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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