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Countries with the most prisoners in Asia as of July 2016

Countries with the largest number of prisoners in Asia as of July 2016

The data displays the countries with the most prisoners in Asia as of July 16, 2016. By that time, Thailand ranked third in Asia with a total of approx. 320,000 prisoners.

China 1649804
India 418536
Thailand 319883
Iran 225624
Indonesia 180347
Philippines 142168
Vietnam 136245
Pakistan 80169
Bangladesh 69719
Taiwan 62902
Myanmar 60000
Japan 59620
South Korea 53990
Malaysia 52784
Uzbekistan 43900
Kazakhstan 39179
Turkmenistan 30568
Afghanistan 26519
Sri Lanka 19067
Cambodia 18308
Nepal 17905
Singapore 12394
Kyrgyzstan 10030
Tajikistan 9317
Hong Kong (China) 8438
Laos 8201
Mongolia 7773
Maldives 1513
Macau (China) 1292
Bhutan 1119
Brunei Darussalam 565