Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2021, USA ranked the highest in number of medical graduates with 28,337 persons followed by Mexico and Turkey. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 41.0 persons, Estonia with 157 persons and Slovenia with 239 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Medical Graduates indicator page.
| Number of Medical Graduates | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Australia | persons | 3,751 | 3,858 | 3,800 | 3,958 | 4,022 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 1,359 | 1,614 | 1,684 | 3,282 | 2,020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 2,813 | 2,847 | 2,811 | 2,863 | 2,856 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | persons | 4,830 | 5,246 | 5,748 | 6,429 | 6,319 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 6,025 | 6,314 | 7,252 | 6,387 | 6,708 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 9,215 | 9,647 | 9,928 | 9,563 | 10,234 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 7,500 | 8,032 | 9,120 | 10,129 | 10,488 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | 8,118 | 8,529 | 8,673 | 8,751 | 9,003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | persons | 13,334 | 15,328 | 16,586 | 15,346 | 17,408 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 2,480 | 2,610 | 2,730 | 2,720 | 2,620 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | 3,861 | 3,886 | 3,898 | 3,860 | 3,827 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 6,053 | 6,226 | 6,749 | 6,664 | 6,574 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | persons | 6,896 | 7,651 | 8,530 | 9,395 | 10,854 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 24,026 | 24,415 | 25,277 | 25,978 | 26,640 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 8,860 | 8,490 | 8,590 | 8,570 | 8,730 |
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