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Global Distribution of Nurse/Midwife per 10,000 population

Global Distribution of Nurse/Midwife per 10,000 population

This map shows the density of nursing and midwifery personnel as the number of nurses/midwives per 10,000 population, in 2000 - 2009.

  • World Nurses/Midwives Density: 28 per 10,000 population
  • Number of Nurses/Midwives in the world: 17,548,75

Estimates of the numbers and density of the nurses/midwives (health workforce) refer to the active nurses/midwives - i.e. those currently participating in the health labour market. The data are derived from multiple sources, including national population censuses; labour-force and employment surveys; health-facility assessments; and routine administrative information systems.

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Health
Country NameNurse/Midwife NumberNurse/Midwife Density (per 10,000 population)
Afghanistan14,9305
Albania12,74640
Algeria65,91919
Andorra28042
Angola18,48513
Antigua and Barbuda0…
Argentina18,6855
Armenia14,60149
Australia222,133109
Austria54,58066
Azerbaijan71,83384
Bahamas0…
Bahrain4,35458
Bangladesh39,4713
Barbados0…
Belarus121,114126
Belgium5,5055
Belize30313
Benin7,1298
Bhutan5452
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)18,09121
Bosnia and Herzegovina18,33247
Botswana4,75326
Brazil549,42329
Brunei Darussalam2,12061
Bulgaria35,64547
Burkina Faso10,5397
Burundi1,3482
Cambodia11,1258
Cameroon26,04216
Canada327,224100
Cape Verde71413
Central African Republic1,6134
Chad2,4993
Chile10,0006
China1,259,24010
Colombia23,9406
Comoros5887
Congo3,4928
Cook Islands8047
Costa Rica3,6539
Côte d'Ivoire9,2315
Croatia25,39756
Cuba97,80086
Cyprus3,36140
Czech Republic91,31190
Democratic People's Republic of Korea93,41441
Democratic Republic of the Congo28,7895
Denmark53,13398
Djibouti4506
Dominica0…
Dominican Republic15,35218
Ecuador20,58617
Egypt248,01034
El Salvador5,1038
Equatorial Guinea2715
Eritrea2,5056
Estonia9,24770
Ethiopia19,1582
Fiji1,66020
Finland46,93089
France494,89581
Gabon6,77850
Gambia9276
Georgia17,11939
Germany661,00080
Ghana22,83410
Greece38,72735
Grenada0…
Guatemala0…
Guinea401<0.5
Guinea-Bissau9536
Guyana1,73823
Haiti0…
Honduras8,52813
Hungary92,48892
Iceland2,960101
India1,372,05913
Indonesia179,9598
Iran (Islamic Republic of)98,02014
Iraq31,78210
Ireland67,245158
Israel42,81261
Italy403,00069
Jamaica4,37416
Japan1,210,63395
Jordan18,55532
Kazakhstan115,94478
Kenya37,11312
Kiribati26030
Kuwait9,94037
Kyrgyzstan30,49557
Lao People's Democratic Republic5,60010
Latvia12,90957
Lebanon4,72013
Lesotho1,1236
Liberia9783
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya27,16048
Lithuania25,75176
Luxembourg4,820104
Madagascar5,6613
Malawi3,8963
Malaysia43,38018
Maldives88627
Mali2,8822
Malta2,54063
Marshall Islands15230
Mauritania2,3037
Mauritius4,60437
Mexico417,66540
Micronesia (Federated States of)25023
Monaco0…
Mongolia8,82634
Montenegro3,44255
Morocco24,3288
Mozambique6,2143
Myanmar49,34110
Namibia6,14531
Nauru6348
Nepal11,8255
Netherlands248,810151
New Zealand33,24987
Nicaragua5,86211
Niger2,1151
Nigeria224,94316
Niue22110
Norway76,173163
Oman10,39439
Pakistan62,6514
Palau12060
Panama8,15828
Papua New Guinea2,8415
Paraguay10,26118
Peru0…
Philippines480,91061
Poland199,70052
Portugal50,95548
Qatar6,18574
Republic of Korea210,64044
Republic of Moldova27,81566
Romania90,69842
Russian Federation1,214,29285
Rwanda4,0504
Saint Kitts and Nevis19847
Saint Lucia0…
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines44738
Samoa31017
San Marino0…
Sao Tome and Principe30819
Saudi Arabia93,73536
Senegal5,2544
Serbia43,56944
Seychelles63479
Sierra Leone9912
Singapore18,71044
Slovakia35,75766
Slovenia15,36178
Solomon Islands63013
Somalia9651
South Africa184,45941
Spain322,60074
Sri Lanka33,43117
Sudan33,3549
Suriname68816
Swaziland6,82863
Sweden104,958116
Switzerland79,153110
Syrian Arab Republic27,28814
Tajikistan33,16550
Thailand84,68314
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia8,83343
Timor-Leste1,79522
Togo1,8163
Tonga35034
Trinidad and Tobago4,67736
Tunisia28,53729
Turkey144,22919
Turkmenistan22,41945
Tuvalu5045
Uganda37,62513
Ukraine388,44484
United Arab Emirates13,93646
United Kingdom37,2006
United Republic of Tanzania9,4402
United States of America2,927,00098
Uruguay2,8808
Uzbekistan295,781108
Vanuatu36017
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)28,00011
Viet Nam61,8108
Yemen13,7467
Zambia8,3697
Zimbabwe9,3577
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ChartsBin statistics collector team 2010, Global Distribution of Nurse/Midwife per 10,000 population, ChartsBin.com, viewed 30th December, 2024, <http://chartsbin.com/view/7x0>.
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