# List of countries by number of physicians

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## List

List of countries by physicians per 10,000 people :
| Country | Physicians per $^{10,000people}$ | 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 | 2000–2009 | 2007–2013 | 2020–2023 |
| Country | Size | Physicians per $^{10,000people}$ | Physicians per $^{10,000people}$ | Physicians per $^{10,000people}$ |
| 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 | 249 | 37 | 40.0 | |
| Argentina | 122623 | 32 | 38.6 | 38.95 |
| Armenia | 11090 | 37 | 27.0 | |
| Afghanistan | 5970 | 2 | 2.7 | 2.54 |
| 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 Islands | 24 | 5 | 4.4 | |
| Mexico | 303519 | 29 | 21 | 23.8 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 60 | 6 | 1.8 | 9.63 |
| Mozambique | 548 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.81 |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Niue | 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 Islands | 20 | 12 | 12 | |
| Pakistan | 127859 | 8 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| Palau | 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 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 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 |
| Tuvalu | 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 |
| Fiji | 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 |