The most heavily policed countries in the world

Russia is the most heavily policed nation in the world according to Bloomberg, with 565 police offers per 100,000 of its population. Turkey is second place with 475 while Italy rounds off the top three with 467. Read more in Statista's latest Independent feature.

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Number of police officers per 100,000 population for selected countries in 2012
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Trust in the police as of 2022, by country
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Percentage of people that have been stopped by the police in the last twelve months in selected European countries in 2019, by country
Rate of civilians killed by the police annually in selected countries, as of 2021 (per 10 million residents)
Total police personnel per 100,000 residents in Canada and the U.S. from 2003 to 2017
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Number of police officers per 100,000 inhabitant in Sweden from 2012 to 2022

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