Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2020, Brazil ranked the highest in number of generalist medical practitioners, or GMP with 118,013 persons followed by Mexico and USA. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 215 persons, Estonia with 1,102 persons and Latvia with 1,369 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) indicator page.
Number of Generalist Medical Practitioners (GMP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Australia | persons | ... | 36,192 | 37,274 | 38,061 | 39,971 | 40,825 | ... | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 153,832 | ... | ... | |
Canada | persons | 44,082 | 44,961 | 46,009 | 47,690 | 48,977 | ||||||||||||||||
Colombia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70,921 | 73,288 | 75,911 | 79,445 | 83,439 | |||||
France | persons | 93,783 | 93,780 | 93,847 | 94,384 | 94,146 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Germany | persons | 80,218 | 78,298 | 79,252 | 80,524 | 81,578 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45,387 | 59,847 | ... | ||||||
Italy | persons | 53,463 | 53,610 | 54,063 | 53,691 | 52,998 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | persons | 94,559 | 101,057 | 106,106 | 107,566 | 108,167 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Russia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 46,025 | 45,555 | 44,220 | 45,975 | 47,074 | ... | |||||||
South Korea | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30,299 | 30,866 | 31,743 | 32,652 | 33,483 | ... | |||||||||||
Spain | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,880 | 34,735 | 34,797 | 35,378 | 41,727 | ... | ||||||||||
Turkey | persons | 41,542 | 44,646 | 46,107 | 47,999 | 48,688 | ... | |||||||||||||||
USA | persons | 97,527 | 98,174 | 98,857 | 99,659 | 99,609 | ... | |||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | persons | 50,595 | 50,169 | 50,080 | 49,824 | 49,569 |