Based on a comparison of 38 countries in 2022, USA ranked the highest in number of physicians with 885,803 persons followed by Germany and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1,676 persons, Estonia with 4,568 persons and Latvia with 6,328 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Physicians indicator page.
| Number of Physicians | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Australia | persons | ... | 86,550 | 90,417 | 93,604 | 97,039 | 100,260 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 97,169 | 99,811 | 102,909 | 104,593 | 105,504 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | persons | ... | 99,027 | 104,125 | 109,934 | 115,638 | 121,183 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 208,245 | 210,017 | 210,549 | 213,180 | 214,293 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 344,755 | 351,195 | 357,401 | 365,388 | 371,556 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 239,642 | 241,512 | 240,301 | 241,945 | 237,844 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 308,105 | ... | 315,406 | ... | 327,403 | ... | ... | |||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 60,233 | 61,730 | 63,278 | 65,121 | 67,100 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 91,730 | 90,284 | 89,532 | 125,349 | 126,064 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Romania | persons | ... | ... | 55,975 | 57,329 | 59,333 | 61,731 | 64,127 | ... | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | 117,450 | 120,630 | 123,230 | 127,258 | 130,014 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 177,731 | 180,633 | 188,166 | 207,565 | 216,766 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | persons | 144,827 | 149,997 | 153,128 | 160,810 | 171,259 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | persons | 835,987 | 849,126 | 851,641 | 866,316 | 872,624 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 181,249 | 184,384 | 188,783 | 195,669 | 203,529 |
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