Number of Physicians (Medical Doctors) per 1,000 of the Population for the Different Countries of the World

Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Physicians (per 1,000 people) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data) Rank Country Value 1 San Marino (1990) 47.35 2 Cuba (2007) 6.4 3 Greece (2008) 6.04 4 Monaco (1995) 5.81 5 Belarus (2009) 5.11 6 Austria (2009) 4.75 7 Georgia (2007) 4.54 8 Russia (2006) 4.31 9 Italy (2008) 4.24 10 Norway (2008) 4.08 11 Switzerland (2009) 4.07 12 Iceland (2008) 3.93 13 Netherlands (2007) 3.92 14 Kazakhstan (2009) 3.8 15 Azerbaijan (2007) 3.79 16 Euro area (2009) 3.77 17 Portugal (2009) 3.75 18 Uruguay (2008) 3.74 19 Andorra (2007) 3.72 20 Spain (2009) 3.71 21 Armenia (2007) 3.7 22 Lithuania (2008) 3.66 23 Czech Republic (2008) 3.63 24 Israel (2007) 3.63 25 Bulgaria (2008) 3.63 26 Sweden (2006) 3.58 27 Lebanon (2009) 3.54 28 Germany (2008) 3.53 29 France (2008) 3.5 30 Denmark (2007) 3.42 31 Estonia (2008) 3.41 32 European Union (2009) 3.41 33 Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) (2009) 3.33 34 Argentina (2005) 3.21 35 Ireland (2008) 3.19 36 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2009) 3.15 37 Ukraine (2006) 3.13 38 Hungary (2008) 3.1 39 Malta (2009) 3.07 40 Slovakia (2007) 3 41 Latvia (2009) 2.99 42 Belgium (2008) 2.99 43 Australia (2009) 2.99 44 High income: OECD (2009) 2.93 45 Mexico (2004) 2.89 46 Luxembourg (2007) 2.86 47 High income (2009) 2.86 48 Egypt (2009) 2.83 49 OECD members (2009) 2.81 50 Qatar (2006) 2.76 51 Mongolia (2008) 2.76 52 United Kingdom (2009) 2.74 53 Finland (2008) 2.73 54 Croatia (2009) 2.67 55 Moldova (2007) 2.67 56 United States (2004) 2.67 57 Uzbekistan (2007) 2.62 58 North America (2009) 2.6 59 Macedonia (2006) 2.55 60 Slovenia (2008) 2.47 61 Jordan (2009) 2.45 62 Turkmenistan (2007) 2.44 63 New Zealand (2007) 2.38 64 Kyrgyzstan (2007) 2.3 65 Cyprus (2006) 2.3 66 Upper middle income (2009) 2.26 67 Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009) 2.16 68 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009) 2.16 69 Poland (2008) 2.14 70 Japan (2006) 2.06 71 Serbia (2007) 2.04 72 Tajikistan (2006) 2.01 73 Montenegro (2007) 1.99 74 New Caledonia (1999) 1.98 75 South Korea (2008) 1.97 76 North Korea (2008) 1.97 77 Venezuela (2001) 1.94 78 Cayman Islands (1997) 1.94 79 United Arab Emirates (2007) 1.93 80 Romania (2006) 1.92 81 Canada (2006) 1.91 82 Libya (2009) 1.9 83 Oman (2008) 1.9 84 Dominican Republic (2000) 1.88 85 Singapore (2009) 1.83 86 Barbados (2005) 1.81 87 Kuwait (2009) 1.79 88 Bermuda (1997) 1.77 89 Puerto Rico (1995) 1.75 90 Brazil (2007) 1.72 91 French Polynesia (2000) 1.7 92 Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1995) 1.65 93 Turkey (2009) 1.64 94 El Salvador (2008) 1.6 95 Maldives (2007) 1.6 96 Macau (1987) 1.56 97 Channel Islands (1981) 1.52 98 Seychelles (2004) 1.51 99 Syria (2008) 1.5 100 Panama (2000) 1.5 101 Ecuador (2000) 1.48 102 Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009) 1.48 103 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009) 1.46 104 Bahrain (2008) 1.44 105 Colombia (2008) 1.43 106 China (2009) 1.42 107 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005) 1.42 108 Brunei Darussalam (2008) 1.42 109 Netherlands Antilles (1995) 1.4 110 High income: nonOECD (1990) 1.38 111 Arab World (2009) 1.36 112 Costa Rica (2000) 1.32 113 Hong Kong (1995) 1.32 114 Palau (2006) 1.3 115 Chile (2006) 1.28 116 East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009) 1.26 117 Middle income (2009) 1.25 118 Bolivia (2001) 1.22 119 Vietnam (2008) 1.22 120 Algeria (2007) 1.21 121 Tunisia (2009) 1.19 122 Trinidad and Tobago (2007) 1.18 123 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009) 1.17 124 Philippines (2004) 1.15 125 Albania (2007) 1.15 126 Greenland (1980) 1.14 127 Aruba (1995) 1.12 128 Paraguay (2002) 1.11 129 St. Kitts and Nevis (2000) 1.1 130 Low & middle income (2009) 1.1 131 Guam (1999) 1.08 132 Mauritius (2004) 1.06 133 Bahamas (1998) 1.05 134 Lower middle income (2009) 1 135 Grenada (1998) 0.98 136 Saudi Arabia (2008) 0.94 137 Malaysia (2008) 0.94 138 Peru (2009) 0.92 139 Guatemala (1999) 0.9 140 Iran (2005) 0.89 141 Jamaica (2003) 0.85 142 West Bank and Gaza (2001) 0.84 143 Belize (2009) 0.83 144 Pakistan (2009) 0.81 145 American Samoa (1999) 0.78 146 South Africa (2004) 0.77 147 St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2000) 0.75 148 Iraq (2009) 0.69 149 Tuvalu (2008) 0.64 150 Morocco (2009) 0.62 151 India (2005) 0.6 152 Honduras (2000) 0.57 153 South Asia (2009) 0.57 154 Cape Verde (2008) 0.57 155 Marshall Islands (2008) 0.56 156 Micronesia (2005) 0.56 157 Dominica (1997) 0.5 158 Sao Tome and Principe (2004) 0.49 159 Sri Lanka (2006) 0.49 160 Guyana (2000) 0.48 161 St. Lucia (2002) 0.47 162 Burma (2008) 0.46 163 Northern Mariana Islands (1999) 0.45 164 Suriname (2000) 0.45 165 Fiji (2003) 0.45 166 Nigeria (2008) 0.4 167 Namibia (2007) 0.37 168 Nicaragua (2003) 0.37 169 Botswana (2006) 0.34 170 Kiribati (2006) 0.3 171 Equatorial Guinea (2004) 0.3 172 Thailand (2004) 0.3 173 Yemen (2009) 0.3 174 Indonesia (2007) 0.29 175 Bangladesh (2007) 0.29 176 Tonga (2002) 0.29 177 Gabon (2004) 0.29 178 Sudan (2008) 0.28 179 Laos (2005) 0.27 180 Western Samoa (2005) 0.27 181 Haiti (1998) 0.25 182 Djibouti (2006) 0.23 183 Cambodia (2008) 0.23 184 Nepal (2004) 0.21 185 Afghanistan (2009) 0.21 186 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009) 0.19 187 Cameroon (2004) 0.19 188 Solomon Islands (2005) 0.19 189 Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009) 0.19 190 Low income (2009) 0.18 191 Antigua and Barbuda (1999) 0.17 192 Madagascar (2007) 0.16 193 Least developed countries: UN classification (2009) 0.16 194 Zimbabwe (2004) 0.16 195 Swaziland (2004) 0.16 196 Comoros (2004) 0.15 197 Kenya (2004) 0.14 198 Ivory Coast (2008) 0.14 199 Mauritania (2009) 0.13 200 Uganda (2005) 0.12 201 Vanuatu (2008) 0.12 202 Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004) 0.11 203 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009) 0.11 204 Republic of the Congo (2007) 0.1 205 Timor-Leste (2004) 0.1 206 Guinea (2005) 0.1 207 Ghana (2009) 0.09 208 Central African Republic (2004) 0.08 209 Angola (2004) 0.08 210 Burkina Faso (2008) 0.06 211 Senegal (2008) 0.06 212 Benin (2008) 0.06 213 Zambia (2006) 0.06 214 Lesotho (2003) 0.05 215 Togo (2008) 0.05 216 Papua New Guinea (2008) 0.05 217 Eritrea (2004) 0.05 218 Mali (2008) 0.05 219 Gambia (2008) 0.04 220 Chad (2004) 0.04 221 Guinea-Bissau (2008) 0.04 222 Somalia (2006) 0.04 223 Mozambique (2006) 0.03 224 Burundi (2004) 0.03 225 Bhutan (2007) 0.02 226 Rwanda (2005) 0.02 227 Niger (2008) 0.02 228 Sierra Leone (2008) 0.02 229 Malawi (2008) 0.02 230 Ethiopia (2007) 0.02 231 Liberia (2008) 0.01 232 Tanzania (2006) 0.01 # Country or Dependency 2000-2009 [1] 2007-2013 [2] Size Physicians per 10,000 people Physicians    per 10,000 people 1  Australia 19612 10 32.7 2  Austria 31175 38 48.3 3  Azerbaijan 32388 38 34.0 4  Albania 3626 11 11.5 5  Algeria 40857 12 12.1 6  Angola 1165 1 1.7 7  Andorra 249 37 40.0 8  Argentina 122623 32 38.6 9  Armenia 11088 37 27.0 10  Afghanistan 5970 2 2.7 11  Bahamas 997 28.2 28.2 12  Bangladesh 42881 3 3.6 13  Bahrain 2227 30 9.2 14  Belarus 46965 49 39.3 15  Belize 251 11 8.3 16  Belgium 44124 42 29.9 17  Benin 542 1 0.6 18  Bulgaria 27911 37 38.7 19  Bolivia 10329 12 4.7 20  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5540 14 19.3 21  Botswana 715 4 4 22  Brazil 320013 17 18.9 23  Brunei 400 11 14.4 24  Burkina Faso 921 1 0.5 25  Burundi 200 0.5 0.5 26  Bhutan 52 0.5 2.6 27  North Macedonia 5187 25 26.2 28  Vanuatu 30 1 1.2 29  Hungary 27957 28 30.8 30  Venezuela 48000 19 19 31  Vietnam 44960 6 11.9 32  Gabon 395 3 3 33  Guyana 366 5 2.1 34  Gambia 62 0.5 1.1 35  Ghana 2587 1 1 36  Guatemala 13367 9.3 9.3 37  Guinea 940 1 1 38  Guinea-Bissau 78 0.5 0.7 39  Germany 288182 35 38.9 40  Honduras 3676 6 6 41  Greece 59599 54 54 42  Georgia 19951 45 42.7 43  Denmark 17226 32 34.9 44  Democratic Republic of the Congo 5827 1 1 45  Djibouti 140 2 2 46  Dominican Republic 15670 19 14.9 47  Egypt 179900 24 28.3 48  Zambia 649 1 1.7 49  Zimbabwe 2086 2 0.8 50  Israel 25314 36 33.4 51  India 643520 6 7 52  Indonesia 204000 8 8 53  Jordan 15279 26 25.6 54  Iraq 15994 5 6.1 55  Iran 61870 9 9 56  Ireland 13141 31 26.7 57  Iceland 1120 38 34.8 58  Spain 163800 38 49.5 59  Italy 215000 37 37.6 60  Yemen 6739 3 2 61  Cape Verde 310 6 3.1 62  Kazakhstan 57387 39 36.2 63  Cambodia 2047 2 1.7 64  Cameroon 3124 2 0.8 65  Canada 62307 19 20.7 66  Qatar 2313 28 77.4 67  Kenya 4506 1 2 68  Cyprus 1950 23 23.3 69  Kiribati 20 2 3.8 70  China 1862630 14 14.9 71  Colombia 58761 14 14.7 72  Comoros 115 2 2 73  Republic of the Congo 401 1 1 74  North Korea 74597 33 33 75  Costa Rica 5204 13 11.1 76  Ivory Coast 2746 1 1.4 77  Cuba 72416 64 67.2 78  Kuwait 4840 18 17.9 79  Kyrgyzstan 12395 23 19.7 80  Laos 2000 3 1.8 81  Latvia 6940 30 35.8 82  Lesotho 89 1 1 83  Liberia 51 0.5 0.1 84  Lebanon 11760 33 32 85  Libya 7070 12 19 86  Lithuania 13729 40 41.2 87  Luxembourg 1326 29 29 88  Mauritius 1303 11 11 89  Mauritania 445 1 1.3 90  Madagascar 3150 2 1.6 91  Malawi 257 0.5 0.2 92  Malaysia 17020 7 12 93  Mali 1060 1 0.8 94  Maldives 302 9 14.2 95  Malta 1357 34 34.9 96  Morocco 18269 6 6.2 97 Marshall Islands 24 5 4.4 98  Mexico 303519 29 21 99 Micronesia 60 6 1.8 100  Mozambique 548 0.5 0.4 101 Monaco 270 71.7 71.7 102  Mongolia 6732 26 28.4 103  Myanmar 17791 4 6.1 104  Namibia 598 3 3.7 105 Nauru 10 8 7.1 106    Nepal 5384 2 2 107  Niger 288 0.5 0.2 108  Nigeria 55376 4 4.1 109  Netherlands 64417 39 39 110  Nicaragua 2045 4 9 111 Niue 4 20 30 112  New Zealand 8190 21 27.4 113  Norway 18143 39 42.8 114  Tanzania 300 0.5 0.3 115  United Arab Emirates 6946 15 25.3 116  Oman 4908 18 24.3 117 Cook Islands 20 12 12 118  Pakistan 127859 8 8.3 119 Palau 30 16 13.8 120  Panama 4431 15 16.5 121  Papua New Guinea 275 1 0.6 122  Paraguay 6355 11 12.3 123  Peru 34437 11.3 11.3 124  Poland 77479 20 22.2 125  Portugal 36138 34 41 126  South Korea 81998 17 21.4 127  Moldova 11167 27 29.8 128  Russia 614183 43 43 129  Rwanda 221 0.5 0.6 130  Romania 41455 19 24.5 131  El Salvador 7938 12 16 132  Samoa 50 3 4.5 133 San Marino 163 51.0 51 134  São Tomé and Príncipe 81 5 5 135  Saudi Arabia 41870 16 24.9 136  Eswatini 171 2 1.7 137  Seychelles 121 15 10.7 138  Senegal 741 1 0.6 139  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89 8 8 140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46 11 11 141  Saint Lucia 18 1.1 1.1 142  Serbia 20013 20 21.1 143  Singapore 6380 15 19.5 144  Syria 10342 5 14.6 145  Slovakia 16868 31 33.2 146  Slovenia 4766 24 25.2 147  United Kingdom 126126 21 28.1 148  United States 793648 27 24.5 149  Solomon Islands 60 1 2.2 150  Somalia 300 0.5 0.5 151  Sudan 11083 3 2.8 152  Suriname 191 5 5 153  Sierra Leone 95 0.5 0.2 154  Tajikistan 13267 20 19.2 155  Thailand 18987 3 3.9 156  Timor-Leste 79 1 0.7 157  Togo 349 1 0.5 158  Tonga 30 3 5.6 159  Trinidad and Tobago 1543 12 11.8 160 Tuvalu 10 9 10.9 161  Tunisia 13330 13 12.2 162  Turkmenistan 12104 24 24 163  Turkey 110482 15 17.1 164  Uganda 3361 1 1 165  Uzbekistan 71627 26 25.3 166  Ukraine 143728 31 35.4 167  Uruguay 12384 37 37.4 168 Fiji 380 5 4.3 169  Philippines 90370 12 12 170  Finland 17503 33 29.1 171  France 227683 37 31.9 172  Croatia 11799 26 28.4 173  Central African Republic 331 1 0.5 174  Chad 345 0.5 0.5 175  Montenegro 1233 20 21.1 176  Czech Republic 36815 36 36.2 177  Chile 17250 11 17.8 178   Switzerland 28812 40 40.5 179  Sweden 32495 36 39.3 180  Sri Lanka 10479 6 6.8 181  Ecuador 18335 15 17.2 182  Equatorial Guinea 153 3 3 183  Eritrea 215 1 1 184  Estonia 4414 33 32.4 185  Ethiopia 1806 0.5 0.3 186  South Africa 34829 8 7.8 187  Jamaica 2253 9 4.1 188  Japan 270371 21 23 Nations identified with critical shortages of physicians and other health care workers

Janvier Chouteu-Chando is the author of THE UNION MOUJIK