Based on a comparison of 32 countries in 2014, China ranked the highest in number of nurses with 2,783,121 persons followed by India and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 5,018 persons, Luxembourg with 6,657 persons and Estonia with 8,134 persons.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Nurses indicator page.
| Number of Nurses | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | persons | ... | 218,928 | 220,814 | ... | 227,712 | 232,321 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | persons | 304,424 | 313,431 | 318,565 | 319,026 | 326,227 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | persons | ... | 1,678,091 | 1,854,818 | 2,048,071 | 2,244,020 | 2,496,599 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 964,000 | 986,000 | 994,000 | 1,005,000 | 1,014,000 | ... | |||||||||
| India | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 971,574 | 1,043,363 | 1,073,638 | 1,238,874 | 1,406,006 | ... | ||||||||
| Indonesia | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 184,332 | 169,797 | 220,575 | 235,496 | ... | |
| Japan | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,227,111 | ... | 1,294,234 | ... | 1,344,388 | ... | ... | |||
| Mexico | persons | 255,607 | 265,681 | 275,171 | 290,317 | 298,907 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | persons | 197,929 | 200,280 | 200,769 | 200,850 | 211,628 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | persons | 1,038,435 | 1,043,957 | 1,038,459 | 1,057,268 | 1,065,781 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | persons | ... | ... | ... | 212,138 | 219,675 | 228,614 | 235,116 | 242,249 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | persons | ... | ... | 221,600 | 229,700 | 239,867 | 243,967 | 245,300 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | persons | 101,752 | 102,596 | 104,119 | 105,140 | 106,176 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 114,084 | 117,699 | 125,427 | 131,374 | 135,695 | ... | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | persons | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 593,572 | 607,339 | 597,534 | 529,127 | 522,728 |
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