Asia · Southern Asia
Significant pre-trial backlog. Death-row population is one of the largest globally.
Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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
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%
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk
Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.
The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.
Source: World Prison Brief / unodc
120 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.
Pakistan · Faisalabad
Type
Borstal Institution
Capacity
200
Held
240
Pakistan · Hyderabad
Type
Borstal Institution
Capacity
150
Held
180
Pakistan · Lahore
Type
Borstal Institution
Capacity
300
Held
380
Pakistan · Multan
Type
Borstal Institution
Capacity
180
Held
215
Pakistan · Peshawar
Type
Borstal Institution
Capacity
200
Held
240
Pakistan · Lahore
Type
Camp Jail
Capacity
1,200
Held
2,900
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan · Bahawalpur
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
1,500
Held
3,700
Pakistan · Dera Ghazi Khan
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
900
Held
2,200
Pakistan · Faisalabad
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
2,200
Held
5,800
Pakistan · Gilgit
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
250
Held
560
Pakistan · Gujranwala
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
1,650
Held
4,100
Pakistan · Haripur
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
2,000
Held
5,500
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan · Hyderabad
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
1,500
Held
3,400
Pakistan · Karachi
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
5,000
Held
8,200
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan · Lahore
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
4,028
Held
9,621
Pakistan · Mardan
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
600
Held
2,100
Pakistan
Type
—
Capacity
—
Held
—
Pakistan · Mirpur
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
350
Held
620
Pakistan · Multan
Type
Central Jail
Capacity
2,100
Held
5,200
Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.
Direct citations for the figures on this page.
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World Prisons. (2026). Pakistan — prison statistics. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/pakistan
"Pakistan — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/pakistan.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Pakistan — prison statistics},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/pakistan},
urldate = {2026-07-20}
}