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
4,273
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 | Russian Federation | 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 | Turkiye | 204,223 | 2023 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 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 | Korea, Rep. | 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, Arab Rep. | 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 | Viet Nam | 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 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 21,290 | 2022 | up 231.7% | rising |
| 71 | Ireland | 20,961 | 2024 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 72 | Slovak Republic | 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 | Kyrgyz Republic | 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, Rep. | 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, Rep. | 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 | Lao PDR | 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 | Timor-Leste | 1,063 | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 148 | Guyana | 1,032 | 2023 | up 100.4% | rising |
| 149 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,008 | 2024 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 150 | Niger | 994 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 151 | Liberia | 954 | 2022 | up 960.0% | volatile |
| 152 | St. 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 | Cabo 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, The | 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 | St. 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 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 145 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Samoa | 120 | 2021 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 178 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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 | Naoero | 14 | 2015 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 187 | Niue | 4 | 2024 | — | rising |