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Pakistan

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Nov 2024
Fresh · 9d ago

Significant pre-trial backlog. Death-row population is one of the largest globally.

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Prison population

108,643

Year: 2024

Rate per 100,000

45

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

163.1%

Severely overcrowded

Pre-trial / remand

73.4%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

1.5%

Foreign nationals

1.1%

Conditions risk — across 49 facilities

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

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national average
49 unknown

How Pakistan compares

vs Asia (14) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 45 · region: 172 · global: 214
Occupancy ratethis: 163% · region: 147% · global: 125%
Pre-trial sharethis: 73% · region: 30% · 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
2000: 78,938+4.1% over 20y2020: 82,139

Prisons in Pakistan

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49 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Centeral Jail

Pakistan

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Central Jail

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Central Jail

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Central Jail Faisalabad

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Central Jail Gujranwala

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Central Jail Hyderabad

Pakistan · حیدرآباد

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Central Jail Karachi

Pakistan · Karachi

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Central jail Kohat

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Central Jail Lahore

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Central Jail Mianwali

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Central Jail Rawalpindi

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Central Jail, Hudda Qta

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Central Prison Karachi

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Central Prison Peshawar

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Deputy Inspector General of Prisons

Pakistan · فیصل آباد

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District Central Jail Badin

Pakistan · Badin

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district Jail

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District Jail

Pakistan · Sukkur

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District Jail Faisalabad

Pakistan · فیصل آباد

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District Jail Gujrat

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District Jail Hafizabad

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District Jail Jhelum

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District Jail Kasur

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District Jail Lahore

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See all 49 prisons in Pakistan →

Data completeness

100%

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

National population
239,420,0002024
Source-verified
20 May 2026
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Sources

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