Based on a comparison of 23 countries in 2014, United Kingdom ranked the highest in number of midwives with 32,215 persons followed by Japan and Poland. On the other end of the scale was Slovenia with 124 persons, Luxembourg with 195 persons and Iceland with 270 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Midwives indicator page.
| Number of Midwives | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,688 | 19,641 | ... | ... | 25,963 | ... | |||||||||
| Czechia | persons | 4,305 | 4,360 | 4,437 | 4,479 | 4,474 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | 1,475 | 1,561 | 1,603 | 1,634 | 1,710 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,068 | 2,056 | 2,166 | 2,226 | 2,283 | ... | ... | |||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,516 | 20,215 | ||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | ... | |||||||||
| Hungary | persons | 1,652 | 1,708 | 1,750 | 1,746 | 1,716 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24,777 | ... | 26,389 | ... | 28,350 | ... | ... | |||
| Netherlands | persons | 2,501 | 2,581 | 2,672 | 2,746 | 2,852 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,396 | 2,465 | 2,429 | 2,528 | 2,800 | ||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,414 | 2,514 | 2,571 | 2,652 | 2,722 | ... | |||||||
| Poland | persons | 22,245 | 22,387 | 22,616 | 22,713 | 24,378 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | 6,741 | 6,896 | 7,025 | 7,029 | 7,161 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,165 | 2,314 | 2,232 | 2,323 | 2,446 | ... | |||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31,897 | 32,628 | 32,860 | 31,106 | 31,551 |
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