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Generalist medical practitioners (number)

Name: Generalist medical practitioners (number) by country, 2024
Creator: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory (GHO)
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Generalist medical practitioners (number) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Brazil	278,470	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
2	Indonesia	111,781	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	95,456	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Malaysia	63,511	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Canada	52,959	North America	High income
6	South Africa	35,819	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
7	Chile	34,204	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Guatemala	29,952	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
9	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	23,788	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
10	Nepal	21,458	South Asia	Lower middle income
11	Dominican Republic	16,650	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Austria	13,000	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Israel	12,251	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
14	Tanzania	11,461	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Ethiopia	11,341	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Kenya	11,141	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
17	Ireland	10,885	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Kazakhstan	10,561	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
19	Ghana	8,156	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Uganda	7,103	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
21	New Zealand	6,849	East Asia & Pacific	High income
22	Mali	6,267	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Cote d'Ivoire	6,132	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Oman	5,612	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
25	Angola	5,276	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Belarus	4,756	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
27	Turkmenistan	4,497	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Congo, Rep.	2,880	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Zambia	2,763	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Mozambique	2,422	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
31	Zimbabwe	2,283	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Benin	2,093	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Madagascar	2,060	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
34	Qatar	1,921	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
35	South Sudan	1,780	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Namibia	1,691	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Cameroon	1,570	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Malawi	1,509	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Burkina Faso	1,374	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Chad	1,262	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Rwanda	1,186	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Guinea	1,162	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Burundi	1,016	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	997	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Botswana	957	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
46	Senegal	666	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Suriname	619	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
48	Guinea-Bissau	527	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Papua New Guinea	483	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
50	Central African Republic	430	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	Montenegro	341	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
52	Lesotho	335	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Iceland	233	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Antigua and Barbuda	226	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Togo	200	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Solomon Islands	165	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Andorra	109	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	105	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Seychelles	96	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
60	Pakistan	40	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
61	San Marino	22	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Tuvalu	12	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Generalist medical practitioners (number)