Number of prisoners rose 8.57% to 16,158 persons in Honduras in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Honduras reached an all time high of 16,158 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 10,931 persons in 2004.
Honduras has been ranked 40th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 23 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 |
| Belize | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,781 | 2,322 | 2,288 | 2,546 | 2,632 | ... | |||||||
| Canada | persons | 38,804 | 39,489 | 40,229 | 40,718 | 37,542 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,623,394 | 1,646,593 | 1,656,773 | 1,641,931 | 1,680,000 | ... | |||||||
| El Salvador | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22,101 | 24,662 | 25,367 | 28,383 | 26,848 | |||||||
| Guatemala | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,148 | ... | 15,013 | 16,336 | ... | ||||||
| Honduras | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,770 | 12,006 | 12,095 | 13,184 | ||||||
| Japan | persons | 75,250 | 72,975 | 69,876 | 67,008 | 62,971 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 186,614 | 188,013 | 213,758 | 207,278 | 218,373 | ||||||||
| Nicaragua | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,807 | 6,789 | ... | 9,800 | ... | ... | ||||||
| USA | persons | 2,297,700 | 2,279,100 | 2,252,500 | 2,231,400 | 2,231,400 |
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