Number of female physicians rose 3.77% to 33,202 persons in Portugal in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of female physicians in Portugal reached an all time high of 33,202 persons in 2021 and an all time low of 5,882 persons in 1980.
Portugal has been ranked 14th within the group of 34 countries we follow in terms of number of female physicians.
| Number of Female Physicians | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Algeria | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Belgium | persons | 14,515 | 15,049 | 15,732 | 16,317 | 17,039 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 41,252 | 42,652 | 44,904 | 46,227 | 47,550 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 90,717 | 93,354 | 95,497 | 98,221 | 100,395 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 159,433 | 163,810 | 168,169 | 173,898 | 178,566 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | persons | ... | 474 | 513 | 544 | 570 | 690 | |||||||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | ... | 6,587 | 6,877 | 7,117 | 7,372 | 7,857 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Italy | persons | 99,339 | 102,218 | 103,260 | 105,852 | 105,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Portugal | persons | 27,052 | 28,239 | 29,501 | 30,739 | 31,995 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | 96,465 | 99,866 | 105,733 | 117,133 | 122,733 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | persons | 83,885 | 87,752 | 91,797 | 95,171 | 99,795 |
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