List of countries by number of physicians

A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

List

List of countries by physicians per 10,000 people[1]
Country Physicians per
10,000 people 		Year
 Afghanistan 2.535 2020
 Albania 18.826 2020
 Algeria 9.868 2019
Andorra 36.262 2015
 Angola 2.443 2022
Anguilla 15.132 2018
Antigua and Barbuda 28.979 2017
 Argentina 40.818 2022
 Armenia 31.174 2019
 Australia 39.812 2021
 Austria 55.083 2022
 Azerbaijan 30.933 2020
Bahamas 18.546 2017
 Bahrain 8.420 2016
 Bangladesh 6.700 2021
Barbados 29.652 2022
 Belarus 44.696 2020
 Belgium 63.932 2022
 Belize 10.809 2018
 Benin 1.953 2022
 Bhutan 5.521 2022
 Bolivia 12.688 2021
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23.183 2019
 Botswana 3.775 2022
 Brazil 21.420 2021
 Brunei 19.129 2021
 Bulgaria 48.962 2022
 Burkina Faso 1.466 2022
 Burundi 0.647 2021
Côte d'Ivoire 1.751 2022
Cape Verde 44.579 2022
 Cambodia 2.143 2019
 Cameroon 1.347 2022
 Canada 24.970 2022
Central African Republic 0.209 2021
Chad 0.850 2022
Chile 31.700 2022
China 25.183 2021
Colombia 24.512 2021
Comoros 4.391 2020
Congo 1.745 2022
Cook Islands 13.450 2019
Costa Rica 26.359 2022
Croatia 36.098 2021
Cuba 94.285 2021
Cyprus 35.517 2021
Czech Republic 42.539 2021
 Denmark 43.810 2020
 Djibouti 2.032 2014
Dominica 11.158 2018
 Dominican Republic 22.347 2022
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.868 2022
Ecuador 23.075 2020
Egypt 6.827 2020
El Salvador 15.518 2022
Equatorial Guinea 1.427 2022
Eritrea 0.706 2022
Estonia 34.379 2021
Eswatini 15.911 2022
Ethiopia 1.080 2022
Fiji 8.144 2015
Finland 43.808 2021
France 33.429 2021
 Gabon 4.768 2022
 Gambia 1.019 2021
 Georgia 56.129 2022
 Germany 45.181 2021
 Ghana 1.412 2022
 Greece 63.668 2021
Grenada 13.136 2018
 Guatemala 12.802 2020
 Guinea 0.214 2022
 Guinea-Bissau 2.080 2022
 Guyana 14.049 2020
Haiti 2.366 2018
 Honduras 4.893 2020
Hungary 32.983 2021
 Iceland 45.240 2022
 India 7.265 2020
 Indonesia 6.896 2022
 Iran 15.138 2018
 Iraq 10.122 2022
 Ireland 40.622 2021
 Israel 37.129 2022
 Italy 42.484 2022
Jamaica 5.498 2018
Japan 26.141 2020
 Jordan 25.129 2019
Kazakhstan 40.277 2020
Kenya 1.021 2022
Kiribati 1.942 2013
Kuwait 22.934 2020
Kyrgyzstan 21.453 2021
 Laos 3.265 2021
 Latvia 33.769 2021
 Lebanon 26.170 2019
 Lesotho 1.505 2022
 Liberia 1.799 2022
 Libya 21.568 2017
 Lithuania 51.274 2022
 Luxembourg 29.851 2017
 Madagascar 1.765 2014
 Malawi 0.488 2021
 Malaysia 23.159 2021
 Maldives 21.606 2019
 Mali 1.948 2022
 Malta 42.757 2021
Marshall Islands 4.598 2012
 Mauritania 2.361 2022
 Mauritius 11.966 2022
 Mexico 25.594 2021
Micronesia 9.634 2020
Moldova 32.461 2021
Monaco 88.889 2020
 Mongolia 38.742 2021
Montenegro 27.524 2022
 Morocco 7.319 2017
 Mozambique 0.816 2022
 Myanmar 7.509 2019
 Namibia 5.430 2022
Nauru 12.500 2015
  Nepal 8.674 2021
Netherlands 39.061 2021
 New Zealand 35.738 2022
 Nicaragua 6.637 2018
 Niger 0.234 2022
 Nigeria 3.943 2022
Niue 16.667 2008
North Korea 36.709 2017
North Macedonia 29.643 2020
 Norway 51.684 2021
Oman 20.584 2022
 Pakistan 10.842 2019
Palau 17.778 2020
Palestine 21.677 2018
 Panama 17.340 2021
 Papua New Guinea 0.629 2021
 Paraguay 38.816 2022
 Peru 16.209 2022
Philippines 7.862 2021
 Poland 33.908 2021
 Portugal 57.665 2021
Qatar 24.986 2018
Romania 34.713 2021
Russia 38.271 2020
Rwanda 1.162 2019
Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.335 2018
 Saint Lucia 6.546 2017
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.436 2012
South Korea 25.174 2021
 Samoa 5.484 2021
San Marino 60.180 2014
 São Tomé and Príncipe 4.893 2019
 Saudi Arabia 30.768 2022
 Senegal 1.264 2022
 Serbia 28.373 2021
 Seychelles 38.189 2022
 Sierra Leone 0.425 2022
 Singapore 25.960 2021
 Slovakia 36.800 2021
 Slovenia 33.259 2021
 Solomon Islands 1.911 2016
 Somalia 0.232 2014
South Africa 8.085 2021
South Sudan 0.430 2020
Spain 44.799 2021
Sri Lanka 11.924 2021
 Sudan 2.626 2017
 Suriname 14.780 2021
Sweden 71.516 2021
 Switzerland 44.427 2021
 Syria 11.856 2016
 Tajikistan 21.330 2021
Tanzania 1.327 2022
 Thailand 9.276 2020
 Timor-Leste 7.669 2020
 Togo 0.825 2022
Tokelau 16.667 2021
 Tonga 10.094 2021
 Trinidad and Tobago 41.934 2020
 Tunisia 12.916 2021
 Turkmenistan 21.435 2021
Tuvalu 12.613 2020
 Turkey 21.654 2021
 Uganda 1.681 2022
 Ukraine 29.898 2014
United Arab Emirates 29.117 2021
 United Kingdom 31.742 2022
 United States 36.082 2021
 Uruguay 46.295 2022
 Uzbekistan 28.047 2021
Vanuatu 1.577 2019
Venezuela 16.643 2017
Vietnam 8.326 2016
Yemen 2.936 2014
Zambia 2.619 2022
Zimbabwe 1.659 2022

Historical data

Country 2000–2009[2] 2007–2013 [3] 2020–2023[1]
Size Physicians per
10,000 people 		Physicians per
10,000 people 		Physicians per
10,000 people
 Australia 19612 10 32.7 41.02
 Austria 31175 38 48.3 54.6
 Azerbaijan 32388 38 34.0
 Albania 3626 11 11.5 18.83
 Algeria 40857 12 12.1 17.2
 Angola 1165 1 1.7
Andorra Andorra 249 37 40.0
 Argentina 122623 32 38.6 38.95
 Armenia 11090 37 27.0
 Afghanistan 5970 2 2.7 2.54
The Bahamas Bahamas 997 28.2 28.2
 Bangladesh 42881 3 3.6 6.7
 Bahrain 2227 30 9.2
 Belarus 46965 49 39.3
 Belize 251 11 8.3
 Belgium 44124 42 29.9 62.57
 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 19.13
 Burkina Faso 921 1 0.5
 Burundi 200 0.5 8.55 0.65
 Bhutan 52 0.5 2.6 5.6
 North Macedonia 5187 25 26.2
 Vanuatu 30 1 1.2
 Hungary 27957 28 30.8 32.91
 Venezuela 48000 19 19 16.64
 Vietnam 44960 6 11.9
 Gabon 395 3 3 5.94
 Guyana 366 5 2.1 14.05
 Gambia 62 0.5 1.1 0.77
 Ghana 2587 1 1 1.64
 Guatemala 13367 9.3 9.3 12.8
 Guinea 940 1 1
 Guinea-Bissau 78 0.5 0.7 2.2
 Germany 288182 35 38.9 42.5
 Honduras 3676 6 6 4.89
 Greece 59599 54 54 63.06
 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 2.97
 Zimbabwe 2086 2 0.8 1.89
 Israel 25314 36 33.4 36.54
 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 40.62
 Iceland 1120 38 34.8
 Spain 163800 38 49.5 45.77
 Italy 215000 37 37.6 41.62
 Yemen 6739 3 2
 Cape Verde 310 6 3.1
 Kazakhstan 57387 39 36.2 40.28
 Cambodia 2047 2 1.7
 Cameroon 3124 2 0.8 1.24
 Canada 62307 19 20.7 26.1
 Qatar 2313 28 77.4 24.9
 Kenya 4506 1 2 2.26
 Cyprus 1950 23 23.3 53.75
 Kiribati 20 2 3.8
 China 1862630 14 14.9 19.8
 Colombia 58761 14 14.7 23.62
 Comoros 115 2 2
 Republic of the Congo 401 1 1
 North Korea 74597 33 33
 Costa Rica 5204 13 11.1 27.7
 Ivory Coast 2746 1 1.4
 Cuba 72416 64 67.2 84.2
 Kuwait 4840 18 17.9 22.93
 Kyrgyzstan 12395 23 19.7
 Laos 2000 3 1.8 3.27
 Latvia 6940 30 35.8 33.45
 Lesotho 89 1 1
 Liberia 51 0.5 0.1
 Lebanon 11760 33 32
 Libya 7070 12 19
 Lithuania 13729 40 41.2 49.5
 Luxembourg 1326 29 29 30.1
 Mauritius 1303 11 11 26.58
 Mauritania 445 1 1.3
 Madagascar 3150 2 1.6
 Malawi 257 0.5 0.2 0.49
 Malaysia 17020 7 12 22.28
 Mali 1060 1 0.8
 Maldives 302 9 14.2
 Malta 1357 34 34.9 54.85
 Morocco 18269 6 6.2 7.3
Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands 24 5 4.4
 Mexico 303519 29 21 23.8
Federated States of MicronesiaFederated States of Micronesia 60 6 1.8 9.63
 Mozambique 548 0.5 0.4 0.81
MonacoMonaco 270 71.7 71.7
 Mongolia 6732 26 28.4
 Myanmar 17791 4 6.1
 Namibia 598 3 3.7
NauruNauru 10 8 7.1
 Nepal 5384 2 2 8.67
 Niger 288 0.5 0.2 0.34
 Nigeria 55376 4 4.1 3.8
 Netherlands 64417 39 39 38.36
 Nicaragua 2045 4 9
NiueNiue 4 20 30
 New Zealand 8190 21 27.4 35.16
 Norway 18143 39 42.8 51.68
 Tanzania 300 0.5 0.3
 United Arab Emirates 6946 15 25.3 28.79
 Oman 4908 18 24.3 19.94
Cook IslandsCook Islands 20 12 12
 Pakistan 127859 8 8.3 9.8
PalauPalau 30 16 13.8 17.78
 Panama 4431 15 16.5 16.29
 Papua New Guinea 275 1 0.6 0.63
 Paraguay 6355 11 12.3 32.42
 Peru 34437 11.3 11.3 16.46
 Poland 77479 20 22.2 37.17
 Portugal 36138 34 41 41.4
 South Korea 81998 17 21.4 25.08
 Moldova 11167 27 29.8 40.57
 Russia 614183 43 43 40.1
 Rwanda 221 0.5 0.6
 Romania 41455 19 24.5
 El Salvador 7938 12 16 29.13
 Samoa 50 3 4.5 5.54
San MarinoSan Marino 163 51.0 51
 São Tomé and Príncipe 81 5 5
 Saudi Arabia 41870 16 24.9 27.6
 Eswatini 171 2 1.7 1.4
 Seychelles 121 15 10.7
 Senegal 741 1 0.6 0.84
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89 8 8
Saint Kitts and NevisSaint 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 46.29
 Slovenia 4766 24 25.2 32.79
 United Kingdom 126126 21 28.1 31.71
 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 0.7
 Tajikistan 13267 20 19.2
 Thailand 18987 3 3.9 9.28
 Timor-Leste 79 1 0.7 7.67
 Togo 349 1 0.5 0.59
 Tonga 30 3 5.6 10.09
 Trinidad and Tobago 1543 12 11.8 34.12
TuvaluTuvalu 10 9 10.9 12.61
 Tunisia 13330 13 12.2
 Turkmenistan 12104 24 24
 Turkey 110482 15 17.1 18.5
 Uganda 3361 1 1 1.58
 Uzbekistan 71627 26 25.3
 Ukraine 143728 31 35.4
 Uruguay 12384 37 37.4 62
FijiFiji 380 5 4.3
 Philippines 90370 12 12 7.83
 Finland 17503 33 29.1 43.25
 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 27.68
 Czech Republic 36815 36 36.2 54.69
 Chile 17250 11 17.8 29.73
 Switzerland 28812 40 40.5 43
 Sweden 32495 36 39.3 70.62
 Sri Lanka 10479 6 6.8 11.92
 Ecuador 18335 15 17.2
 Equatorial Guinea 153 3 3
 Eritrea 215 1 1 0.82
 Estonia 4414 33 32.4 38.63
 Ethiopia 1806 0.5 0.3 1.04
 South Africa 34829 8 7.8 8.09
 Jamaica 2253 9 4.1
 Japan 270371 21 23 24.1

References

  1. ^ a b WHO, GHO (2023-01-12). "Medical doctors (per 10 000 population)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. ^ "WHO 2010" (PDF).
  3. ^ "WHO 2015" (PDF).
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