Egypt

Capital city — Cairo

Country population
110,990,103
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2022
/ World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
116
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Unitary Republic
Human Development Index
0.728
(105/193)
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2022
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.34
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2017
/ UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
120,000
via US State Depa…
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
Data not disclosed
Total number of prison facilities
78
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
3.7 %
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31/12/2006
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
Data not disclosed
Percentage of untried prisoners
33.3 %
estimated percent…
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

3.7 %

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31/12/2006

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

Data not disclosed

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

33.3 % (40,000)

estimated percentage

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2022

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no

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