The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 People and Society

Physician density In 15 editions of 36.

Physician density was published in 15 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 2011 to 2025. The 2023 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its People and Society section, under the heading “Physicians density”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition
229
the first edition with it
2011
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Physicians density” (2011 to 2023) and “Physician density” (2024 to 2025).

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Africa

54 entries

Algeria

1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Angola

0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Benin

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Botswana

0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Burkina Faso

0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Burundi

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Cabo Verde

0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Cameroon

0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Central African Republic

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Chad

0.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Comoros

0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Cote d'Ivoire

0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Djibouti

0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Egypt

0.75 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Equatorial Guinea

0.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Eritrea

0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Eswatini

0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Ethiopia

0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Gabon

0.65 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Ghana

0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Guinea

0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Guinea-Bissau

0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Kenya

0.16 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Lesotho

0.47 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Liberia

0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Libya

2.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Madagascar

0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Malawi

0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Mali

0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Mauritania

0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Mauritius

2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

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)

Niger

0.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Nigeria

0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Rwanda

0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

NA

Sao Tome and Principe

0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Senegal

0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Seychelles

2.25 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Sierra Leone

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Somalia

0.02 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

South Africa

0.79 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Sudan

0.26 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Tanzania

0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Togo

0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Tunisia

1.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Uganda

0.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Zambia

1.17 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Zimbabwe

0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

1.87 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Iceland

4.14 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

0.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Armenia

4.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Azerbaijan

3.17 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Bangladesh

0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Bhutan

0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

China

2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Georgia

5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

India

0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Japan

2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Kazakhstan

3.98 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Korea, North now North Korea

3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Korea, South now South Korea

2.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Kyrgyzstan

2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Maldives

2.05 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Mongolia

3.85 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Nepal

0.85 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Pakistan

1.12 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Russia

3.82 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Sri Lanka

1.23 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Tajikistan

1.72 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Turkmenistan

2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Uzbekistan

2.37 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

NA

Antigua and Barbuda

2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Aruba

NA

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

1.94 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Barbados

2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Belize

1.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

British Virgin Islands

NA

Cayman Islands

NA

Costa Rica

3.3 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Cuba

8.42 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Curacao

NA

Dominica

1.1 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Dominican Republic

1.45 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

El Salvador

2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Grenada

1.44 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Guatemala

1.24 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Haiti

0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Honduras

0.5 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Jamaica

0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Montserrat

NA

Nicaragua

1.67 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Panama

1.63 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Puerto Rico

3.06 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Saint Barthelemy

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 Vincent and the Grenadines

0.66 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

4.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Turks and Caicos Islands

NA

Virgin Islands

NA

Europe

46 entries

Albania

1.88 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Andorra

3.63 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Austria

5.29 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Belarus

4.54 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Belgium

6.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2.16 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Bulgaria

4.2 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Croatia

3.47 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Czechia

4.15 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Denmark

4.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Estonia

3.47 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Faroe Islands

2.62 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Finland

4.64 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

France

3.27 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Germany

4.44 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Gibraltar

NA

Greece

6.31 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Hungary

6.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Ireland

3.49 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Isle of Man

NA

Italy

3.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Jersey

NA

Kosovo

NA

Latvia

3.4 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Liechtenstein

NA

Lithuania

5.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Luxembourg

3.01 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Malta

2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Moldova

3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Monaco

7.51 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Montenegro

2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Netherlands

4.08 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

North Macedonia

2.87 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Norway

5.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Poland

3.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Portugal

5.48 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Romania

2.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

San Marino

6.11 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Serbia

3.11 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Slovakia

3.57 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Slovenia

3.28 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Spain

4.44 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Sweden

7.09 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Switzerland

4.38 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Ukraine

2.99 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

United Kingdom

3 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

Cyprus

3.14 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Gaza Strip

2.71 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Iran

1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Iraq

0.97 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Israel

3.63 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Jordan

2.66 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Kuwait

2.34 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Lebanon

2.21 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Oman

1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Qatar

2.49 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Saudi Arabia

2.74 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Syria

1.29 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

1.93 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

United Arab Emirates

2.6 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

West Bank

3.25 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Yemen

0.53 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

NA

Canada

2.44 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Mexico

2.43 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

NA

United States

2.61 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

NA

Australia

4.13 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Cook Islands

1.41 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Fiji

0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

French Polynesia

NA

Kiribati

0.2 physicians/1,000 population (2013)

Marshall Islands

0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012)

Nauru

1.35 physicians/1,000 population (2015)

New Caledonia

NA

New Zealand

3.62 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

NA

Palau

1.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Papua New Guinea

0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

0.6 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Solomon Islands

0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

0.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Tuvalu

1.19 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Vanuatu

0.17 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

4.06 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Bolivia

1.03 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Brazil

2.31 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Chile

2.84 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Colombia

2.33 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Ecuador

2.22 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

1.42 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Paraguay

1.05 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Peru

1.37 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Suriname

0.82 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Uruguay

4.94 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Venezuela

1.73 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

1.61 physicians/1,000 population (2017)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

0.74 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Cambodia

0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hong Kong

2.04 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Indonesia

0.62 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Laos

0.35 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Macau

NA

Malaysia

1.54 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Philippines

0.77 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Singapore

2.46 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Taiwan

NA

Thailand

0.95 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Timor-Leste

0.76 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Vietnam

0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Physician density”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/physician-density/2023.

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