Number of prisoners rose 18.9% to 12,896 persons in Paraguay in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Paraguay reached an all time high of 12,896 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 5,824 persons in 2008.
Paraguay has been ranked 44th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 46 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 |
| Argentina | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57,403 | 59,227 | 60,789 | 62,263 | 64,288 | ||||||
| Bolivia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,087 | 8,930 | 11,195 | 14,272 | 14,770 | ... | |||||||
| Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 491,482 | 513,954 | 534,605 | 570,318 | 606,208 | ||||||||
| Chile | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58,044 | 60,148 | 59,261 | 56,372 | 53,050 | ||||||||
| Paraguay | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,631 | 6,197 | 7,161 | 8,194 | 9,233 | ||||||
| Peru | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44,406 | 45,464 | 49,206 | 61,390 | 67,597 | ||||||||
| Uruguay | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,200 | 8,700 | 9,070 | 9,418 | 9,448 | ||||||||
| Venezuela | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40,825 | ... | 45,224 | ... |
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