Syria

Capital city — Damascus

Country population
23,227,014
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2023
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.557
(157/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of incarcerated people
10,599
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
60
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
65.6 %
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
35
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.4 %
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
50.5 %
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2004
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.4 % (784)

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2004

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

50.5 %

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2004

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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