Which countries have the most doctors per 1,000 people?

Full country ranking

Value: physicians per 1,000 residents. The table is shown in its published rank order. Rank always refers to the published highest-first order; exact source ties share a rank.

What the data means

The leading density corresponds to about one physician per 108 residents. The table uses 2020 because newer common years fail the 70% population-coverage rule. Physicians include generalist and specialist practitioners; the count does not establish waiting times, geographic access, affordability or eligibility for treatment.

Methodology, source and licence

One common observation year (2020) across all entries. Starting at 2024, choose the newest common year with at least 10 existing country guides and at least 70% of world population represented. Regional aggregates and places without an existing country guide or same-year population are excluded; missing observations are never estimated. Rates, percentages and values already expressed per person are not divided by population again. Exact source ties share a rank; country names break ties in display order. The 2026 label is the publication edition, not the observation year.

Source definition: Physicians include generalist and specialist medical practitioners.

Original providers: Global Health Workforce Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Country data

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators — SH.MED.PHYS.ZS. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-18. GooferPlaces selected eligible countries, sorted observations, rounded display values and, where stated, calculated population-normalised values. The source organisations do not endorse these rankings.

Download the observations and methodology (JSON). The dated source snapshot is retained as data/rankings/world-bank-wdi/2026-10-18.json. The country universe comprises the 197 existing country guides; territories without a guide and regional aggregates are excluded. Population coverage uses the World Bank world aggregate for the observation year, including places not listed in the table.

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