Nursing and midwifery personnel (number) by country
Countries reporting
189
Highest
5.64 million
China
Lowest
15
Niue
Median
22,233
Years covered
54
1971–2024
Data points
3,864
What the numbers show
Nursing and midwifery personnel (number) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 5.64 million in China; the lowest is 15 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 22,233, and the mean is 172,413.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 850.9%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 77.5%).
Nursing and midwifery personnel (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5.64 million | 2023 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 4.28 million | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 3 | India | 3.94 million | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 1.56 million | 2022 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.24 million | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 1.05 million | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 7 | Russia | 1.02 million | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 8 | Indonesia | 935,412 | 2024 | up 232.8% | volatile |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 656,571 | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 10 | France | 622,631 | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 612,422 | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 506,970 | 2024 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 461,742 | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 422,156 | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 395,422 | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 385,504 | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 381,562 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 18 | Turkey | 308,037 | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 298,065 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 20 | Argentina | 295,393 | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Nigeria | 267,951 | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 265,877 | 2024 | up 297.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Iran | 260,567 | 2023 | up 115.0% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 256,119 | 2023 | up 85.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 244,613 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 26 | Ukraine | 229,368 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 218,107 | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 216,306 | 2021 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 203,188 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 170,282 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 159,339 | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 32 | Ghana | 143,646 | 2024 | up 284.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Malaysia | 143,307 | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 143,270 | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Belgium | 143,101 | 2022 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Vietnam | 136,902 | 2017 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 136,011 | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 38 | Pakistan | 131,448 | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 39 | Nepal | 123,417 | 2024 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 40 | Sweden | 123,127 | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 119,608 | 2022 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 42 | North Korea | 117,830 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 43 | Uganda | 116,383 | 2024 | up 156.4% | rising |
| 44 | Iraq | 115,891 | 2023 | up 67.6% | rising |
| 45 | Algeria | 114,055 | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 113,814 | 2023 | up 273.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 101,866 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 99,860 | 2023 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 49 | Belarus | 97,407 | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 93,214 | 2024 | up 104.6% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 92,651 | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 52 | Norway | 88,530 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | Portugal | 83,538 | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 54 | Colombia | 83,171 | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ireland | 80,947 | 2024 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 56 | Cuba | 79,569 | 2022 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 57 | Finland | 72,926 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 68,428 | 2024 | up 42.1% | falling |
| 59 | Kenya | 68,386 | 2024 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 67,040 | 2023 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 65,510 | 2023 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Denmark | 65,011 | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 63 | Paraguay | 63,607 | 2022 | up 850.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 58,335 | 2024 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 57,425 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 55,428 | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 67 | Angola | 52,651 | 2024 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 51,861 | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 69 | Sudan | 47,882 | 2018 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 70 | Serbia | 47,516 | 2023 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 71 | Ecuador | 46,138 | 2020 | up 77.0% | rising |
| 72 | Libya | 42,975 | 2017 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 42,278 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 41,201 | 2023 | up 174.3% | rising |
| 75 | Singapore | 41,045 | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 38,609 | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 35,645 | 2024 | up 127.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 32,956 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 79 | Syria | 32,221 | 2022 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 31,823 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31,723 | 2024 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 31,345 | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 83 | Kuwait | 30,795 | 2022 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 28,933 | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 27,406 | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 86 | Mozambique | 26,398 | 2024 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Qatar | 26,238 | 2024 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 88 | Turkmenistan | 26,022 | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 89 | Uruguay | 25,835 | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 24,362 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 91 | Oman | 24,231 | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 23,371 | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 93 | Afghanistan | 22,771 | 2023 | up 182.8% | flat |
| 94 | Slovenia | 22,629 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 22,233 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 96 | Georgia | 21,656 | 2024 | up 40.5% | flat |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,560 | 2022 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 98 | Yemen | 21,310 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 20,084 | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 100 | Burkina Faso | 19,395 | 2024 | up 139.4% | rising |
| 101 | Bolivia | 19,391 | 2021 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 102 | Moldova | 19,374 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 103 | Rwanda | 18,218 | 2024 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 104 | Cameroon | 18,208 | 2022 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Tanzania | 17,820 | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | 16,717 | 2020 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 107 | Cambodia | 16,611 | 2019 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 108 | Mongolia | 16,321 | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 109 | Costa Rica | 15,606 | 2022 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 14,722 | 2022 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 13,686 | 2022 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 112 | Armenia | 13,675 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 113 | Malawi | 12,526 | 2024 | up 248.6% | rising |
| 114 | Namibia | 11,510 | 2024 | up 173.3% | rising |
| 115 | Lebanon | 11,477 | 2018 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 11,424 | 2022 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 117 | Myanmar | 11,000 | 2022 | down 77.5% | rising |
| 117 | Niger | 11,000 | 2023 | up 166.7% | rising |
| 119 | Burundi | 10,873 | 2023 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 120 | Laos | 10,601 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 10,149 | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | 9,627 | 2022 | up 449.5% | rising |
| 123 | Estonia | 9,626 | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 9,126 | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 125 | Benin | 8,848 | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 126 | Papua New Guinea | 8,584 | 2024 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 8,574 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 128 | Congo | 8,456 | 2024 | up 144.5% | rising |
| 129 | Mali | 8,436 | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 130 | South Sudan | 8,435 | 2024 | up 126.4% | rising |
| 131 | Haiti | 8,421 | 2022 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 8,211 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 133 | Senegal | 7,988 | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritania | 7,844 | 2022 | up 179.8% | rising |
| 135 | Honduras | 7,825 | 2023 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 136 | Botswana | 7,620 | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 137 | Chad | 7,346 | 2024 | up 103.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Iceland | 6,327 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,174 | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 5,948 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 141 | Gabon | 5,760 | 2022 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 142 | Cyprus | 5,359 | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 143 | Eritrea | 5,261 | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 144 | Eswatini | 5,242 | 2023 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 145 | Liberia | 4,685 | 2024 | up 159.6% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritius | 4,459 | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 147 | Malta | 4,401 | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 148 | Guyana | 4,025 | 2024 | up 740.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Bahrain | 3,927 | 2020 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 150 | Togo | 3,885 | 2024 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 151 | Montenegro | 3,810 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 152 | Maldives | 3,078 | 2021 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Brunei | 3,005 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 2,933 | 2024 | down 53.4% | rising |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 2,331 | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 156 | East Timor | 2,100 | 2023 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 157 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,038 | 2024 | up 130.3% | rising |
| 158 | Fiji | 1,968 | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 159 | Gambia | 1,774 | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 1,745 | 2024 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 161 | Bahamas | 1,687 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 1,602 | 2022 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 163 | Comoros | 1,371 | 2022 | up 189.9% | rising |
| 164 | Barbados | 1,168 | 2023 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 165 | Saint Lucia | 958 | 2023 | up 67.8% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 939 | 2023 | up 133.0% | rising |
| 167 | Belize | 847 | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 812 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 169 | Seychelles | 808 | 2024 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 170 | Monaco | 752 | 2014 | — | rising |
| 171 | Samoa | 648 | 2020 | up 126.6% | rising |
| 172 | Grenada | 536 | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 173 | Kiribati | 517 | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 490 | 2022 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 476 | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 176 | Dominica | 461 | 2018 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 177 | Tonga | 443 | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 426 | 2019 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 179 | Andorra | 405 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 180 | San Marino | 326 | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 308 | 2023 | up 42.6% | flat |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 245 | 2019 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 183 | Djibouti | 221 | 2022 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 199 | 2021 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 134 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 186 | Palau | 117 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 187 | Nauru | 84 | 2018 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 40 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 189 | Niue | 15 | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.