Which Country Has the Most Physicians per Population?

Physicians (Per 1,000 People) (persons), 2022 or latest
Health Care | September 1, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2022, Cuba ranked the highest in physicians per 1,000 people with 9.43 persons followed by Monaco and Greece. On the other end of the scale was Guinea with 0.021 persons, Central African Republic with 0.021 persons and Niger with 0.023 persons.

Data for more countries are available at Physicians (Per 1,000 People) indicator page.

Physicians (Per 1,000 People) Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Austria persons 5.11 5.16 5.22 5.29 5.32
Belarus persons 4.28 4.33 4.39 4.43 4.47 ... ...
Bulgaria persons 4.04 4.12 4.16 4.19 4.25
Cuba persons 7.95 8.12 8.43 8.59 9.19 ...
Georgia persons 6.39 6.52 7.56 7.50 5.16
Germany persons 4.19 4.25 4.31 4.39 4.46 ...
Greece persons 6.14 6.10 6.16 6.25 6.30 ...
Iceland persons 3.85 3.87 3.89 3.89 4.32
Lithuania persons 4.37 4.44 4.48 4.48 4.44
Monaco persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8.57 8.87 8.89 ... ...
Norway persons 4.58 4.74 4.86 4.97 5.09 ...
Portugal persons 4.94 5.12 5.29 5.45 5.62 ...
Spain persons 3.82 3.88 4.02 4.40 4.58 ...
Switzerland persons 4.25 4.30 4.34 4.35 4.39 ...
Uruguay persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3.97 4.96 ... ... ...

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