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Rank	Country	Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population)
1	Cuba	6.4
2	Greece	6.04
3	Monaco	5.81
4	Belarus	4.87
5	Austria	4.75
6	Georgia	4.54
7	Russia	4.31
8	Italy	4.24
9	Norway	4.08
10	Switzerland	4.07
11	Niue	4
12	Iceland	3.93
13	Netherlands	3.92
14	Kazakhstan	3.88
15	Azerbaijan	3.79
16	Portugal	3.76
17	Uruguay	3.74
18	Andorra	3.72
19	Spain	3.71
20	Armenia	3.7
21	Lithuania	3.66
22	Bulgaria	3.64
23	Israel	3.63
24	Czech Republic	3.63
25	Sweden	3.58
26	Lebanon	3.54
27	Germany	3.53
28	France	3.5
29	Denmark	3.42
30	Estonia	3.41
31	Korea, North	3.29
32	Ireland	3.19
33	Argentina	3.16
34	Ukraine	3.13
35	Hungary	3.1
36	Malta	3.07
37	Slovakia	3
38	Australia	2.99
39	Latvia	2.99
40	Belgium	2.99
41	Mexico	2.89
42	Luxembourg	2.86
43	Egypt	2.83
44	Mongolia	2.76
45	Qatar	2.76
46	United Kingdom	2.74
47	Finland	2.74
48	United States	2.67
49	Moldova	2.67
50	Uzbekistan	2.62
51	Croatia	2.59
52	Macedonia	2.55
53	Slovenia	2.47
54	Jordan	2.45
55	Turkmenistan	2.44
56	New Zealand	2.38
57	Kyrgyzstan	2.3
58	Poland	2.14
59	Japan	2.06
60	Serbia	2.04
61	Tajikistan	2.01
62	Korea, South	1.97
63	Venezuela	1.94
64	United Arab Emirates	1.93
65	Romania	1.92
66	Canada	1.91
67	Oman	1.9
68	Libya	1.9
69	Singapore	1.83
70	Barbados	1.81
71	Kuwait	1.79
72	Brazil	1.72
73	El Salvador	1.6
74	Maldives	1.6
75	Seychelles	1.51
76	Syria	1.5
77	Panama	1.5
78	Ecuador	1.48
79	Turkey	1.45
80	Bahrain	1.44
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.42
82	Brunei	1.42
83	China	1.42
84	Colombia	1.35
85	Costa Rica	1.32
86	Palau	1.3
87	Vietnam	1.22
88	Bolivia	1.22
89	Algeria	1.21
90	Tunisia	1.19
91	Cook Islands	1.18
92	Trinidad and Tobago	1.18
93	Philippines	1.15
94	Albania	1.15
95	Paraguay	1.11
96	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.1
97	Chile	1.09
98	Mauritius	1.06
99	Bahamas, The	1.05
100	Malaysia	0.94
101	Saudi Arabia	0.94
102	Peru	0.92
103	Guatemala	0.9
104	Iran	0.89
105	Jamaica	0.85
106	Belize	0.83
107	Pakistan	0.81
108	South Africa	0.77
109	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.75
110	Nauru	0.71
111	Iraq	0.69
112	Tuvalu	0.64
113	Morocco	0.62
114	India	0.6
115	Cape Verde	0.57
116	Honduras	0.57
117	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.56
118	Marshall Islands	0.56
119	Dominica	0.5
120	Sri Lanka	0.49
121	Sao Tome and Principe	0.49
122	Guyana	0.48
123	Saint Lucia	0.47
124	Burma	0.46
125	Fiji	0.45
126	Suriname	0.45
127	Nigeria	0.4
128	Namibia	0.37
129	Nicaragua	0.37
130	Botswana	0.34
131	Equatorial Guinea	0.3
132	Yemen	0.3
133	Thailand	0.3
134	Kiribati	0.3
135	Bangladesh	0.3
136	Tonga	0.29
137	Gabon	0.29
138	Indonesia	0.29
139	Sudan	0.28
140	Laos	0.27
141	Samoa	0.27
142	Haiti	0.25
143	Djibouti	0.23
144	Cambodia	0.23
145	Afghanistan	0.21
146	Nepal	0.21
147	Cameroon	0.19
148	Solomon Islands	0.19
149	Antigua and Barbuda	0.17
150	Madagascar	0.16
151	Swaziland	0.16
152	Zimbabwe	0.16
153	Comoros	0.15
154	Cote d'Ivoire	0.14
155	Kenya	0.14
156	Mauritania	0.13
157	Uganda	0.12
158	Vanuatu	0.12
159	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.11
160	Guinea	0.1
161	East Timor	0.1
162	Congo, Republic of the	0.1
163	Ghana	0.09
164	Central African Republic	0.08
165	Angola	0.08
166	Burkina Faso	0.06
167	Senegal	0.06
168	Benin	0.06
169	Zambia	0.06
170	Togo	0.05
171	Papua New Guinea	0.05
172	Lesotho	0.05
173	Eritrea	0.05
174	Mali	0.05
175	Guinea-Bissau	0.05
176	Chad	0.04
177	Gambia, The	0.04
178	Somalia	0.04
179	Burundi	0.03
180	Mozambique	0.03
181	Rwanda	0.02
182	Bhutan	0.02
183	Ethiopia	0.02
184	Niger	0.02
185	Malawi	0.02
186	Sierra Leone	0.02
187	Liberia	0.01
188	Tanzania	0.01

Definition: 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. WHO estimates that fewer than 23 health workers (physicians, nurses, and midwives only) per 10,000 would be insufficient to achieve coverage of primary healthcare needs.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Physicians density map

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