Cambodia

Capital city — Phnom Penh

Country population
16,767,842
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
257
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional Monarchy
Human Development Index
0.6
(148/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
Data not disclosed
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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
45,122
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12/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
409.1 %
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07/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
29
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2009
Female prisoners
5.7 %
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12/03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.7 %
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10/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
26.6 %
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03/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1989
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

5.7 % (2,571)

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12/03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

3.7 %

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10/2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

26.6 % (11,982)

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03/2024

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1989

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