List of countries and dependencies by number of physicians
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List[]
Country or dependency | 2000–2009[1] | 2007–2013 [2] | Latest available data | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Size | Physicians per 10,000 people |
Physicians per 10,000 people |
Physicians per 10,000 people | |
Australia | 19612 | 10 | 32.7 | |
Austria | 31175 | 38 | 48.3 | |
Azerbaijan | 32388 | 38 | 34.0 | |
Albania | 3626 | 11 | 11.5 | |
Algeria | 40857 | 12 | 12.1 | 17.2 |
Angola | 1165 | 1 | 1.7 | |
Andorra | 249 | 37 | 40.0 | |
Argentina | 122623 | 32 | 38.6 | |
Armenia | 11088 | 37 | 27.0 | |
Afghanistan | 5970 | 2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
Bahamas | 997 | 28.2 | 28.2 | |
Bangladesh | 42881 | 3 | 3.6 | |
Bahrain | 2227 | 30 | 9.2 | |
Belarus | 46965 | 49 | 39.3 | |
Belize | 251 | 11 | 8.3 | |
Belgium | 44124 | 42 | 29.9 | |
Benin | 542 | 1 | 0.6 | |
Bulgaria | 27911 | 37 | 38.7 | |
Bolivia | 10329 | 12 | 4.7 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5540 | 14 | 19.3 | |
Botswana | 715 | 4 | 4 | |
Brazil | 320013 | 17 | 18.9 | 21.6 |
Brunei | 400 | 11 | 14.4 | |
Burkina Faso | 921 | 1 | 0.5 | |
Burundi | 200 | 0.5 | 8.55 | |
Bhutan | 52 | 0.5 | 2.6 | |
North Macedonia | 5187 | 25 | 26.2 | |
Vanuatu | 30 | 1 | 1.2 | |
Hungary | 27957 | 28 | 30.8 | |
Venezuela | 48000 | 19 | 19 | |
Vietnam | 44960 | 6 | 11.9 | |
Gabon | 395 | 3 | 3 | |
Guyana | 366 | 5 | 2.1 | |
Gambia | 62 | 0.5 | 1.1 | |
Ghana | 2587 | 1 | 1 | |
Guatemala | 13367 | 9.3 | 9.3 | |
Guinea | 940 | 1 | 1 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 78 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
Germany | 288182 | 35 | 38.9 | 42.5 |
Honduras | 3676 | 6 | 6 | |
Greece | 59599 | 54 | 54 | |
Georgia | 19951 | 45 | 42.7 | 71.2 |
Denmark | 17226 | 32 | 34.9 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5827 | 1 | 1 | |
Djibouti | 140 | 2 | 2 | |
Dominican Republic | 15670 | 19 | 14.9 | |
Egypt | 179900 | 24 | 28.3 | 4.5 |
Zambia | 649 | 1 | 1.7 | |
Zimbabwe | 2086 | 2 | 0.8 | |
Israel | 25314 | 36 | 33.4 | |
India | 643520 | 6 | 7 | 8.6 |
Indonesia | 204000 | 4.3 | ||
Jordan | 15279 | 26 | 25.6 | |
Iraq | 15994 | 5 | 6.1 | 7.1 |
Iran | 61870 | 9 | 9 | 15.8 |
Ireland | 13141 | 31 | 26.7 | |
Iceland | 1120 | 38 | 34.8 | |
Spain | 163800 | 38 | 49.5 | |
Italy | 215000 | 37 | 37.6 | |
Yemen | 6739 | 3 | 2 | |
Cape Verde | 310 | 6 | 3.1 | |
Kazakhstan | 57387 | 39 | 36.2 | |
Cambodia | 2047 | 2 | 1.7 | |
Cameroon | 3124 | 2 | 0.8 | |
Canada | 62307 | 19 | 20.7 | 26.1 |
Qatar | 2313 | 28 | 77.4 | 24.9 |
Kenya | 4506 | 1 | 2 | |
Cyprus | 1950 | 23 | 23.3 | |
Kiribati | 20 | 2 | 3.8 | |
China | 1862630 | 14 | 14.9 | 19.8 |
Colombia | 58761 | 14 | 14.7 | |
Comoros | 115 | 2 | 2 | |
Republic of the Congo | 401 | 1 | 1 | |
North Korea | 74597 | 33 | 33 | |
Costa Rica | 5204 | 13 | 11.1 | |
Ivory Coast | 2746 | 1 | 1.4 | |
Cuba | 72416 | 64 | 67.2 | 84.2 |
Kuwait | 4840 | 18 | 17.9 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 12395 | 23 | 19.7 | |
Laos | 2000 | 3 | 1.8 | |
Latvia | 6940 | 30 | 35.8 | |
Lesotho | 89 | 1 | 1 | |
Liberia | 51 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
Lebanon | 11760 | 33 | 32 | |
Libya | 7070 | 12 | 19 | |
Lithuania | 13729 | 40 | 41.2 | |
Luxembourg | 1326 | 29 | 29 | 30.1 |
Mauritius | 1303 | 11 | 11 | |
Mauritania | 445 | 1 | 1.3 | |
Madagascar | 3150 | 2 | 1.6 | |
Malawi | 257 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Malaysia | 17020 | 7 | 12 | |
Mali | 1060 | 1 | 0.8 | |
Maldives | 302 | 9 | 14.2 | |
Malta | 1357 | 34 | 34.9 | |
Morocco | 18269 | 6 | 6.2 | 7.3 |
Marshall Islands | 24 | 5 | 4.4 | |
Mexico | 303519 | 29 | 21 | 23.8 |
Micronesia | 60 | 6 | 1.8 | |
Mozambique | 548 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
Monaco | 270 | 71.7 | 71.7 | |
Mongolia | 6732 | 26 | 28.4 | |
Myanmar | 17791 | 4 | 6.1 | |
Namibia | 598 | 3 | 3.7 | |
Nauru | 10 | 8 | 7.1 | |
Nepal | 5384 | 2 | 2 | |
Niger | 288 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Nigeria | 55376 | 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
Netherlands | 64417 | 39 | 39 | |
Nicaragua | 2045 | 4 | 9 | |
Niue | 4 | 20 | 30 | |
New Zealand | 8190 | 21 | 27.4 | |
Norway | 18143 | 39 | 42.8 | |
Tanzania | 300 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
United Arab Emirates | 6946 | 15 | 25.3 | |
Oman | 4908 | 18 | 24.3 | |
Cook Islands | 20 | 12 | 12 | |
Pakistan | 127859 | 8 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
Palau | 30 | 16 | 13.8 | |
Panama | 4431 | 15 | 16.5 | |
Papua New Guinea | 275 | 1 | 0.6 | |
Paraguay | 6355 | 11 | 12.3 | |
Peru | 34437 | 11.3 | 11.3 | |
Poland | 77479 | 20 | 22.2 | |
Portugal | 36138 | 34 | 41 | |
South Korea | 81998 | 17 | 21.4 | |
Moldova | 11167 | 27 | 29.8 | |
Russia | 614183 | 43 | 43 | 40.1 |
Rwanda | 221 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
Romania | 41455 | 19 | 24.5 | |
El Salvador | 7938 | 12 | 16 | |
Samoa | 50 | 3 | 4.5 | |
San Marino | 163 | 51.0 | 51 | |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 81 | 5 | 5 | |
Saudi Arabia | 41870 | 16 | 24.9 | |
Eswatini | 171 | 2 | 1.7 | |
Seychelles | 121 | 15 | 10.7 | |
Senegal | 741 | 1 | 0.6 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 89 | 8 | 8 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46 | 11 | 11 | |
Saint Lucia | 18 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
Serbia | 20013 | 20 | 21.1 | |
Singapore | 6380 | 15 | 19.5 | |
Syria | 10342 | 5 | 14.6 | |
Slovakia | 16868 | 31 | 33.2 | |
Slovenia | 4766 | 24 | 25.2 | |
United Kingdom | 126126 | 21 | 28.1 | |
United States | 793648 | 27 | 24.5 | 26.1 |
Solomon Islands | 60 | 1 | 2.2 | |
Somalia | 300 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Sudan | 11083 | 3 | 2.8 | |
Suriname | 191 | 5 | 5 | |
Sierra Leone | 95 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Tajikistan | 13267 | 20 | 19.2 | |
Thailand | 18987 | 3 | 3.9 | |
Timor-Leste | 79 | 1 | 0.7 | |
Togo | 349 | 1 | 0.5 | |
Tonga | 30 | 3 | 5.6 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1543 | 12 | 11.8 | |
Tuvalu | 10 | 9 | 10.9 | |
Tunisia | 13330 | 13 | 12.2 | |
Turkmenistan | 12104 | 24 | 24 | |
Turkey | 110482 | 15 | 17.1 | 18.5 |
Uganda | 3361 | 1 | 1 | |
Uzbekistan | 71627 | 26 | 25.3 | |
Ukraine | 143728 | 31 | 35.4 | |
Uruguay | 12384 | 37 | 37.4 | |
Fiji | 380 | 5 | 4.3 | |
Philippines | 90370 | 12 | 12 | |
Finland | 17503 | 33 | 29.1 | |
France | 227683 | 37 | 31.9 | 32.7 |
Croatia | 11799 | 26 | 28.4 | |
Central African Republic | 331 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
Chad | 345 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Montenegro | 1233 | 20 | 21.1 | |
Czech Republic | 36815 | 36 | 36.2 | |
Chile | 17250 | 11 | 17.8 | |
Switzerland | 28812 | 40 | 40.5 | 43 |
Sweden | 32495 | 36 | 39.3 | |
Sri Lanka | 10479 | 6 | 6.8 | |
Ecuador | 18335 | 15 | 17.2 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 153 | 3 | 3 | |
Eritrea | 215 | 1 | 1 | |
Estonia | 4414 | 33 | 32.4 | |
Ethiopia | 1806 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
South Africa | 34829 | 8 | 7.8 | |
Jamaica | 2253 | 9 | 4.1 | |
Japan | 270371 | 21 | 23 | 24.1 |
References[]
- ^ "WHO 2010" (PDF).
- ^ "WHO 2015" (PDF).
- "WHO 2020" (PDF). p. 62. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
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