Number of prisoners rose 0.260% to 419,623 persons in India in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in India reached an all time high of 419,623 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 313,635 persons in 2003.
India has been ranked 3rd within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Prisoners | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Afghanistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18,283 | ... | 24,613 | ... | ... | |||||
| Bangladesh | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69,650 | ... | 68,700 | 72,104 | ... | |||||
| Bhutan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,001 | 1,087 | 1,084 | ... | |
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,623,394 | 1,646,593 | 1,656,773 | 1,641,931 | 1,680,000 | ... | |||||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 376,969 | 368,998 | 372,926 | 385,135 | 411,992 | ||||||||
| Iran | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 168,516 | ... | 250,000 | ... | 226,220 | ... | ||||
| Japan | persons | 75,250 | 72,975 | 69,876 | 67,008 | 62,971 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 38,387 | ... | 36,608 | 39,144 | ... | ||||||
| Maldives | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 830 | ... | 994 | ... | ... | ||||
| Myanmar | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 60,053 | ... | 66,000 | ... | 60,000 | ... | ... | ||
| Pakistan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 81,409 | 75,586 | 78,100 | 74,944 | 77,000 | |||||||
| Russia | persons | 863,899 | 818,037 | 755,648 | 701,909 | 677,287 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27,151 | 26,025 | 23,213 | 23,215 | 27,000 | |||||||
| USA | persons | 2,297,700 | 2,279,100 | 2,252,500 | 2,231,400 | 2,231,400 |
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