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Australia · Prisoners (total count)

Persons actually held in prison: total stock.
47K
2025
+5.8 %vs 2024
min 38.8K 2016max 47K 2025
Range
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS · Prisoners in Australia· Data 2025
Adult prisoners at 30 June, sentenced and on remandY-axis truncated
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