Friday, January 30, 2015

Prison Population of Thailand



Category
male
female
Total
%
Trial complete
215,101
36,636
251,737
77.3
Incomplete
  63,310
10,439
  73,749
22.65
Juveniles
      164
        3
      167
  0.05
Total
278,575
47,068
325,653
100
Data on 25th December 2014
                                        Source: Department of Corrections

Notes: Thailand has the 6th highest prison population in the world, and related to population the highest female prison population.
1st US; 2,228,224
2nd China; 1,701,344
3rd Russia; 674,100
4th Brazil; 548,003
5th India; 385,185
6th Thailand; 325,653 (updated to 25th December 2014)
                     Source: Pocket World in Figures, Economist, 2015

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