Number of physicians rose 2.76% to 1,676 persons in Iceland in 2022, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, number of physicians in Iceland reached an all time high of 1,676 persons in 2022 and an all time low of 205 persons in 1960.
Iceland has been ranked 8th within the group of 8 countries we follow in terms of number of physicians, 37 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Physicians | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Belgium | persons | 34,834 | 35,069 | 35,762 | 36,343 | 37,089 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | 22,906 | 23,691 | 24,308 | 24,719 | 25,522 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | 18,806 | 19,089 | 19,231 | 19,695 | 19,970 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| France | persons | 208,245 | 210,017 | 210,549 | 213,180 | 214,293 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | 344,755 | 351,195 | 357,401 | 365,388 | 371,556 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | persons | 1,292 | 1,330 | 1,373 | 1,404 | 1,583 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | persons | 15,178 | 15,660 | 15,962 | 16,366 | 17,231 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | persons | 60,233 | 61,730 | 63,278 | 65,121 | 67,100 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | persons | 23,986 | 24,986 | 25,804 | 26,572 | 27,361 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 577,856 | 593,211 | 599,919 | 610,249 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | 42,003 | 42,938 | 43,969 | 44,061 | 44,719 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | 181,249 | 184,384 | 188,783 | 195,669 | 203,529 |
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