Male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions rose 1.76% to 13,152 persons in Portugal in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions in Portugal reached an all time high of 13,152 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 10,160 persons in 2008.
Portugal has been ranked 28th within the group of 66 countries we follow in terms of male adults held in prisons, penal or correctional institutions, 4 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 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47,475 | 48,633 | 48,621 | 58,712 | ||
| Belgium | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37,316 | 38,202 | 39,087 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 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 | ... | ... | |||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,690 | 4,122 | 4,054 | 4,118 | 3,588 | ||||||
| Italy | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62,040 | 65,031 | 64,089 | 62,897 | 59,842 | |||||||
| Mauritania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 55,114 | 62,086 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Portugal | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,486 | 10,986 | 11,970 | 12,856 | 13,143 | |||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70,003 | 65,951 | 63,108 | 60,827 | 59,513 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 83,554 | 86,155 | 87,300 | 88,092 | 85,865 |
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