Number of prisoners fell 7.08% to 4,409 persons in Latvia in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Latvia reached an all time high of 12,736 persons in 1997 and an all time low of 4,409 persons in 2015.
Latvia has been ranked 73rd within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 9 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Prisoners | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Belarus | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40,186 | 39,627 | 36,652 | 28,841 | 28,471 | ... | |||||||
| China | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,623,394 | 1,646,593 | 1,656,773 | 1,641,931 | 1,680,000 | ... | |||||||
| Estonia | persons | 3,555 | 3,393 | 3,400 | 3,286 | 3,112 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | 3,589 | 3,364 | 3,268 | 3,306 | 3,295 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 72,295 | 70,827 | 69,543 | 68,533 | 66,221 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | 75,250 | 72,975 | 69,876 | 67,008 | 62,971 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Latvia | persons | 7,055 | 6,780 | 6,561 | 6,117 | 5,136 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | 8,655 | 9,139 | 9,920 | 9,729 | 9,261 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 85,749 | 82,372 | 82,832 | 85,459 | 80,165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 863,899 | 818,037 | 755,648 | 701,909 | 677,287 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 2,297,700 | 2,279,100 | 2,252,500 | 2,231,400 | 2,231,400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 147,716 | 154,027 | 154,029 | ... | 147,112 | ... | ... |
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