Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions fell 2.60% to 39,044 persons in Kazakhstan in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Kazakhstan reached an all time high of 51,770 persons in 2010 and an all time low of 38,987 persons in 2013.
Kazakhstan has been ranked 19th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 19 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 |
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,547,059 | ... | ... | |
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 68,438 | 66,982 | 65,616 | 64,590 | 62,424 | |||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 353,961 | 356,902 | 368,184 | 393,804 | ... | ... | |||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70,001 | 67,615 | 64,510 | 61,710 | 57,890 | ... | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46,886 | 51,770 | 45,995 | 42,223 | 38,987 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,504 | 6,276 | ... | 5,646 | ... | ... | |||||
| Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 745,717 | 689,441 | 640,265 | 618,175 | ||
| Tajikistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Turkmenistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| USA | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,081,800 | 2,071,800 | 2,048,200 | 2,033,200 | 2,017,700 | |||||||
| Uzbekistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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