Based on a comparison of 23 countries in 2014, Australia ranked the highest in midwives per 10,000 inhabitants with 8.92 persons followed by Iceland and Sweden. On the other end of the scale was South Korea with 0.214 persons, Slovenia with 0.601 persons and Austria with 1.63 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Midwives (Per 10,000 People) indicator page.
| Midwives (Per 10,000 People) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.10 | 8.91 | ... | ... | 11.3 | ... | |||||||||
| Czechia | persons | 4.13 | 4.16 | 4.20 | 4.23 | 4.21 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Denmark | persons | 2.68 | 2.83 | 2.89 | 2.93 | 3.06 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | persons | 3.07 | 2.97 | 2.85 | 2.95 | 3.01 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Finland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.89 | 3.85 | 4.04 | 4.13 | 4.23 | ... | ... | |||||
| France | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.07 | 3.17 | ||
| Iceland | persons | ... | ... | 8.08 | 7.97 | 7.86 | 8.64 | 7.88 | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | persons | 2.96 | 2.91 | 2.89 | 2.95 | 2.96 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | persons | ... | 3.45 | 3.55 | 3.62 | 3.64 | 3.73 | |||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.60 | 5.70 | 5.56 | 5.73 | 6.29 | ||||
| Norway | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.05 | 5.20 | 5.26 | 5.37 | 5.46 | ... | |||||||
| Poland | persons | 5.82 | 5.86 | 5.92 | 5.95 | 6.40 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | ... | 7.30 | 7.41 | 7.49 | 7.45 | 7.55 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.83 | 2.99 | 2.85 | 2.94 | 3.07 | ... | |||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.20 | 5.29 | 5.29 | 4.99 | 5.04 |
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