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Nursing and midwifery personnel (number)

Name: Nursing and midwifery personnel (number) by country, 2024
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Nursing and midwifery personnel (number) league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	United States	4.28M	North America	High income
2	India	3.94M	South Asia	Lower middle income
3	Brazil	1.24M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
4	Indonesia	935,412	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
5	Philippines	612,422	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Korea, Rep.	506,970	East Asia & Pacific	High income
7	Canada	461,742	North America	High income
8	Australia	385,504	East Asia & Pacific	High income
9	Nigeria	267,951	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
10	South Africa	265,877	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
11	Ghana	143,646	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Malaysia	143,307	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
13	Ethiopia	143,270	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Kazakhstan	136,011	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Pakistan	131,448	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
16	Nepal	123,417	South Asia	Lower middle income
17	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	117,830	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
18	Uganda	116,383	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Belarus	97,407	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
20	Chile	93,214	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Colombia	83,171	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	Ireland	80,947	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	New Zealand	68,428	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Kenya	68,386	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Israel	58,335	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
26	Angola	52,651	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Jordan	38,609	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
28	Zambia	35,645	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Cote d'Ivoire	31,723	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
30	Kyrgyz Republic	28,933	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
31	Morocco	27,406	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
32	Mozambique	26,398	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Qatar	26,238	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Turkmenistan	26,022	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
35	Zimbabwe	24,362	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Oman	24,231	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
37	Georgia	21,656	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Dominican Republic	20,084	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Burkina Faso	19,395	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Rwanda	18,218	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Tanzania	17,820	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Mongolia	16,321	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
43	Malawi	12,526	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
44	Namibia	11,510	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Lao PDR	10,601	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
46	Benin	8,848	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Papua New Guinea	8,584	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
48	Madagascar	8,574	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Congo, Rep.	8,456	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Mali	8,436	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
51	South Sudan	8,435	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	Senegal	7,988	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Lesotho	7,944	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Botswana	7,620	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
55	Chad	7,346	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Iceland	6,327	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	5,997	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
58	Jamaica	5,948	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
59	Liberia	4,685	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Guyana	4,025	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Togo	3,885	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Montenegro	3,810	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	Brunei Darussalam	3,005	East Asia & Pacific	High income
64	Guinea	2,933	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Central African Republic	2,331	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Guinea-Bissau	2,038	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
67	Solomon Islands	1,745	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Suriname	1,167	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Seychelles	808	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
70	Antigua and Barbuda	476	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Andorra	405	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	San Marino	326	Europe & Central Asia	High income
73	Tuvalu	40	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income

Nursing and midwifery personnel (number)