Number of prisoners reached 60,486 persons in 2014 in Japan, according to the United Nations. This is 3.95% less than in the previous year.
Historically, number of prisoners in Japan reached an all time high of 81,255 persons in 2006 and an all time low of 44,876 persons in 1992.
Japan has been ranked 25th within the group of 137 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners.
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