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Turkmenistan

Capital city — Ashgabat

Country population
5,850,908
i
2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.71
(108/188)
i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
4.2
i
2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the prison…
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Total number of prisoners
30,452
i
09/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
552
i
09/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
85 %
i
2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
27
i
2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Number and percentage of female prisoners
6.5 %
estimated percentage
i
2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
i
2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Untried prisoners
14 %
estimated percentage
i
01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1999
i
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Country-profile

Year2020

Introduction

Introduction

Country population

5,850,908

i

2018

Type of government

Unitary Republic

Human Development Index

0.71

(108/188)

i

2018

/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

4.2

i

2016

/ WHO, World Health Organization