Denmark

Capital city — ‎Copenhagen

Country population
5,806,081
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
71
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.93
(11/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
4,125
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
4.2
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
103 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
45
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2007
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.4 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
0.3 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
38.2 %
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02/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1978
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.4 % (182)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

0.3 % (12)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

38.2 % (1,576)

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02/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1978

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