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How many doctors are there?

Doctors, 190 countries & territories. Medical doctors (generalists and specialists) per 1,000 people (WHO).

lowest≥ 0.2 per 1,000≥ 0.5 per 1,000≥ 1.3 per 1,000≥ 2.3 per 1,000≥ 3.3 per 1,000≥ 4.1 per 1,000 no data

Source: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World… via World Bank· 2014 / 2023

The ranking

1 Cuba 9.5 per 1,000 2021
2 Monaco 8.6 per 1,000 2020
3 Seychelles 6.6 per 1,000 2022
4 Greece 6.6 per 1,000 2022
5 Portugal 5.9 per 1,000 2022
6 Georgia 5.6 per 1,000 2023
7 Austria 5.5 per 1,000 2023
8 Russia 5.1 per 1,000 2022
9 Argentina 5.1 per 1,000 2023
10 Andorra 5.1 per 1,000 2023
11 Norway 5 per 1,000 2023
12 Belarus 4.7 per 1,000 2023
13 Uruguay 4.7 per 1,000 2022
14 San Marino 4.6 per 1,000 2023
15 Germany 4.5 per 1,000 2022
16 Malta 4.5 per 1,000 2022
17 Denmark 4.5 per 1,000 2021
18 Switzerland 4.5 per 1,000 2022
19 Lithuania 4.5 per 1,000 2022
20 Sweden 4.4 per 1,000 2021
21 Iceland 4.4 per 1,000 2023
22 Czechia 4.4 per 1,000 2022
23 Bulgaria 4.3 per 1,000 2022
24 Spain 4.3 per 1,000 2022
25 Saint Lucia 4.2 per 1,000 2020
26 Italy 4.2 per 1,000 2022
27 Trinidad and Tobago 4.2 per 1,000 2021
28 Mongolia 4.1 per 1,000 2022
29 Australia 4.1 per 1,000 2022
30 Poland 4 per 1,000 2023
31 Moldova 4 per 1,000 2023
32 Croatia 3.9 per 1,000 2022
33 Paraguay 3.9 per 1,000 2022
34 Netherlands 3.9 per 1,000 2022
35 Ireland 3.9 per 1,000 2023
36 Israel 3.8 per 1,000 2023
37 Kazakhstan 3.8 per 1,000 2023
38 Slovakia 3.7 per 1,000 2022
39 United States 3.7 per 1,000 2022
40 North Korea 3.6 per 1,000 2017
41 Romania 3.6 per 1,000 2022
42 New Zealand 3.6 per 1,000 2022
43 Finland 3.6 per 1,000 2021
44 Belgium 3.6 per 1,000 2022
45 Cyprus 3.6 per 1,000 2022
46 Ukraine 3.5 per 1,000 2023
47 Estonia 3.5 per 1,000 2022
48 Hungary 3.5 per 1,000 2022
49 Saudi Arabia 3.4 per 1,000 2023
50 Latvia 3.4 per 1,000 2022

Reference years differ by country (2014–2023); each row shows its own year.