Number of prisoners rose 2.38% to 622,202 persons in Brazil in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Brazil reached an all time high of 622,202 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 284,989 persons in 2003.
Brazil has been ranked 2nd 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75,992 | 84,444 | 100,451 | 113,884 | 120,032 | ... | |||||||
| Guyana | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,179 | 2,160 | 2,035 | 2,032 | 1,998 | ... | ||||||
| Paraguay | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,631 | 6,197 | 7,161 | 8,194 | 9,233 | ||||||
| Peru | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44,406 | 45,464 | 49,206 | 61,390 | 67,597 | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3,719 | 3,691 | 4,287 | 3,710 | 3,615 | |||||||
| Venezuela | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40,825 | ... | 45,224 | ... |
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