Table 2.

Population of Brazil and the prison system per region and year.

Region	Population				Population in prison (PoP)*
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2017	2018	2019	2020
North	17,929,800	18,182,253	18,430,980	18,672,591	52,167	57,414	63,346.5	64,980
Northeast	56,442,149	56,760,780	57,071,654	57,374,243	119,835.5	126,835	137,397.5	140,159.5
Midwest	15,870,886	16,085,885	16,297,074	16,504,303	66,093.5	68,497	71,909	85,226
Southeast	87,035,037	87,711,946	88,371,433	89,012,240	373,028.5	380,846	385,399	359,190
South	29,526,869	29,754,036	29,975,984	30,192,315	94,473	84,852	92,091	131,130.5
Brazil	206,804,741	208,494,900	210,147,125	211,755,692	705,597.5	718,444	750,143	780,686

^*Notation: N = {2017, …, 2020}. Calculation: $Po{P}_i^r=\frac{PoP{(jan-jun)}_i^r+PoP{(jul-dez)}_i^r}{2},\forall i\in N$ and ∀r ∈Region.