Based on a comparison of 61 countries in 2012, Montenegro ranked the highest in police officers per 1 mil people with 6,795 persons followed by Turkey and Macedonia. On the other end of the scale was Hungary with 864 persons, Kenya with 989 persons and India with 1,311 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Police Officers per 1 mil Inhabitants indicator page.
| Police Officers per 1 mil Inhabitants | Unit | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,167 | 3,397 | 3,643 | 4,017 | 4,093 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,327 | ||
| Croatia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,299 | 4,686 | 4,546 | 4,645 | 4,805 | ||||||||||||
| Greece | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,390 | 4,622 | 4,583 | 5,076 | 5,355 | |||||||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,490 | 3,791 | 3,759 | 4,875 | 4,566 | ||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,452 | 4,498 | 4,466 | 4,948 | 4,583 | |||||
| Macedonia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,669 | 4,578 | 4,719 | 5,827 | 5,395 | ||||||||
| Malta | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,213 | 4,617 | 4,477 | 4,368 | 4,516 | ||||||||||
| Moldova | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,810 | 2,561 | 2,423 | ... | 2,449 | ... | ||||
| Montenegro | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,975 | ... | 7,972 | 8,805 | 8,136 | ||
| Portugal | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,598 | 4,558 | 4,568 | 4,733 | 4,478 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,118 | 6,228 | 6,264 | 6,225 | 5,430 | ... | ||
| Slovakia | persons | ... | ... | ... | 3,778 | 3,741 | 3,715 | 4,023 | 3,968 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,750 | 4,812 | 4,953 | 5,067 | 5,224 | |||||||||
| Turkey | persons | ... | 4,747 | 4,742 | 4,857 | 4,930 | 5,028 |
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