Dentists (number) by country
Countries reporting
178
Highest
352,794
India
Lowest
2
Niue
Median
1,467
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
3,746
What the numbers show
Dentists (number) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 352,794 in India; the lowest is 2 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,467, and the mean is 11,816.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 3,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 92.5%).
Dentists: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 352,794 | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 202,300 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 3 | Brazil | 166,443 | 2024 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 101,956 | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 71,378 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 49,356 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 7 | Italy | 48,575 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Iran | 47,640 | 2023 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 46,545 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 45,718 | 2023 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Colombia | 45,527 | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 12 | Russia | 40,823 | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 13 | Pakistan | 40,369 | 2024 | up 167.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 36,877 | 2023 | up 199.3% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 34,921 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Indonesia | 34,805 | 2024 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Egypt | 34,323 | 2021 | up 134.7% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 33,118 | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 32,969 | 2023 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 31,033 | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Iraq | 30,660 | 2023 | up 288.5% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 28,392 | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 26,954 | 2014 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 25,970 | 2023 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 25 | Syria | 25,062 | 2022 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 24,909 | 2020 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 21,601 | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 28 | Mexico | 18,056 | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 29 | Cuba | 17,657 | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 30 | Malaysia | 17,318 | 2024 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Australia | 17,251 | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 16,222 | 2022 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 33 | Greece | 13,916 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 12,940 | 2023 | up 114.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 12,776 | 2023 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Sudan | 11,697 | 2020 | up 1,415.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 10,900 | 2024 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 38 | Netherlands | 10,136 | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 39 | Jordan | 9,566 | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 9,413 | 2023 | up 195.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Paraguay | 9,068 | 2022 | up 760.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Belgium | 8,479 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 43 | Sweden | 8,167 | 2022 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 44 | Thailand | 8,132 | 2022 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 8,131 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 46 | North Korea | 7,954 | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 7,672 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 7,322 | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 7,280 | 2023 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 7,128 | 2020 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 51 | South Africa | 6,866 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 5,787 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 53 | Nigeria | 5,722 | 2024 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 5,583 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 5,536 | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 5,347 | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 57 | Ecuador | 5,203 | 2020 | up 90.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Guatemala | 5,021 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 4,850 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 4,628 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 4,627 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 62 | Denmark | 4,595 | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 63 | Tunisia | 4,436 | 2021 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Libya | 4,086 | 2020 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Finland | 3,893 | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 66 | Kuwait | 3,829 | 2022 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Myanmar | 3,800 | 2019 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 68 | Croatia | 3,726 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 69 | Ethiopia | 3,522 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 3,481 | 2022 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 3,481 | 2019 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 72 | Lithuania | 3,325 | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 3,234 | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 74 | Georgia | 3,078 | 2024 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 75 | Albania | 2,973 | 2018 | up 187.2% | rising |
| 76 | Slovakia | 2,961 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 2,737 | 2021 | up 142.2% | rising |
| 78 | New Zealand | 2,695 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 79 | Singapore | 2,578 | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 80 | Ireland | 2,560 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 81 | Qatar | 2,204 | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 2,200 | 2023 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 2,194 | 2024 | up 175.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Serbia | 1,731 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 85 | Oman | 1,727 | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 1,701 | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Slovenia | 1,623 | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 1,553 | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 89 | Moldova | 1,527 | 2023 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 90 | Estonia | 1,407 | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 1,352 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Cyprus | 1,266 | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 93 | Panama | 1,232 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,073 | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 95 | Armenia | 1,035 | 2022 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 990 | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 922 | 2024 | up 46.1% | flat |
| 98 | Uruguay | 881 | 2023 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 862 | 2019 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 100 | Yemen | 743 | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 101 | Ghana | 679 | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Laos | 635 | 2024 | up 86.2% | rising |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 581 | 2017 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 104 | Uganda | 556 | 2024 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Cambodia | 497 | 2018 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 492 | 2024 | down 89.4% | rising |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 492 | 2023 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 465 | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 109 | Mozambique | 457 | 2024 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 451 | 2022 | up 902.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 444 | 2019 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 112 | Tanzania | 421 | 2024 | up 304.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 414 | 2022 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 114 | Angola | 374 | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Namibia | 345 | 2024 | up 407.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 317 | 2022 | up 446.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Iceland | 315 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 118 | Malta | 282 | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 119 | Kenya | 277 | 2024 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 120 | Jamaica | 275 | 2024 | up 663.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 245 | 2022 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 122 | Haiti | 237 | 2018 | up 374.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 232 | 2020 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 124 | Zambia | 230 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 125 | Madagascar | 224 | 2024 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 126 | Senegal | 200 | 2024 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 161 | 2024 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 128 | Mauritania | 149 | 2022 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 129 | Mali | 140 | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 133 | 2023 | up 250.0% | rising |
| 130 | Brunei | 133 | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 132 | Rwanda | 130 | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 120 | 2019 | up 3,900.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 119 | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 135 | Andorra | 104 | 2024 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 136 | Barbados | 88 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Botswana | 87 | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 138 | Fiji | 77 | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Bhutan | 76 | 2022 | up 985.7% | rising |
| 140 | Belize | 69 | 2022 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Benin | 68 | 2024 | up 655.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 59 | 2024 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 143 | South Sudan | 57 | 2024 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 55 | 2020 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 145 | Maldives | 51 | 2020 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Gabon | 44 | 2022 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 147 | Seychelles | 40 | 2024 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 37 | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 149 | Monaco | 35 | 2020 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 150 | Comoros | 32 | 2022 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea | 31 | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Lucia | 31 | 2017 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 151 | Montenegro | 31 | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Niger | 28 | 2022 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 155 | San Marino | 23 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23 | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 157 | Grenada | 22 | 2018 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 157 | Togo | 22 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Eswatini | 21 | 2024 | down 54.3% | rising |
| 160 | Samoa | 19 | 2020 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | 15 | 2022 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Tonga | 15 | 2020 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 164 | Congo | 10 | 2022 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Chad | 10 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 166 | Gambia | 9 | 2022 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 166 | Cook Islands | 9 | 2024 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Liberia | 8 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 169 | Kiribati | 7 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Palau | 7 | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Burundi | 6 | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Marshall Islands | 6 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 173 | Nauru | 4 | 2019 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 3 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 174 | East Timor | 3 | 2020 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Tuvalu | 2 | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Niue | 2 | 2024 | — | flat |