Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 10.2% to 3,079 persons in Denmark in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Denmark reached an all time high of 3,890 persons in 2013 and an all time low of 3,079 persons in 2015. When compared to Denmark's main peers, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Germany amounted to 59,411 persons, 9,950 persons in Netherlands, 2,772 persons in Norway and 5,211 persons in Sweden in 2015.
Denmark has been ranked 52nd within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 52 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Male 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 |
| Austria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,453 | 7,599 | 7,734 | 8,113 | 8,221 | ... | |||||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Denmark | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,523 | 3,743 | 3,774 | 3,673 | 3,890 | ||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,249 | 3,046 | 2,969 | 3,000 | 2,960 | ||||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,288 | 57,929 | 61,908 | 63,668 | 64,213 | |||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68,438 | 66,982 | 65,616 | 64,590 | 62,424 | |||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 136 | 159 | 140 | 139 | 145 | ... | ... | |||||
| Netherlands | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12,794 | 12,841 | 12,631 | 12,216 | 11,575 | ||||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,043 | 3,270 | 3,556 | 3,720 | 3,628 | |||||||
| Poland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77,745 | 75,007 | 76,011 | 78,668 | 74,005 | |||||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 745,717 | 689,441 | 640,265 | 618,175 | ||
| Sweden | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,437 | 6,272 | 5,922 | 5,383 | ||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83,554 | 86,155 | 87,300 | 88,092 | 85,865 |
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