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Which Country Has the Most Hospital Beds?

Number of Hospital Beds (beds), 2021 or latest
Health Care | April 13, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 40 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in number of hospital beds with 7,131,200 beds followed by Japan and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1,039 beds, Luxembourg with 2,652 beds and Estonia with 5,934 beds.

Data for more countries are available at Number of Hospital Beds indicator page.

Number of Hospital Beds Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Brazil beds ... 482,949 479,466 478,990 475,043 474,131
Canada beds 93,595 93,715 92,462 94,673 94,748 ...
China beds 5,330,600 5,688,900 6,120,500 6,519,700 6,866,500 ...
France beds 408,245 404,248 399,865 395,670 392,593 ...
Germany beds 664,364 663,941 661,448 661,880 657,662 ...
Italy beds 194,065 192,315 192,548 189,753 188,909 ...
Japan beds 1,673,594 1,664,456 1,653,234 1,641,407 1,620,040 ...
Mexico beds 120,735 121,794 121,728 121,983 120,736 ...
Poland beds ... ... 252,029 252,136 251,537 248,239 234,417 ...
Russia beds 1,222,009 1,197,247 1,182,693 1,172,768 1,173,568 ... ...
South Korea beds 592,262 613,968 631,092 641,870 643,440 ...
Spain beds 138,368 137,867 138,581 139,061 138,861 ...
Turkey beds 209,648 217,771 225,863 231,913 237,504 ...
USA beds 897,961 894,574 931,203 924,107 919,559 ... ...
United Kingdom beds 169,995 168,934 167,589 165,844 163,873

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