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Which Country Has the Most Midwives?

Number of Midwives (persons), 2014 or latest

Health Care | January 2, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 23 countries in 2014, United Kingdom ranked the highest in number of midwives with 32,215 persons followed by Japan and Poland. On the other end of the scale was Slovenia with 124 persons, Luxembourg with 195 persons and Iceland with 270 persons.

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

Number of Midwives	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Australia	persons	...		...		...		...		...				...		19,688	19,641	...	...	25,963		...
Czechia	persons															4,305	4,360	4,437	4,479	4,474		...
Denmark	persons															1,475	1,561	1,603	1,634	1,710	...	...
Finland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...					2,068	2,056	2,166	2,226	2,283	...	...
France	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	19,516	20,215
Germany	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									18,000	18,000	19,000	19,000	19,000		...
Hungary	persons															1,652	1,708	1,750	1,746	1,716		...
Japan	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...		...	24,777	...	26,389	...	28,350	...	...
Netherlands	persons															2,501	2,581	2,672	2,746	2,852	...	...
New Zealand	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...			2,396	2,465	2,429	2,528	2,800
Norway	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							2,414	2,514	2,571	2,652	2,722		...
Poland	persons															22,245	22,387	22,616	22,713	24,378		...
Sweden	persons	...														6,741	6,896	7,025	7,029	7,161	...	...
Switzerland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...		...	...	...	...				2,165	2,314	2,232	2,323	2,446		...
United Kingdom	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									31,897	32,628	32,860	31,106	31,551