Prison Statistics
Country Pakistan
Ministry responsible Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights
Prison administration Governments of Provinces
Prison population total (including pretrial detainees / remand prisoners) 85 670 at September 2021 (national prison administration)
Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population) 38 based on an estimated national population of 226.09 million at September 2021 (from United Nations figures)
Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners (percentage of prison population) 70.0%
(September 2021)
Female prisoners (percentage of prison population) 1.6% (2021)
Juveniles / minors / young prisoners incl. definition (percentage of prison population) 1.6%
(2021 - juveniles)
Foreign prisoners (percentage of prison population) 1.2%
(30.6.2007)
Number of establishments / institutions 116
(September 2021)
Official capacity of prison system 64 099
(September 2021)
Occupancy level (based on official capacity) 133.7%
(September 2021)
Prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate)
Year Prison Population Rate
1993 68,453 58
1996 72,700 56
2000 78,938 56
2002 90,000 60
2004 88,659 57
2006 86,500 53
2009 81,409 46
2012 74,944 40
2014 79,700 41
2016 84,315 41
2018 83,718 40
Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
PAKISTAN
Year Number in pre-trial/remand imprisonment Percentage of total prison population Pre-trial/remand population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
1999
2004
2009
2015 61,241
51,433
57,556
55,429 77.6%
67.8%
70.7%
69.1% 43
33
34
30
2021 60,000 70.0% 27
It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give
an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
Female prison population: trend
The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.
It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.
The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.
PAKISTAN
Year Number of female prisoners Percentage of total prison population Female prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)
1999
2003
2007
2010
2015 1,203
1,518
1,328
931
1,650 1.7%
1.8%
1.4%
1.2%
2.1% 0.9
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.9
2021 1,399 1.6% 0.6
The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.
The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.
(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).
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