Based on a comparison of 61 countries in 2012, India ranked the highest in number of police officers with 1,580,310 persons followed by Russia and USA. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 759 persons, Luxembourg with 1,736 persons and Malta with 1,902 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Police Officers indicator page.
| Number of Police Officers | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 359,754 | 300,677 | 345,922 | 332,647 | 275,571 | ||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 241,998 | 238,478 | 228,402 | 243,900 | 211,262 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | 250,284 | 250,353 | 247,619 | 245,752 | 243,625 | |||||||||||||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,406,020 | 1,425,180 | 1,473,600 | 1,557,500 | 1,580,310 | ... | ... | ||
| Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 389,341 | ... | ... |
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 324,339 | 225,520 | 225,077 | 293,591 | 276,256 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 254,600 | 256,200 | 256,100 | 257,100 | 258,000 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 423,314 | 420,698 | ||
| Nigeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 312,223 | 345,023 | ... | ... | |
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 879,177 | 894,692 | 900,029 | 894,478 | 779,846 | ... | ||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 209,163 | 214,920 | 224,099 | 231,818 | 241,267 | |||||||||
| Thailand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 213,507 | ... | ... | 202,135 | 205,516 | ... | ... | |
| Turkey | persons | ... | 325,738 | 329,533 | 341,770 | 351,250 | 362,710 | |||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | 683,396 | 699,850 | 708,569 | 706,886 | 705,009 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 166,912 | ... | 171,599 | 178,870 | 176,705 | ... | ... |
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