Number of Physicians For Every 10,000 Residents - 2009

Using the World Health Statistics 2010 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and OpenHeatMap, the interactive map below shows the number of available physicians in almost every country for every 10,000 of its residents (simple place your mouse pointer on the country you desire and the name of the country and number of physicians will show). 

Some interesting numbers:

-        Niue, an island nation in the South Pacific with an estimated population of less than 1,500 (CIA World Factbook), has a grand total of FOUR physicians.

-        China has 1,862,630 for its billion plus population whereas in comparison, India, with over a billion of its own, has only 643,520 physicians.

-        Cuba, with 64 physicians for every 10,000, ranks the highest.

Distribution of Physicians According to WHO Regions:

Region	Total Number of Physicians	Physicians Per 10,000 Population
African Region	174,510	2
Region of the Americas	1,889,643	23
South-East Asia Region	843,571	5
European Region	2,877,344	33
Eastern Mediterranean Region	549,009	10
Western Pacific Region	2,413,713	14

Distribution of Physicians According to Income Groups:

Income Group	Total Number of Physicians	Physicians Per 10,000 Population
Low income	332,034	4
Lower middle income	3,464,085	10
Upper middle income	2,126,466	24
High income	2,825,205	28

NOTE:

The following countries were not included due to a lack of information: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Monaco, Peru, St. Lucia, and San Marino.

The following countries (with 0.5 physicians per 10,000 population on the map) actually have less than 0.5 physicians. The map did not recognize the <0.5 value: Bhutan, Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Tanzania.