Map of police forces in Europe (2013)

Milhaud 2023-01-03
Map of police forces in Europe (2013)

Map showing the number of police officers per 100,000 inhabitants in each European country in 2013.

The countries with the highest number of police officers per capita are the Vatican (15,625), Monaco (1,374), Montenegro (865.5), Cyprus (671.7), Russia (546) and Spain (505.8). At the opposite end of the scale are Finland (156), Norway (159.2), Denmark (196.9), Sweden (206.8) and Romania (212.9).

To put this into context, according to official data, there are 256 in the United States, 197 in Japan, and 120 in China.

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