Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2014, China ranked the highest in number of nurses with 2,783,121 persons followed by India and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 5,018 persons, Luxembourg with 6,657 persons and Estonia with 8,134 persons.
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| Country | Unit |
| Australia | persons |
| Austria | persons |
| Belgium | persons |
| Brazil | persons |
| Canada | persons |
| Chile | persons |
| China | persons |
| Colombia | persons |
| Czechia | persons |
| Denmark | persons |
| Estonia | persons |
| Finland | persons |
| Germany | persons |
| Hungary | persons |
| Iceland | persons |
| India | persons |
| Indonesia | persons |
| Ireland | persons |
| Israel | persons |
| Italy | persons |
| Japan | persons |
| Latvia | persons |
| Lithuania | persons |
| Luxembourg | persons |
| Mexico | persons |
| Netherlands | persons |
| New Zealand | persons |
| Norway | persons |
| Poland | persons |
| Russia | persons |
| Slovenia | persons |
| South Africa | 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 |
| ... | 218,928 | 220,814 | ... | 227,712 | 232,321 | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | 62,657 | 63,622 | 64,385 | 65,248 | 66,001 | ... | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95,839 | 97,667 | 99,388 | 102,949 | 105,872 | ... | ... | ||||
| 178,546 | ... | 287,119 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 304,424 | 313,431 | 318,565 | 319,026 | 326,227 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26,114 | ... | ... | ... |
| 1,678,091 | 1,854,818 | 2,048,071 | 2,244,020 | 2,496,599 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 35,627 | 37,849 | 40,072 | 42,295 | 45,624 | |||||||||||||||
| 82,765 | 84,514 | 84,796 | 84,328 | 84,688 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 81,805 | 85,956 | 87,968 | 88,999 | 91,124 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 8,577 | 8,218 | 8,154 | 8,283 | 8,158 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 69,818 | 72,372 | 74,334 | 75,871 | 76,445 | ... | ... | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 964,000 | 986,000 | 994,000 | 1,005,000 | 1,014,000 | ... | |||||||||
| 61,783 | 62,272 | 62,159 | 61,915 | 62,742 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 4,726 | 4,871 | 4,625 | 4,728 | 4,863 | |||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 971,574 | 1,043,363 | 1,073,638 | 1,238,874 | 1,406,006 | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 184,332 | 169,797 | 220,575 | 235,496 | ... | |
| 68,614 | 68,483 | 67,415 | 67,130 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | 35,700 | 35,433 | 35,900 | 37,300 | 38,133 | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 370,641 | 379,213 | 381,070 | 398,494 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,227,111 | ... | 1,294,234 | ... | 1,344,388 | ... | ... | |||
| 12,090 | 10,484 | 10,514 | 10,206 | 9,887 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 23,884 | 23,271 | 22,835 | 22,817 | 22,691 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | 5,533 | 5,602 | 5,843 | 6,329 | ||||||||||||||
| 255,607 | 265,681 | 275,171 | 290,317 | 298,907 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 138,200 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 41,603 | 41,871 | 43,789 | 44,384 | 44,190 | |||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66,762 | 76,902 | 78,857 | 81,238 | 82,939 | ... | |||||||
| 197,929 | 200,280 | 200,769 | 200,850 | 211,628 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 1,038,435 | 1,043,957 | 1,038,459 | 1,057,268 | 1,065,781 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,924 | 16,370 | 16,771 | 17,107 | 16,794 | ... | |||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47,834 | 49,341 | 51,966 | 56,075 | 59,890 | |||||||||
| ... | ... | 212,138 | 219,675 | 228,614 | 235,116 | 242,249 | |||||||||||||
| ... | 221,600 | 229,700 | 239,867 | 243,967 | 245,300 | ... | |||||||||||||
| 101,752 | 102,596 | 104,119 | 105,140 | 106,176 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 114,084 | 117,699 | 125,427 | 131,374 | 135,695 | ... | |||||||||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 593,572 | 607,339 | 597,534 | 529,127 | 522,728 |
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