Cambodia

Capital city — Phnom Penh

Country population
16,249,798
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2018
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
220
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.581
(146/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
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2017
/ WHO, World Health Organization
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
36,600
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
206 %
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10/2015
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
28
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
8.2 %
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
4.9 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
71.9 %
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09/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.2 % (3,001)

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11/2019

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

4.9 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

71.9 %

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09/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1989

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