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| Population, Health and Human Well-being — Public Health: Physicians per 100,000 people Units: Physicians per 100,000 people |
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| 1990-2007 | ||
| World | ||
| World | 33,649 | |
| 1990-2007 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Asia (excluding Middle East) | 4,636 | |
| Central America & Caribbean | 2,954 | |
| Europe | 18,288 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 3,341 | |
| North America | 447 | |
| Oceania | 1,217 | |
| South America | 1,810 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 956 | |
| Developed Countries | 22,666 | |
| Developing Countries | 11,183 | |
| High Income Countries | 15,926 | |
| Low Income Countries | 2,444 | |
| Middle Income Countries | 14,681 | |
| ISO | 1990-2007 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 20 |
| Albania | ALB | 115 |
| Algeria | DZA | 113 |
| Andorra | AND | 364 |
| Angola | AGO | 8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | 17 |
| Argentina | ARG | 301 |
| Armenia | ARM | 370 |
| Australia | AUS | 247 |
| Austria | AUT | 366 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 363 |
| Bahamas | BHS | 105 |
| Bahrain | BHR | 272 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 30 |
| Barbados | BRB | 121 |
| Belarus | BLR | 478 |
| Belgium | BEL | 423 |
| Belize | BLZ | 105 |
| Benin | BEN | 4 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 2 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 122 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 142 |
| Botswana | BWA | 40 |
| Brazil | BRA | 115 |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | 114 |
| Bulgaria | BGR | 366 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 5 |
| Burundi | BDI | 3 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 16 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 19 |
| Canada | CAN | 191 |
| Cape Verde | CPV | 49 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 12 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 8 |
| Chad | TCD | 4 |
| Chile | CHL | 109 |
| China | CHN | 142 |
| Colombia | COL | 135 |
| Comoros | COM | 15 |
| Congo | COG | 20 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 11 |
| Cook Islands | COK | 118 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 132 |
| Croatia | HRV | 247 |
| Cuba | CUB | 591 |
| Cyprus | CYP | 230 |
| Czech Rep | CZE | 358 |
| Denmark | DNK | 359 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 18 |
| Dominica | DMA | 50 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 188 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 148 |
| Egypt | EGY | 243 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 124 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 30 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 5 |
| Estonia | EST | 333 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 3 |
| Fiji | FJI | 45 |
| Finland | FIN | 330 |
| France | FRA | 341 |
| Gabon | GAB | 29 |
| Gambia | GMB | 11 |
| Georgia | GEO | 465 |
| Germany | DEU | 344 |
| Ghana | GHA | 15 |
| Greece | GRC | 500 |
| Grenada | GRD | 98 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 90 |
| Guinea | GIN | 11 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 12 |
| Guyana | GUY | 48 |
| Haiti | HTI | 25 |
| Honduras | HND | 57 |
| Hungary | HUN | 304 |
| Iceland | ISL | 377 |
| India | IND | 60 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 13 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 89 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 66 |
| Ireland | IRL | 294 |
| Israel | ISR | 367 |
| Italy | ITA | 370 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 85 |
| Japan | JPN | 212 |
| Jordan | JOR | 236 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 388 |
| Kenya | KEN | 14 |
| Kiribati | KIR | 23 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 329 |
| Korea, Rep | KOR | 157 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 180 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 239 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 35 |
| Latvia | LVA | 314 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 236 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 5 |
| Liberia | LBR | 3 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | 125 |
| Lithuania | LTU | 395 |
| Luxembourg | LUX | 273 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 255 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 29 |
| Malawi | MWI | 2 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 71 |
| Maldives | MDV | 92 |
| Mali | MLI | 8 |
| Malta | MLT | 388 |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | 47 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 11 |
| Mauritius | MUS | 106 |
| Mexico | MEX | 198 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 266 |
| Monaco | MCO | 581 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 263 |
| Montenegro | MNE | 203 |
| Morocco | MAR | 51 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 3 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 36 |
| Namibia | NAM | 30 |
| Nauru | NRU | 77 |
| Nepal | NPL | 21 |
| Netherlands | NLD | 371 |
| New Zealand | NZL | 213 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 37 |
| Niger | NER | 2 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 28 |
| Niue | NIU | 200 |
| Norway | NOR | 377 |
| Oman | OMN | 167 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 80 |
| Palau | PLW | 158 |
| Panama | PAN | 150 |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | 5 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 111 |
| Peru | PER | 117 |
| Philippines | PHL | 115 |
| Poland | POL | 197 |
| Portugal | PRT | 344 |
| Qatar | QAT | 264 |
| Romania | ROU | 192 |
| Russian Federation | RUS | 431 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 5 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | 110 |
| Samoa | WSM | 28 |
| San Marino | SMR | 4,735 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 49 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 137 |
| Senegal | SEN | 6 |
| Serbia | SRB | 199 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | YUG | 206 |
| Seychelles | SYC | 151 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 3 |
| Singapore | SGP | 150 |
| Slovakia | SVK | 312 |
| Slovenia | SVN | 240 |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | 13 |
| Somalia | SOM | 4 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 77 |
| Spain | ESP | 330 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 55 |
| St. Lucia | LCA | 517 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines | VCT | 75 |
| Sudan | SDN | 30 |
| Suriname | SUR | 45 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 16 |
| Sweden | SWE | 328 |
| Switzerland | CHE | 397 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 53 |
| Tajikistan | TJK | 201 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 2 |
| Thailand | THA | 37 |
| Timor-Leste | TMP | 10 |
| Togo | TGO | 4 |
| Tonga | TON | 29 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 79 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 134 |
| Turkey | TUR | 156 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 249 |
| Uganda | UGA | 8 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 313 |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | 169 |
| United Kingdom | GBR | 230 |
| United States | USA | 256 |
| Uruguay | URY | 365 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 265 |
| Vanuatu | VUT | 14 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 194 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 56 |
| Yemen | YEM | 33 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 12 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 16 |
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| World Health Organization (WHO). 2008. Global Atlas of the Health Workforce . Geneva: WHO. Available online at: http://www.who.int/globalatlas/. |
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