Statizoid

Guam vs Panama: Prison population rate

Guam
530 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2025
Panama
533 prisoners per 100,000 people
in 2025
Guam rank
7th
Panama rank
6th

Prison population rate over time

  • Guam
  • Panama
0200400600200020122025

How they compare

Panama currently reports 533 prisoners per 100,000 people against 530 prisoners per 100,000 people in Guam, a difference of 3 prisoners per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guam ahead.

Guam ranks 7th and Panama ranks 6th of 202 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Prison population rate
Unit
prisoners per 100,000 people
Source
Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 2,155 data points, 1993–2026
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Prison population (including pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners), per 100,000 population.