Iraq

Capital city — Baghdad

Country population
39,309,783
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2019
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.674
(123/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
10.1
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2013
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
45,000
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
126
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2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
139 %
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12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
24
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisone…
2.6 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.6 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
35.2 %
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2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Number and percentage of female prisoners

2.6 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

3.6 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

35.2 %

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2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

no

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