Mongolia

Capital city — Ulaanbaatar

Country population
3,398,366
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.741
(96/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
5.94
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
5,832
via Asian and Pac…
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
183
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
124.4 %
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31/12/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
50
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2015
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
4.5 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.5 %
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31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
24.3 %
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2012
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PdM

+

Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

4.5 % (260)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.5 %

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31/12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

24.3 % (1,416)

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2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2012

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