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Convicted Penal Population

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Convicted Penal Population as at 31 December 2022 of each year.

Data from 2006 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Convicted Penal Population

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ConvictedPenalPopulation.csv (20 rows, 254 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Number Of Population
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
200611272
200710446
200810628
200911288
201011154
201110028
20129901
201310042
20149754
20159602
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3efb23718cadd9df995624b4c4088721"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Prison Service. (2016). Convicted Penal Population (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3efb23718cadd9df995624b4c4088721/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

29 Mar 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)