Number of prisoners rose 13.9% to 11,489 persons in Jordan in 2015, according to the United Nations.
Historically, number of prisoners in Jordan reached an all time high of 11,489 persons in 2015 and an all time low of 6,166 persons in 2006.
Jordan has been ranked 47th within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of number of prisoners, 42 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 |
| Egypt | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66,000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Iran | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 168,516 | ... | 250,000 | ... | 226,220 | ... | ||||
| Iraq | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,104 | 24,965 | 26,369 | 31,187 | 30,499 | ... | ... | |
| Israel | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20,191 | 18,967 | 20,291 | 18,610 | ... | |||||||
| Jordan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,206 | 8,434 | 6,262 | 7,714 | 8,000 | ||||||
| Kuwait | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,045 | 4,179 | 4,100 | ... | 2,900 | ||||
| Lebanon | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,901 | 5,060 | 5,169 | 5,060 | 5,393 | ||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44,600 | ... | 49,000 | ... | 47,000 | ... | ... |
| Syria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Turkey | persons | 115,920 | 120,194 | 128,253 | 136,638 | 144,098 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,824 | 9,959 | ... | |||
| Yemen | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,894 | 12,409 | 10,390 | ... | 14,000 | ... | ... |
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