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Cuba

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Jan 2020
Fresh · 9d ago

WPB estimate; Cuba does not publish a formal annual figure. Includes inmates in 'open regime' work centres.

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

90,000

Year: 2020

Rate per 100,000

794

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

At or under capacity

Pre-trial / remand

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

3.5%

Foreign nationals

Conditions risk — across 77 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

national average

How Cuba compares

vs Americas (9) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 794 · region: 457 · global: 214

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2003: 55,000+4.2% over 9y2012: 57,337

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

  • Occupancy, pre-trial share, capacity figures not publicly released since 2012.

Prisons in Cuba

Browse all 77

77 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Data completeness

70%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
11,330,0002020
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
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Sources

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