Physicians density

This entry gives the number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, per 1,000 of the population. Medical doctors are defined as doctors that study, diagnose, treat, and prevent illness, disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans through the application of modern medicine. They also plan, supervise, and evaluate care and treatment plans by other health care providers. The World Health Organization estimates that fewer than 2.3 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 1,000 would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.

• Afghanistan

  0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Albania

  1.88 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Algeria

  1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• American Samoa

  NA

• Andorra

  3.33 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Angola

  0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Anguilla

  NA

• Antigua and Barbuda

  2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Argentina

  4.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Armenia

  4.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Aruba

  NA

• Australia

  4.13 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Austria

  5.29 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Azerbaijan

  3.17 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Bahamas, The

  1.94 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Bahrain

  0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Bangladesh

  0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Barbados

  2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Belarus

  4.54 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Belgium

  6.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Belize

  1.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Benin

  0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Bermuda

  NA

• Bhutan

  0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Bolivia

  1.03 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  2.16 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Botswana

  0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Brazil

  2.31 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• British Virgin Islands

  NA

• Brunei

  1.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Bulgaria

  4.2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Burkina Faso

  0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Burma

  0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Burundi

  0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Cabo Verde

  0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Cambodia

  0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Cameroon

  0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Canada

  2.44 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Cayman Islands

  NA

• Central African Republic

  0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Chad

  0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Chile

  2.84 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• China

  2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Colombia

  2.33 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Comoros

  0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Congo, Republic of the

  0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Cook Islands

  1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Costa Rica

  3.3 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Croatia

  3.47 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Cuba

  8.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Curacao

  NA

• Cyprus

  3.14 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Czechia

  4.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Denmark

  4.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Djibouti

  0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Dominica

  1.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Dominican Republic

  1.45 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Ecuador

  2.22 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Egypt

  0.75 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• El Salvador

  2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Equatorial Guinea

  0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Eritrea

  0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Estonia

  3.47 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Eswatini

  0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Ethiopia

  0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  2.62 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Fiji

  0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Finland

  4.64 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• France

  3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• French Polynesia

  NA

• Gabon

  0.65 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Gambia, The

  0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Gaza Strip

  2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Georgia

  5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Germany

  4.44 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Ghana

  0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Gibraltar

  NA

• Greece

  6.31 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Greenland

  1.87 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Grenada

  1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Guatemala

  1.24 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Guinea

  0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Guinea-Bissau

  0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Guyana

  1.42 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Haiti

  0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Honduras

  0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Hong Kong

  2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Hungary

  6.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Iceland

  4.14 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• India

  0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Indonesia

  0.62 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Iran

  1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Iraq

  0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Ireland

  3.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Isle of Man

  NA

• Israel

  3.63 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Italy

  3.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Jamaica

  0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Japan

  2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Jersey

  NA

• Jordan

  2.66 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Kazakhstan

  3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Kenya

  0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Kiribati

  0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)

• Korea, North

  3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Korea, South

  2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Kosovo

  NA

• Kuwait

  2.34 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Kyrgyzstan

  2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Laos

  0.35 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Latvia

  3.4 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Lebanon

  2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Lesotho

  0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Liberia

  0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Libya

  2.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Liechtenstein

  NA

• Lithuania

  5.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Luxembourg

  3.01 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Macau

  NA

• Madagascar

  0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Malawi

  0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Malaysia

  1.54 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Maldives

  2.05 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Mali

  0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Malta

  2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Marshall Islands

  0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

• Mauritania

  0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Mauritius

  2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Mexico

  2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Moldova

  3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Monaco

  7.51 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Mongolia

  3.85 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Montenegro

  2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Montserrat

  NA

• Morocco

  0.73 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Namibia

  0.59 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Nauru

  1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Nepal

  0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Netherlands

  4.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• New Caledonia

  NA

• New Zealand

  3.62 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Nicaragua

  1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Niger

  0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Nigeria

  0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  NA

• Norway

  5.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Oman

  1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Pakistan

  1.12 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Palau

  1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Panama

  1.63 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Papua New Guinea

  0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Paraguay

  1.05 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Peru

  1.37 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Philippines

  0.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  3.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Portugal

  5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Puerto Rico

  3.06 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Qatar

  2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Romania

  2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Russia

  3.82 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Rwanda

  0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Saint Barthelemy

  NA

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  NA

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  2.77 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Saint Lucia

  0.64 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Saint Martin

  NA

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  NA

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  0.66 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

• Samoa

  0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• San Marino

  6.11 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Saudi Arabia

  2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Senegal

  0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Serbia

  3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Seychelles

  2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Sierra Leone

  0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Singapore

  2.46 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Sint Maarten

  NA

• Slovakia

  3.57 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Slovenia

  3.28 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Solomon Islands

  0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Somalia

  0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• South Africa

  0.79 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Spain

  4.44 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Sri Lanka

  1.23 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Sudan

  0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Suriname

  0.82 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  7.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Switzerland

  4.38 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Syria

  1.29 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Taiwan

  NA

• Tajikistan

  1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Tanzania

  0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Thailand

  0.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Timor-Leste

  0.76 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Togo

  0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  0.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  4.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Tunisia

  1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  1.93 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• Turkmenistan

  2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  NA

• Tuvalu

  1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Uganda

  0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• Ukraine

  2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• United Arab Emirates

  2.6 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

• United Kingdom

  3 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• United States

  2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Uruguay

  4.94 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Uzbekistan

  2.37 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Vanuatu

  0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Venezuela

  1.73 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

• Vietnam

  0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

• Virgin Islands

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  NA

• West Bank

  3.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

• World

  NA

• Yemen

  0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

• Zambia

  1.17 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

• Zimbabwe

  0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)