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Executions
Around the World
Source: Amnesty International,
US Census Bureau
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Number
of
Executions
in 1997 |
Population
in 1997 |
| China |
1,876 |
1.2 billion |
Iran |
143 |
63.5 million |
| Saudi Arabia |
122 |
20.1 million |
| United
States |
74 |
267.9 million |
| Texas |
36 |
19.4 million |
| Kazakhstan |
35 |
16.9 million |
| Sierra Leone |
35 |
4.9 million |
| Nigeria |
33 |
107.3 million |
| Belarus |
30 |
10.4 million |
| Taiwan |
29 |
21.7 million |
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