Number of prisoners reached 5,543 persons in 2015 in Sweden, according to the United Nations. This is 2.79% less than in the previous year.
Historically, number of prisoners in Sweden reached an all time high of 7,397 persons in 2006 and an all time low of 4,776 persons in 1987.
Sweden has been ranked 69th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners.
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