Bangladesh

Capital city — Dhaka

Country population
163,046,161
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2019
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
48
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional republic (Presidential d…
Human Development Index
0.632
(133/188)
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2019
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
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2014
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
83,107
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
196 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
68
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.9 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
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2012
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
81.3 %
i
2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.9 % (3,222)

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2021

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.7 %

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2012

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

81.3 %

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2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no