Adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 28.4% to 5,455 persons in Mongolia in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Mongolia reached an all time high of 8,058 persons in 2012 and an all time low of 5,455 persons in 2015.
Mongolia has been ranked 46th within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Adults Held in Prisons, Penal or Correctional Institutions | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,630,000 | 1,624,000 | 1,635,000 | 1,667,000 | ... | |
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 376,969 | 368,998 | 372,926 | 385,135 | 411,992 | ... | ... | |||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75,212 | 72,958 | 69,854 | 66,992 | 62,947 | ... | |||||||
| Kazakhstan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 50,015 | 54,692 | 49,153 | 45,172 | 41,932 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Mongolia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,464 | 7,344 | 7,929 | 8,058 | 8,004 | ||||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 856,081 | 812,281 | 751,209 | 698,013 | 673,930 | |||||||
| Tajikistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,281,900 | 2,269,200 | 2,244,800 | 2,224,700 | 2,216,600 | ||||||||
| Uzbekistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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