Medical doctors not further defined (number) by country
Countries reporting
152
Highest
4.01 million
China
Lowest
1
Luxembourg
Median
3,509
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
2,994
What the numbers show
Medical doctors not further defined (number) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 4.01 million in China; the lowest is 1 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,509, and the mean is 60,571.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 3,374.4%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).
Medical doctors not further defined: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4.01 million | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 1.39 million | 2024 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 3 | Russia | 744,100 | 2022 | up 215.6% | flat |
| 4 | Japan | 331,092 | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 287,661 | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 175,473 | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 7 | Egypt | 130,880 | 2021 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 124,234 | 2024 | down 67.2% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 123,853 | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 10 | Vietnam | 109,535 | 2021 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 100,608 | 2024 | up 64.6% | falling |
| 12 | North Korea | 94,604 | 2019 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 13 | Cuba | 94,066 | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 14 | Iran | 90,470 | 2015 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 15 | Algeria | 83,713 | 2020 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 79,443 | 2022 | up 105.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Colombia | 75,686 | 2010 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Korea | 75,045 | 2003 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 74,543 | 2019 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 66,221 | 2007 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 22 | Peru | 43,805 | 2018 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 23 | Thailand | 42,369 | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Ecuador | 40,587 | 2020 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Myanmar | 39,826 | 2019 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 26 | Jordan | 37,685 | 2024 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 27 | Syria | 36,551 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 28 | Morocco | 29,904 | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 27,482 | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 30 | United Arab Emirates | 27,268 | 2021 | up 112.1% | rising |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 27,186 | 2001 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 26,320 | 2022 | up 220.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Turkey | 26,298 | 1979 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 24,608 | 1998 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 35 | Israel | 22,167 | 1999 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 21,716 | 2021 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 20,753 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 19,433 | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 17,483 | 1979 | up 118.4% | rising |
| 40 | Chile | 17,382 | 2009 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 41 | Sweden | 16,158 | 2022 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 15,994 | 2023 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mongolia | 15,973 | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 44 | Lebanon | 15,282 | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 45 | Tunisia | 15,108 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 14,904 | 2005 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 47 | Kuwait | 13,624 | 2022 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 48 | Finland | 13,365 | 2003 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 12,676 | 2014 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 50 | Libya | 12,158 | 2015 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 51 | Australia | 11,630 | 2023 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Bolivia | 11,528 | 2017 | up 263.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,101 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 54 | Denmark | 10,890 | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 55 | Sudan | 10,683 | 2017 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 56 | El Salvador | 10,194 | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 57 | Norway | 9,969 | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 9,880 | 2020 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 59 | Austria | 9,620 | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Yemen | 8,148 | 2014 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 61 | Greece | 8,102 | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Oman | 7,673 | 2013 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Qatar | 7,644 | 2019 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom | 7,418 | 2023 | up 1,420.1% | falling |
| 65 | Singapore | 6,915 | 2007 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 6,750 | 2022 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Latvia | 6,603 | 2004 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,366 | 2020 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 6,110 | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 70 | Zambia | 5,773 | 2021 | up 590.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 5,607 | 2023 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Switzerland | 5,461 | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 73 | Ghana | 5,285 | 2020 | up 127.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,169 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 75 | Madagascar | 4,275 | 2014 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 3,840 | 2023 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 77 | Albania | 3,511 | 2016 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 78 | Mali | 3,507 | 2020 | up 128.3% | rising |
| 79 | Cambodia | 3,473 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 80 | Haiti | 3,354 | 2022 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 3,063 | 2008 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 2,754 | 2013 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 2,710 | 2010 | up 3,374.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 2,152 | 2009 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 85 | Czechia | 2,110 | 2023 | down 95.1% | falling |
| 86 | Lithuania | 1,560 | 2010 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Mozambique | 1,452 | 2013 | up 182.5% | rising |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,264 | 2019 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Burkina Faso | 1,202 | 2016 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 90 | Iraq | 1,198 | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Montenegro | 1,191 | 2004 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 92 | Maldives | 1,187 | 2021 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahrain | 1,099 | 2020 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 94 | Guyana | 1,032 | 2023 | up 100.4% | rising |
| 95 | Brunei | 1,008 | 2024 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 96 | Niger | 835 | 2020 | up 90.2% | rising |
| 97 | Botswana | 830 | 2016 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 98 | Mauritania | 791 | 2017 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 755 | 2020 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Uganda | 733 | 2023 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Barbados | 712 | 2017 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 102 | Iceland | 680 | 2024 | up 140.3% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 636 | 2023 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Rwanda | 626 | 2024 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 105 | Malta | 613 | 2023 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 106 | Panama | 599 | 2022 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Belgium | 545 | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Belize | 528 | 2021 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 109 | Congo | 523 | 2011 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Seychelles | 447 | 2021 | up 317.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Estonia | 384 | 2012 | up 308.5% | volatile |
| 112 | New Zealand | 331 | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Monaco | 328 | 2020 | up 1,626.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Eritrea | 308 | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 299 | 2016 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 116 | Andorra | 266 | 2009 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 117 | Liberia | 248 | 2017 | up 386.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Gambia | 213 | 2015 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 119 | Eswatini | 208 | 2017 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 120 | Djibouti | 201 | 2014 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 121 | Grenada | 160 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 122 | Slovenia | 149 | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 145 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Ireland | 144 | 2022 | up 234.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Samoa | 120 | 2021 | up 87.5% | flat |
| 126 | Tonga | 107 | 2021 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102 | 2012 | up 64.5% | flat |
| 128 | Hungary | 100 | 2023 | down 99.7% | falling |
| 129 | Micronesia (country) | 72 | 2012 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 130 | Kiribati | 62 | 2023 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Marshall Islands | 47 | 2021 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 40 | 1999 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 39 | 2024 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 39 | 2018 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 135 | Palau | 32 | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 32 | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkmenistan | 30 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 138 | Cook Islands | 26 | 2020 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 139 | Dominican Republic | 21 | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 140 | San Marino | 19 | 2024 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 15 | 2019 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Nauru | 14 | 2015 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Tuvalu | 10 | 2014 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Fiji | 9 | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Poland | 4 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 146 | Niue | 4 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 3 | 2022 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Gabon | 1 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Guinea | 1 | 2022 | down 99.9% | falling |
| 150 | Italy | 1 | 2008 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2014 | down 99.9% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 51,579