China

Capital city —

Country population
1,410,710,000
i
2023
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
119
sentenced persons…
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.788
(75/193)
i
2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
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2020
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice (sentenced prisoner…
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World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prisoners
1,690,000
This figure only…
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
683
This figure only…
i
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
8.6 %
This figure only…
i
31/12/2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.8 %
in Ministry of Ju…
i
31/12/2013
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
Data not disclosed
i
2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
i
PdM

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2024

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.6 % (145,000)

i

31/12/2018

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

This figure only concerns the number of women sentenced and incarcerated in facilities under the authority of the Ministry of Justice.

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.8 %

in Ministry of Justice prisons

i

31/12/2013

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

Data not disclosed

i

2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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