Based on a comparison of 26 countries in 2014, Japan ranked the highest in number of pharmacists with 205,716 persons followed by France and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 363 persons, Luxembourg with 380 persons and Estonia with 868 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Pharmacists indicator page.
| Number of Pharmacists | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Australia | persons | 19,148 | 19,655 | 20,281 | 20,960 | 21,656 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | persons | 13,280 | 13,508 | 13,643 | 13,876 | 14,084 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,573 | 33,203 | 35,238 | 36,380 | 37,500 | ... | ||
| Czechia | persons | 6,383 | 6,724 | 6,965 | 7,172 | 7,308 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,020 | 5,941 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69,679 | 70,136 | 70,247 | 70,025 | 69,346 | ... | |||
| Germany | persons | 51,431 | 52,004 | 52,568 | 52,430 | 53,480 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 7,524 | 7,594 | 7,039 | 7,353 | 7,557 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 216,077 | ... | 230,186 | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Poland | persons | 27,446 | 27,747 | 28,121 | 29,268 | 29,330 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Portugal | persons | 8,068 | 8,379 | 8,711 | 8,788 | 9,340 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32,537 | 32,645 | 33,206 | 33,946 | 36,980 | ... | ||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 52,100 | 54,567 | 55,400 | 56,167 | 53,867 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | 7,268 | 7,372 | 7,506 | 7,612 | 7,689 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | 51,315 | 53,261 | 54,380 | 56,542 | 58,329 |
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