Myanmar

Capital city —

Country population
54,179,306
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2022
/ World Bank
Type of government
Military Dictatorship
Human Development Index
0.608
(144/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
3.87
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2022
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of incarcerated people
100,324
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
183
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
111.5 %
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05/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
96
46 prisons and 50…
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
12.3 %
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
1.6 %
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12/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Number and percentage of people awaitin…
15.1 %
i
2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
The death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Number and percentage of incarcerated women

12.3 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Children

Number and percentage of incarcerated children

1.6 %

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12/2002

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People awaiting trial

Number and percentage of people awaiting trial in prison

15.1 %

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

People sentenced to death

The death penalty is abolished

no

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