | 17,179 | 17,841 | |||
| Iceland | persons | 148 | 167 | 150 | 153 | 152 | ... | ... | |
| Ireland | persons | 3,868 | 4,318 | 4,216 | 4,287 | 4,088 | |||
| Italy | persons | 65,598 | 69,263 | 68,325 | 67,102 | 63,848 | |||
| Kosovo | persons | ... | ... | ... | 1,441 | 1,737 | 1,776 | ||
| Latvia | persons | 7,055 | 6,780 | 6,561 | 6,117 | 5,136 | |||
| Liechtenstein | persons | 149 | 76.0 | 71.0 | 60.0 | 68.0 | |||
| Lithuania | persons | 8,655 | 9,139 | 9,920 | 9,729 | 9,261 | |||
| Luxembourg | persons | 702 | 681 | 637 | 666 | 656 | |||
| Malta | persons | 494 | 584 | 584 | 585 | 615 | |||
| Montenegro | persons | 1,499 | 1,457 | 1,328 | 1,331 | 1,064 | |||
| Netherlands | persons | 14,364 | 14,368 | 13,969 | 13,473 | 12,721 | |||
| Norway | persons | 3,340 | 3,564 | 3,866 | 4,052 | 3,869 | ... | ... | |
| Poland | persons | 85,749 | 82,372 | 82,832 | 85,459 | 80,165 | |||
| Portugal | persons | 11,287 | 11,839 | 12,955 | 13,875 | 14,535 | |||
| Romania | persons | 26,716 | 28,244 | 30,694 | 31,817 | 33,434 | |||
| Serbia | persons | 10,975 | 11,211 | 11,070 | 10,226 | 10,031 | |||
| Slovakia | persons | 9,316 | 10,031 | 10,525 | 10,850 | 9,753 | |||
| Slovenia | persons | 1,365 | 1,351 | 1,273 | 1,377 | 1,360 | |||
| Spain | persons | 76,079 | 73,929 | 70,472 | 68,597 | 66,765 | |||
| Sweden | persons | 7,286 | 6,846 | 6,669 | 6,296 | 5,723 | |||
| Switzerland | persons | 5,605 | 5,765 | 5,626 | 6,102 | 6,652 | |||
| Turkey | persons | ... | 116,340 | 120,814 | 128,604 | 136,020 | 145,478 | ... |
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