How many people are imprisoned in Thailand?

Thailand's prison population is 301,020 people. This figure aggregates all forms of detention counted by the source: sentenced prisoners, pre-trial detainees, and administrative detentions.

What is the incarceration rate in Thailand?

Thailand's incarceration rate is approximately 428 people per 100,000 population.

How many prisons are there in Thailand?

World Prisons indexes 163 individual facilities in Thailand. Each entry links to a detail page with contact information, capacity, oversight reports, and known conditions.

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Q: Does Thailand have the death penalty?

Thailand's death-penalty status is: retentionist. Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Dec 2025

Fresh · 2mo ago

Highest incarceration rate in ASEAN. Drug offences drive ~75% of admissions.

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Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date.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

301,020

Year: 2025

Rate per 100,000

428

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

121.2%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

10.1%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

12.7%

Foreign nationals

3.4%

Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology

Conditions risk — across 163 facilities

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

1/100

national average

1 elevated 68 low 94 unknown

retentionist on capital punishment. Last known execution: 2018.Methods: lethal injectionICCPR-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.

1 documented human-rights cases →

How Thailand compares

vs Asia (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 428 · region: 145 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 121% · region: 150% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 10% · region: 35% · 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: 223,406+31.1% over 23y2023: 292,812

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc

Prisons in Thailand

Browse all 163 →

163 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Amnat Charoen Prison

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Bang Kwang Central Prison

Thailand · Nonthaburi

Maximum

Type

Maximum-security

Capacity

5,000

Held

7,500

Overcrowded (150%)Elevated

Buriram Prison

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Camp Nong Pladuk

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Central Correctional Institution For Youth Offenders

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Chiang Mai Womans Correctional Institution

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

ChiangRai Juvenile Observation and Protection Centre

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

Chungkai prison camp

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`nccham

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`nccham`ameph`swrrolk

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamcchanghwadnraathiwaas

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamcchanghwadphuuekt

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamchawkhraawekhaarakam

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamchawkhraawhlaksii

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamklaangcchanghwadchaechingethraa

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamklaanglampaang

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamklaangnkhrraachsiimaa

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamklaangphathlung

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamklaangyalaa

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamphiessmiinburii

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamphiessthnburii

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchamthhaar`aakaas

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

eruue`ncchMaacchanghwadsklnkhr

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

hospitaal-kamp Nakhom Pathon

Thailand

Type

—

Capacity

—

Held

—

See all 163 prisons in Thailand →

Data completeness

100%

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

National population: 70,350,0002025
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Department of Corrections â Thailand — Royal Thai Government
See /data-sources for our methodology.

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: THA

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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Thailand — prison statistics. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/countries/thailand

Chicago

"Thailand — prison statistics." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/countries/thailand.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-thailand,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Thailand — prison statistics},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/countries/thailand},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
}