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Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).
Health Statistics > Physicians > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
San Marino :
47.35 per 1,000 people
1990 ...
#2
Cuba :
5.91 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#3
Monaco :
5.81 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#4
Saint Lucia :
5.17 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#5
Belarus :
4.55 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#6
Greece :
4.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#7
Russia :
4.25 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#8
Italy :
4.2 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#9
Turkmenistan :
4.18 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#10
Georgia :
4.09 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#11
Lithuania :
3.97 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#12
Belgium :
3.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#13
Israel :
3.82 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#14
Andorra :
3.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#15
Uruguay :
3.65 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#16
Iceland :
3.62 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#17
Switzerland :
3.6 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#18
Armenia :
3.59 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#19
Bulgaria :
3.56 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#20
Azerbaijan :
3.55 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#21
Kazakhstan :
3.54 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#22
Czech Republic :
3.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#23
Austria :
3.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#24
Germany :
3.4 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#25
France :
3.37 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#26
Portugal :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#27
Sweden :
3.3 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#28
Korea, North :
3.29 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#29
Lebanon :
3.25 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#30
Hungary :
3.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#31
Spain :
3.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#32
Malta :
3.18 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#33
Estonia :
3.16 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#34
Norway :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#35
Netherlands :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#36
Slovakia :
3.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#37
Latvia :
3.01 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#38
Argentina :
3.01 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#39
Ukraine :
2.95 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#40
Denmark :
2.9 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#41
Ireland :
2.79 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#42
Uzbekistan :
2.74 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#43
Luxembourg :
2.7 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#44
Moldova :
2.64 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#45
Mongolia :
2.63 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#46
Finland :
2.6 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#47
Kyrgyzstan :
2.5 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#48
Australia :
2.5 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#49
Poland :
2.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#50
Croatia :
2.4 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#51
Cyprus :
2.34 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#52
United States :
2.3 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#53
Slovenia :
2.25 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#54
Qatar :
2.22 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#55
New Zealand :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#56
United Kingdom :
2.2 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#57
Macedonia, Republic of :
2.19 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#58
Canada :
2.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#59
Serbia and Montenegro :
2.06 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#60
Brazil :
2.06 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#61
Jordan :
2.03 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#62
Tajikistan :
2.03 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#63
United Arab Emirates :
2.02 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#64
Japan :
2 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#65
New Caledonia :
1.98 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#66
Cayman Islands :
1.94 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#67
Venezuela :
1.94 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#68
Romania :
1.9 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#69
Dominican Republic :
1.88 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#70
Bermuda :
1.77 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#71
Puerto Rico :
1.75 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#72
French Polynesia :
1.7 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#73
Virgin Islands :
1.64 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#74
Korea, South :
1.6 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#75
Macau :
1.56 per 1,000 people
1987 ...
#76
Kuwait :
1.53 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#77
China :
1.51 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#78
Seychelles :
1.51 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#79
Mexico :
1.5 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#80
Panama :
1.5 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#81
Ecuador :
1.48 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#82
Netherlands Antilles :
1.4 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#83
Singapore :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#84
Syria :
1.4 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#85
Saudi Arabia :
1.37 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#86
Colombia :
1.35 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#87
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1.34 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#88
Tunisia :
1.34 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#89
Costa Rica :
1.32 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#90
Hong Kong :
1.32 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#91
Oman :
1.32 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#92
Albania :
1.31 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#93
Turkey :
1.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#94
Libya :
1.29 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#95
El Salvador :
1.24 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#96
Bolivia :
1.22 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#97
Barbados :
1.21 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#98
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1.19 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#99
Peru :
1.17 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#100
Philippines :
1.16 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#101
Greenland :
1.14 per 1,000 people
1980 ...
#102
Algeria :
1.13 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#103
Aruba :
1.12 per 1,000 people
1995 ...
#104
Palau :
1.11 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#105
Paraguay :
1.11 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#106
Bahrain :
1.09 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#107
Chile :
1.09 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#108
Guam :
1.08 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#109
Mauritius :
1.06 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#110
Belize :
1.05 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#111
Bahamas, The :
1.05 per 1,000 people
1998 ...
#112
Brunei :
1.01 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#113
Maldives :
0.92 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#114
Guatemala :
0.9 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#115
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.87 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#116
Jamaica :
0.85 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#117
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.79 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#118
American Samoa :
0.78 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#119
South Africa :
0.77 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#120
Pakistan :
0.74 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#121
Malaysia :
0.7 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#122
Samoa :
0.7 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#123
Iraq :
0.66 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#124
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#125
India :
0.6 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#126
Laos :
0.59 per 1,000 people
1996 ...
#127
Honduras :
0.57 per 1,000 people
2000 ...
#128
Sri Lanka :
0.55 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#129
Egypt :
0.54 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#130
Vietnam :