Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2014, United Kingdom ranked the highest in number of midwives with 32,215 persons followed by Poland and France. On the other end of the scale was Slovenia with 124 persons, Luxembourg with 195 persons and Iceland with 270 persons.
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| Country | Unit |
| Australia | persons |
| Austria | persons |
| Belgium | persons |
| Chile | persons |
| Czechia | persons |
| Denmark | persons |
| Estonia | persons |
| Finland | persons |
| France | persons |
| Germany | persons |
| Greece | persons |
| Hungary | persons |
| Iceland | persons |
| Israel | persons |
| Italy | persons |
| Japan | persons |
| Latvia | persons |
| Lithuania | persons |
| Luxembourg | persons |
| Netherlands | persons |
| New Zealand | persons |
| Norway | persons |
| Poland | persons |
| Slovenia | persons |
| South Korea | persons |
| Spain | persons |
| Sweden | persons |
| Switzerland | persons |
| United Kingdom | persons |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,688 | 19,641 | ... | ... | 25,963 | ... | |||||||||
| 1,273 | 1,288 | 1,313 | 1,338 | 1,329 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9,125 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,091 | 7,259 | ... | ... | ... |
| 4,305 | 4,360 | 4,437 | 4,479 | 4,474 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 1,475 | 1,561 | 1,603 | 1,634 | 1,710 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 402 | 387 | 370 | 381 | 387 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,068 | 2,056 | 2,166 | 2,226 | 2,283 | ... | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19,516 | 20,215 | ||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18,000 | 18,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | 19,000 | ... | |||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,583 | 2,626 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| 1,652 | 1,708 | 1,750 | 1,746 | 1,716 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | 250 | 250 | 250 | 278 | 256 | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,066 | 2,122 | 2,187 | 2,310 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16,489 | 16,893 | 17,230 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24,777 | ... | 26,389 | ... | 28,350 | ... | ... | |||
| 473 | 445 | 408 | 405 | 396 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 929 | 903 | 887 | 896 | 894 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 168 | 177 | 184 | 188 | 195 | |||||||||||||||
| 2,501 | 2,581 | 2,672 | 2,746 | 2,852 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,396 | 2,465 | 2,429 | 2,528 | 2,800 | ||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,414 | 2,514 | 2,571 | 2,652 | 2,722 | ... | |||||||
| 22,245 | 22,387 | 22,616 | 22,713 | 24,378 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 85.0 | 90.0 | 100 | 107 | 116 | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,275 | 1,289 | 1,205 | 1,166 | 1,153 | |||||||
| 7,216 | 7,354 | 7,580 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 6,741 | 6,896 | 7,025 | 7,029 | 7,161 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,165 | 2,314 | 2,232 | 2,323 | 2,446 | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31,897 | 32,628 | 32,860 | 31,106 | 31,551 |
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