Medical doctors (number) by country
Countries reporting
187
Highest
4.01 million
China
Lowest
4
Niue
Median
11,287
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
4,297
What the numbers show
Medical doctors (number) is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 4.01 million in China; the lowest is 4 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 11,287, and the mean is 78,734.
Over the past decade 171 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 960.0%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 26.4%).
Medical doctors: 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 | United States | 906,427 | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 744,100 | 2022 | up 28.8% | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 529,672 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 388,343 | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 357,004 | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 331,092 | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 322,715 | 2024 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 315,720 | 2023 | up 34.4% | flat |
| 11 | France | 266,380 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 231,695 | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 230,393 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 212,201 | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 15 | Turkey | 204,223 | 2023 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Iran | 164,086 | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 158,322 | 2024 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Poland | 141,452 | 2023 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 19 | South Korea | 137,805 | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 133,237 | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 21 | Colombia | 132,733 | 2023 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 130,880 | 2021 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 123,853 | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 113,435 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 113,300 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 111,836 | 2023 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Vietnam | 109,535 | 2021 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 100,608 | 2024 | up 64.6% | falling |
| 29 | Nigeria | 96,321 | 2024 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 30 | Cuba | 94,066 | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 82,823 | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 32 | North Korea | 82,121 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 80,768 | 2024 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Algeria | 75,512 | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 70,965 | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands | 69,985 | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 37 | Chile | 68,987 | 2024 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Greece | 68,752 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 62,994 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 40 | Portugal | 62,813 | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 57,128 | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 42 | Austria | 51,719 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 49,051 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 47,966 | 2023 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 46,918 | 2022 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 46 | Czechia | 45,820 | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 43,434 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 42,369 | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | 40,587 | 2020 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Switzerland | 40,440 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 51 | Myanmar | 39,826 | 2019 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 52 | Belgium | 39,723 | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 53 | Jordan | 37,685 | 2024 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 54 | Israel | 36,814 | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 55 | Syria | 36,551 | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 34,743 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 32,787 | 2022 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 32,247 | 2024 | up 112.4% | rising |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 31,844 | 2023 | up 98.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 29,952 | 2024 | up 532.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Morocco | 29,904 | 2023 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 29,846 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 63 | Norway | 27,455 | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 64 | Denmark | 26,942 | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 26,320 | 2022 | up 220.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 26,097 | 2023 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 24,250 | 2024 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia | 21,776 | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Georgia | 21,483 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 70 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 21,290 | 2022 | up 231.7% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 20,961 | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 20,753 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 20,593 | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Honduras | 20,251 | 2023 | up 725.2% | volatile |
| 75 | New Zealand | 19,664 | 2024 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 19,433 | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 16,102 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 78 | Mongolia | 15,973 | 2024 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 79 | Croatia | 15,480 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 80 | Singapore | 15,455 | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 81 | Uruguay | 15,420 | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 82 | Bolivia | 15,326 | 2021 | up 221.2% | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 15,282 | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 15,108 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 85 | Kenya | 14,662 | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 86 | Turkmenistan | 14,222 | 2024 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 87 | Libya | 13,757 | 2017 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 13,656 | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 89 | Kuwait | 13,624 | 2022 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 13,256 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 13,155 | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 92 | Moldova | 12,038 | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 93 | Tanzania | 12,023 | 2024 | up 298.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Oman | 11,287 | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,101 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 96 | Sudan | 10,683 | 2017 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 97 | Uganda | 10,322 | 2024 | up 183.2% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 10,194 | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 99 | Ghana | 9,960 | 2024 | up 230.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Armenia | 9,679 | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 101 | Qatar | 9,559 | 2024 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,645 | 2019 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 103 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,127 | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 104 | Mali | 7,756 | 2024 | up 343.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Angola | 7,665 | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Slovenia | 7,430 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 7,150 | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 108 | Latvia | 6,309 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 6,289 | 2022 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,184 | 2021 | up 154.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 6,110 | 2022 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 5,417 | 2022 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 5,397 | 2020 | up 48.7% | falling |
| 114 | Cyprus | 5,119 | 2023 | up 85.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Estonia | 4,772 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 116 | Mauritius | 3,840 | 2023 | up 87.7% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 3,473 | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 118 | Zambia | 3,471 | 2024 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Haiti | 3,354 | 2022 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 3,297 | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 3,154 | 2024 | up 495.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 3,136 | 2024 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Benin | 3,096 | 2024 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 3,092 | 2024 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 125 | Laos | 2,930 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 126 | Jamaica | 2,903 | 2024 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 127 | Cameroon | 2,571 | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 2,518 | 2024 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Rwanda | 2,517 | 2024 | up 149.7% | rising |
| 130 | Malta | 2,515 | 2023 | up 71.6% | rising |
| 131 | Senegal | 2,289 | 2024 | up 98.4% | rising |
| 132 | Malawi | 1,815 | 2024 | up 236.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Iceland | 1,801 | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 1,780 | 2017 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 134 | South Sudan | 1,780 | 2024 | up 333.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Montenegro | 1,778 | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea | 1,692 | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Namibia | 1,691 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 139 | Chad | 1,632 | 2024 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritania | 1,273 | 2022 | up 132.7% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 1,266 | 2022 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Maldives | 1,187 | 2021 | up 126.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Burundi | 1,169 | 2024 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 1,106 | 2022 | up 570.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Bahrain | 1,099 | 2020 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 146 | Botswana | 1,080 | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 147 | East Timor | 1,063 | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 148 | Guyana | 1,032 | 2023 | up 100.4% | rising |
| 149 | Brunei | 1,008 | 2024 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 150 | Niger | 994 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 954 | 2022 | up 960.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 755 | 2020 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Fiji | 697 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 154 | Eswatini | 685 | 2023 | up 528.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Barbados | 677 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 156 | Togo | 564 | 2024 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 548 | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Central African Republic | 532 | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 159 | Belize | 528 | 2021 | up 119.1% | rising |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 483 | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 432 | 2022 | up 122.7% | rising |
| 162 | Lesotho | 431 | 2024 | up 212.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Andorra | 419 | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 164 | Antigua and Barbuda | 405 | 2024 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 381 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 166 | Comoros | 354 | 2022 | up 187.8% | rising |
| 167 | Monaco | 328 | 2020 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 168 | Eritrea | 308 | 2023 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 169 | Gambia | 242 | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 170 | Djibouti | 240 | 2022 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 235 | 2024 | up 119.6% | rising |
| 172 | Seychelles | 213 | 2024 | up 129.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 191 | 2024 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 174 | Grenada | 160 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 175 | San Marino | 148 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 145 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Samoa | 120 | 2021 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia (country) | 108 | 2020 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 179 | Tonga | 107 | 2021 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 180 | Kiribati | 62 | 2023 | up 181.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 48 | 2019 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 182 | Marshall Islands | 47 | 2021 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 183 | Palau | 32 | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 184 | Cook Islands | 27 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 17 | 2024 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 186 | Nauru | 14 | 2015 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 187 | Niue | 4 | 2024 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.