Total prison population: 34,243 prisoners 

Crime trend: Up 71% in 2000–2001

CRIME RATES

Thousands of people have been killed by radical Islamists since 1992, while human rights groups have accused progovernment death squads of brutal reprisal killings and of persecuting suspected Islamist militants.

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004