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Myanmar

High confidence
Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 May 2020
Fresh · 1mo ago

Population swelled since the February 2021 military coup. AAPP tracks ~20,000 political prisoners as of mid-2024.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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

100,324

Year: 2020

Rate per 100,000

183

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

111.5%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

15.1%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

12.3%

Foreign nationals

0.7%

Conditions risk — across 82 facilities

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

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national average
82 unknown
retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2022.Methods: hangingICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): not a signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
2 documented human-rights cases →

How Myanmar compares

vs Asia (16) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 183 · region: 162 · global: 214
Occupancy ratethis: 112% · region: 151% · global: 125%
Pre-trial sharethis: 15% · region: 34% · global: 32%

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
1993: 53,195+88.6% over 27y2020: 100,324

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

What we know — and don't

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

What we don't know

  • Official figures effectively unavailable since 2021. Civil-society estimates only.

Prisons in Myanmar

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82 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

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akny:uu:cii:keaakthuttckhn:

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akny:uu:cii:ruN:

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akny:uu:cii:tthaan

Myanmar · ရမည်းသင်း

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Aye Thu Kha Prison, Daik-U

Myanmar · ဒိုက်ဦး

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bhaa:aN akny:theaang

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bn:meaaakny:theaang

Myanmar · ဗန်းမော်

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bn:meaaakny:theaang

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Burma kamp 100, Doodenkamp

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Buthidaung Prison

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Dawei Jail

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Dawei Prison

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gyleaang:raibhkckhn:akny:theaangeriyaa

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Hinthada Central Jail

Myanmar · ဟင်္သာတမြို့

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Hinthada Prison

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hngsaattakny:theaang

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Hokho Concentration Camp

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Hpa-An Prison

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Hton Kha Jail

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Inn Pyaung Prison

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Inn Sein Prison

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Insein Prison

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See all 82 prisons in Myanmar →

Data completeness

100%

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

National population
54,750,0002020
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
3 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
MMR