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Subject: Physicians in the World
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: arora24-ga
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Posted: 28 May 2006 16:35 PDT
Expires: 27 Jun 2006 16:35 PDT
Question ID: 733165

How many physicians are there estimated to be in the world?  What
country has the highest total number of physicians?  How many
physicans are there in the US?

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Subject: Re: Physicians in the World
From: verunica-ga on 28 May 2006 17:23 PDT

The top four are:
China in 2001 (latest available data): 1,364,000
U.S. in 2000 (latest available data): 730,801
India in 2004 (latest available data): 645,825
Russian Federation in 2003 (latest available data): 609,043

Source: World Health Organization Global Altas of the Health Workforce
http://www.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp
You can also search out other health professionals with this database.
By adding the available numbers for each country listed, you could
reach an approximation of the number of physicians in the world today.

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