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Which Country Has the Most Nurses?

Number of Nurses (persons), 2014 or latest

Health Care | January 2, 2019

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Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2014, China ranked the highest in number of nurses with 2,783,121 persons followed by India and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 5,018 persons, Luxembourg with 6,657 persons and Estonia with 8,134 persons.

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

Number of Nurses	Unit	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Australia	persons													...		218,928	220,814	...	227,712	232,321		...
Canada	persons															304,424	313,431	318,565	319,026	326,227		...
China	persons	...														1,678,091	1,854,818	2,048,071	2,244,020	2,496,599		...
Germany	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									964,000	986,000	994,000	1,005,000	1,014,000		...
India	persons	...	...	...	...	...				...			...			971,574	1,043,363	1,073,638	1,238,874	1,406,006		...
Indonesia	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	184,332	169,797	220,575	235,496		...
Japan	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		...		...		...	1,227,111	...	1,294,234	...	1,344,388	...	...
Mexico	persons															255,607	265,681	275,171	290,317	298,907		...
Poland	persons															197,929	200,280	200,769	200,850	211,628		...
Russia	persons															1,038,435	1,043,957	1,038,459	1,057,268	1,065,781		...
South Korea	persons	...	...	...												212,138	219,675	228,614	235,116	242,249
Spain	persons	...	...													221,600	229,700	239,867	243,967	245,300		...
Sweden	persons															101,752	102,596	104,119	105,140	106,176	...	...
Switzerland	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									114,084	117,699	125,427	131,374	135,695		...
United Kingdom	persons	...	...	...	...	...	...									593,572	607,339	597,534	529,127	522,728