Myanmar

Capital city — Naypyitaw

Country population
53,708,395
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Parliamentary)
Human Development Index
0.584
(145/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.3
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
92,000
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
171
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
139 %
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
96
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
12.3 %
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
1.6 %
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12/2002
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
15.1 %
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2016
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
no, but abolitionist in practice
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

12.3 %

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2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

1.6 %

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12/2002

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

15.1 %

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2016

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

no, but abolitionist in practice

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