Country Comparison > Physicians density

Rank	Country	Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population)
1	Cuba	8.3
2	Monaco	7.51
3	Georgia	6.13
4	San Marino	6.11
5	Greece	5.48
6	Belarus	5.19
7	Austria	5.17
8	Portugal	5.12
9	Uruguay	5.08
10	Lithuania	4.83
11	Armenia	4.4
12	Switzerland	4.3
13	Germany	4.25
14	Czech Republic	4.07
15	Bulgaria	4.03
16	Denmark	4.01
17	Russia	4.01
18	Argentina	3.99
19	Kazakhstan	3.98
20	Iceland	3.98
21	Italy	3.98
22	Sweden	3.98
23	Spain	3.87
24	Finland	3.81
25	Maldives	3.72
26	Korea, North	3.68
27	Australia	3.68
28	Netherlands	3.61
29	Israel	3.48
30	New Zealand	3.47
31	Estonia	3.46
32	Azerbaijan	3.45
33	Slovakia	3.42
34	Trinidad and Tobago	3.36
35	Hungary	3.34
36	Andorra	3.33
37	Ireland	3.29
38	France	3.26
39	Moldova	3.21
40	Latvia	3.19
41	Serbia	3.11
42	Slovenia	3.09
43	Belgium	3.07
44	Puerto Rico	3.06
45	Luxembourg	3.01
46	Croatia	3
47	Ukraine	2.99
48	Romania	2.98
49	Antigua and Barbuda	2.96
50	Costa Rica	2.95
51	Macedonia	2.87
52	Mongolia	2.86
53	Malta	2.86
54	Norway	2.83
55	United Kingdom	2.79
56	Gaza Strip	2.77
57	Tokelau	2.72
58	Qatar	2.69
59	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.68
60	Kuwait	2.65
61	Faroe Islands	2.62
62	United States	2.61
63	Mauritius	2.6
64	Saudi Arabia	2.54
65	Barbados	2.48
66	Chile	2.44
67	United Arab Emirates	2.44
68	Macau	2.41
69	Japan	2.41
70	Mexico	2.38
71	Montenegro	2.38
72	Poland	2.38
73	Uzbekistan	2.37
74	Korea, South	2.36
75	Jordan	2.32
76	Canada	2.31
77	Singapore	2.29
78	Turkmenistan	2.22
79	New Caledonia	2.22
80	Kyrgyzstan	2.21
81	Brazil	2.17
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.16
83	French Polynesia	2.13
84	Seychelles	2.12
85	Colombia	2.11
86	Tajikistan	2.1
87	Libya	2.09
88	Ecuador	2.04
89	Lebanon	2.03
90	Bahamas, The	2.01
91	China	1.98
92	Hong Kong	1.96
93	Oman	1.96
94	Greenland	1.87
95	Turkey	1.85
96	Algeria	1.79
97	Brunei	1.61
98	Bolivia	1.59
99	El Salvador	1.57
100	Panama	1.57
101	Dominican Republic	1.56
102	Malaysia	1.54
103	West Bank	1.45
104	Palau	1.42
105	Cook Islands	1.41
106	Grenada	1.41
107	Paraguay	1.37
108	Nauru	1.35
109	Jamaica	1.31
110	Peru	1.3
111	Tunisia	1.3
112	Syria	1.29
113	Suriname	1.23
114	Albania	1.22
115	Iran	1.13
116	Belize	1.12
117	Dominica	1.12
118	Nicaragua	1.01
119	Pakistan	1
120	Bahrain	0.93
121	Sri Lanka	0.93
122	Nepal	0.91
123	South Africa	0.91
124	Tuvalu	0.91
125	Burma	0.86
126	Fiji	0.86
127	Iraq	0.84
128	Vietnam	0.83
129	Thailand	0.81
130	Guyana	0.8
131	Egypt	0.8
132	Cape Verde	0.78
133	India	0.78
134	East Timor	0.75
135	Morocco	0.73
136	Gabon	0.68
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.66
138	Saint Lucia	0.64
139	Philippines	0.6
140	Namibia	0.59
141	Tonga	0.54
142	Bangladesh	0.54
143	Botswana	0.53
144	Yemen	0.53
145	Laos	0.49
146	Nigeria	0.45
147	Marshall Islands	0.42
148	Bhutan	0.4
149	Equatorial Guinea	0.4
150	Indonesia	0.38
151	Guatemala	0.36
152	Samoa	0.34
153	Swaziland	0.33
154	Honduras	0.31
155	Afghanistan	0.28
156	Comoros	0.27
157	Sudan	0.26
158	Haiti	0.23
159	Djibouti	0.22
160	Angola	0.21
161	Kenya	0.2
162	Kiribati	0.2
163	Solomon Islands	0.19
164	Cambodia	0.19
165	Zimbabwe	0.19
166	Mauritania	0.18
167	Madagascar	0.18
168	Vanuatu	0.17
169	Uganda	0.17
170	Zambia	0.16
171	Congo, Republic of the	0.16
172	Ghana	0.14
173	Mali	0.14
174	Rwanda	0.14
175	Guinea-Bissau	0.13
176	Gambia, The	0.1
177	Ethiopia	0.1
178	Burundi	0.1
179	Cameroon	0.09
180	Mozambique	0.08
181	Guinea	0.08
182	Burkina Faso	0.08
183	Senegal	0.07
184	Lesotho	0.07
185	Central African Republic	0.07
186	Eritrea	0.06
187	Benin	0.05
188	Papua New Guinea	0.05
189	Sao Tome and Principe	0.05
190	Chad	0.04
191	Liberia	0.04
192	Niger	0.04
193	Sierra Leone	0.03
194	Togo	0.03
195	Somalia	0.02
196	Malawi	0.02
197	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. 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Physicians density map

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