Country	Population 1985 Estimate (Millions)1	Status of Capital Punishment Laws2
1.	United States	238.6	Divided jurisdiction: 37 states have capital punishment statutes; 13 states do not
2.	West Germany	60.9	Abolished (1949) for all offenses
3.	Italy	57.1	Abolished (1947) for ordinary offenses
4.	England	56.4	Abolished (1969) for ordinary offenses
5.	France	55.0	Abolished (1981) for all offenses
6.	Spain	38.8	Abolished (1978) for ordinary offenses
7.	Canada	25.3	Abolished (1976) for ordinary offenses
8.	Netherlands	14.4	Abolished (1982) for all offenses
9.	Portugal	10.0	Abolished (1977) for all offenses
10.	Greece	9.9	Retentionist

AMA Commentary

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"Abolished for all offenses" refers to those countries whose laws do not provide for the death penalty for any crime. "Abolished for ordinary offenses" refers to those countries whose laws provide for the death penalty only for exceptional crimes such as crimes committed under military law. "Retentionist" refers to those countries whose laws include the death penalty for ordinary offenses.

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¹ U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1986. (106th ed.), Washington, D.C.
² "The Death Penalty: List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries," Amnesty International, International Secretariat, One Easton Street, London, England, June 1985.