Data on Ophthalmologists Worldwide

To keep the latest information on numbers, specialization and distribution of ophthalmologists around the world, it is important for societies to update their country’s data each year so the ICO can progressively track trends.

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Estimated number of ophthalmologists worldwide (International Council of Ophthalmology update): will we meet the needs? View the article: The number of ophthalmologists in practice and in training worldwide: a growing gap despite more than 200,000 practitioners.

The number of ophthalmologists in practice and training worldwide: a growing gap despite more than 200,000 practitioners.

Country	Population	Ophthalmologists per million	Total	Entering Practice	Leaving Practice	% Doing Surgery	Residents	Updated
Afghanistan	33736494	4	140	6	3	0.7	50	2012-03
Albania	2923352	30	88				17	2012-03
Algeria	39871528	25	1000					2012-03
Angola	27859305	1	15					2012-03
Antigua and Barbuda	99923	100	10					2014-03
Argentina	43417765	138	6003			0.4		2014-03
Armenia	2916950	103	300	20	10	0.2	32	2012-03
Australia/New Zealand	28414088	31	895	27	17	0.92	132	2012-03
Austria	8678657	92	800	50	20	0.25	100	2012-03
Azerbaijan	9617484	31	300	25	5	0.9	60	2012-03
Bahamas	386838	16	6					2012-03
Bahrain	1371855	48	66	4	2	0.32	20	2012-03
Bangladesh	161200886	4	610					2012-03
Barbados	284217	35	10					2012-03
Belarus	9485772	63	600	13	3	0.1		2012-03
Belgium	11287940	82	926					2012-03
Belize	359288	28	10					2012-03
Benin	10575952	3	28					2012-03
Bhutan	787386	4	3					2012-03
Bolivia	10724705	32	348					2014-03
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3535961	56	198				15	2014-03
Botswana	2209197	1	2					2014-03
Brazil	205962108	71	14679					2014-03
Brunei Darussalam	417542	38	16	2	2	0.88		2014-03
Bulgaria	7177396	120	862	50	50	0.42	25	2012-03
Burkina Faso	18110624	1	22					2014-03
Burundi	10199270	2	16	3		30	4	2014-02
Cambodia	15517635	2	38	3	1	0.57	16	2012-03
Cameroon	22834522	3	78			25		2016-01
Canada	35949709	32	1137	33	19		172	2012-03
Cape Verde	532913	8	4					2012-03
Central African Republic	4546100	1	6					2014-03
Chad	14009413	0	2					2012-03
Chile	17762681	45	801					2014-03
China	1397028553	20	28338	1500	1000	0.36	8037	2016-01
Chinese Taipei	23485755	67	1580	47	15	0.75	172	2012-03
Colombia	48228697	41	1997	110	80	0.7	100	2014-03
Comoros	777424	1	1			1		2012-03
Congo	4995648	10	52	2	1	0.5	22	2012-03
Costa Rica	4807852	28	134	5	2	0.65	12	2014-03
Croatia	4236016	98	417	15	10	0.25	50	2012-03
Cuba	11461432	164	1879	150	10	0.95	684	2014-03
Cyprus	1160985	56	65					2014-03
Czech Republic	10603762	108	1150	40	38	0.35	150	2012-03
Democratic Republic of the Congo	76196619	5	350					2012-03
Denmark	5688695	79	450	22	19	0.75	100	2012-03
Djibouti	927414	2	2					2012-03
Dominica	73162	14	1					2012-03
Dominican Republic	10528394	41	428					2014-03
Ecuador	16144368	23	372	13		0.7	32	2014-03
Egypt	93778172	26	2400	150	12	0.9	200	2012-03
El Salvador	6312478	27	169					2014-03
Equatorial Guinea	1175389	2	2					2012-03
Eritrea	4846976	0	2					2012-03
Estonia	1315321	99	130	4	3	0.2	12	2012-03
Ethiopia	99873033	1	103					2012-03
Fiji	892149	8	7					2012-03
Finland	5481966	104	571					2012-03
France	64457201	109	7000					2012-03
Gabon	1930175	5	9					2012-03
Gambia	1977590	1	2					2012-03
Georgia	3951524	76	300	12	5	0.5	34	2012-03
Germany	81707789	81	6638	230	230	0.7	1300	2012-03
Ghana	27582821	2	53	3	3	0.8	16	2012-03
Greece	11217800	178	2000	50	30	0.3	200	2012-03
Grenada	106823	9	1					2012-03
Guam	161797	43	7					2012-03
Guatemala	16252429	15	242					2014-03
Guinea	12091533	2	22					2016-02
Guinea-Bissau	1770526	1	1					2012-03
Guyana	768514	7	5					2012-03
Haiti	10711061	5	55					2012-03
Honduras	8960829	11	103					2014-03
Hong Kong SAR China	7245701	32	230	9	5	0.9	62	2012-03
Hungary	9783925	109	1064			0.37	240	2012-03
Iceland	330243	100	33					2012-03
India	1309053980	11	15000					2016-01
Indonesia	258162113	5	1240	55	18	0.6	476	2012-03
Iran	79360487	19	1500	58	30	0.8	240	2012-03
Iraq	36115649	12	450	20	20	0.75	50	2012-03
Ireland	4700107	36	170					2012-03
Israel	8064547	81	650	10	10	0.9	60	2012-03
Italy	59504212	68	4074					2012-03
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	23108472	2	53					2012-03
Jamaica	2871934	15	43					2012-03
Japan	127974958	109	13911	180	150	0.5	1317	2012-03
Jordan	9159302	25	231					2012-03
Kazakhstan	17749648	33	583					2012-03
Kenya	47236259	2	86	5	1	0.85	32	2012-03
Kiribati	112407	0	0					2012-03
Kosovo	1816000	42	76	2	1	0.434	6	2012-03
Kuwait	3935794	18	72					2012-03
Kyrgyzstan	5865401	44	260					2012-03
Laos	6663967	3	22					2012-03
Latvia	1992663	126	252	2	2	0.25	6	2012-03
Lebanon	5851479	42	245	9	3	0.8	12	2012-03
Lesotho	2174645	1	2					2012-03
Liberia	4499621	1	6					2012-03
Libya	6234955	29	180					2012-03
Lithuania	2931926	119	350				30	2012-03
Luxembourg	566741	88	50					2012-03
Macedonia	2079308	77	160					2012-03
Madagascar	24234088	2	44	4	2	0.59	12	2012-03
Malawi	17573607	0	4					2012-03
Malaysia	30723155	12	380	40	2	1	140	2012-03
Maldives	418403	31	13	1	2	0.7	1	2012-03
Mali	17467905	2	30					2012-03
Malta	427616	49	21					2012-03
Marshall Islands	52994	0	0					2012-03
Mauritania	4182341	1	6					2012-03
Mauritius	1259456	6	8					2012-03
Mexico	125890949	43	5459	150	100	0.9	435	2014-03
Micronesia (Federated States of)	518995	0	0					2012-03
Mongolia	2976877	38	113	8	5	0.53	8	2012-03
Montenegro	628178	0	0			0		2013-03
Morocco	34803322	30	1030					2012-03
Mozambique	28010691	1	18					2012-03
Myanmar	52403669	3	166					2012-03
Namibia	2425561	1	2					2012-03
Nauru	11260	0	0					2012-03
Nepal	28656282	4	110					2012-03
Netherlands	16938499	54	916	22	18	0.4	134	2012-03
Nicaragua	6082035	17	101					2014-03
Niger	19896965	0	7					2012-03
Nigeria	181181744	3	510	20	2	0.78	67	2012-03
North Korea	25243917	49	1230	100	20	0.85	400	2012-03
Norway	5199836	68	351	23	15	0.57	72	2012-03
Oman	4199810	30	126	8	4	0.6	7	2012-03
Pakistan	189380513	10	1860					2012-03
Palau	21288	0	0					2012-03
Palestine	4750000	16	74				12	2014-08
Panama	3969249	29	116					2014-03
Papua New Guinea	7919825	1	6					2012-03
Paraguay	6639119	32	214					2014-03
Peru	31376671	32	1011	30	20	0.3	90	2014-03
Philippines	101716359	14	1467				210	2012-03
Poland	38265226	110	4219	110	230	0.08	581	2012-03
Portugal	10418473	70	734					2012-03
Puerto Rico	3673728	45	165	4	2	0.9	16	2012-03
Qatar	1758793	18	32					2012-03
Republic of Moldova	4065980	66	270	7	7	0.3	29	2012-03
Romania	19876621	52	1029	48	15	0.3	300	2012-03
Russian Federation	143888004	101	14600	450	400	0.1	1200	2012-03
Rwanda	11629553	1	7					2012-03
Saint Kitts and Nevis	54288	0	0					2012-03
Saint Lucia	177206	6	1					2012-03
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109455	18	2					2012-03
Samoa	193759	5	1					2012-03
San Marino	32960	0	0					2012-03
Sao Tome and Principe	195553	5	1					2012-03
Saudi Arabia	31557144	18	582					2012-03
Senegal	14976994	3	48					2012-03
Serbia	8851280	85	750	30	20	0.23	87	2012-03
Seychelles	93742	43	4					2012-03
Sierra Leone	7237025	1	4					2012-03
Singapore	5535262	24	131					2012-03
Slovakia	5439318	68	370					2012-03
Slovenia	2074788	76	158					2012-03
Solomon Islands	587482	10	6					2012-03
Somalia	13908129	0	4					2012-03
South Africa	55291225	6	324	18	15		82	2012-03
South Korea	50593662	40	2026					2012-03
Spain	46397664	71	3305	160	50	0.8	500	2012-03
Sri Lanka	20714040	5	104	3	1	0.82	28	2012-03
Sudan	38647803	9	366	28	4	0.6	126	2014-03
Suriname	553208	18	10					2012-03
Swaziland	1319011	1	1					2012-03
Sweden	9763565	76	740	35	30	0.4	130	2012-03
Switzerland	8319769	91	758	36	35	0.65	120	2012-03
Syria	18734987	36	680					2012-03
Tajikistan	8548651	9	77					2012-03
Tanzania	53879957	1	27					2012-03
Thailand	68657600	15	1021	60	8	0.9	180	2012-03
Timor-Leste	1240977	4	5					2012-03
Togo	7416802	3	19	1	1	0.81	8	2012-03
Tonga	106364	9	1					2012-03
Trinidad and Tobago	1360092	12	16					2012-03
Tunisia	11273661	32	358					2012-03
Turkey	78271472	45	3550	150	50	0.9	600	2013-07
Turkmenistan	5565284	22	120					2012-03
Tuvalu	11001	0	0					2012-03
Uganda	40144870	1	37				4	2012-03
Ukraine	44657704	69	3080					2012-03
United Arab Emirates	9154302	14	125					2012-03
United Kingdom	65397080	49	3200	100	70	0.9	700	2012-03
United States	319929162	59	18805	440		0.8	1417	2012-03
Uruguay	3431552	56	193					2014-03
Uzbekistan	30976021	66	2054					2012-03
Vanuatu	264603	4	1					2012-03
Venezuela	31155134	57	1764				210	2014-03
Vietnam	93571567	14	1295	150	18	0.9	20	2012-03
Yemen	26916207	2	66					2012-03
Zambia	16100587	1	15	1	1	0.8	4	2012-03
Zimbabwe	15777451	2	26					2012-03
Worldwide Totals	7367505549	29	210730	5172	2974	0.6019	22225

Country	Population	Ophthalmologists per million	Total
Afghanistan	33736494	4	140
Albania	2923352	30	88
Algeria	39871528	25	1000
Angola	27859305	1	15
Antigua and Barbuda	99923	100	10
Argentina	43417765	138	6003
Armenia	2916950	103	300
Australia/New Zealand	28414088	31	895
Austria	8678657	92	800
Azerbaijan	9617484	31	300
Bahamas	386838	16	6
Bahrain	1371855	48	66
Bangladesh	161200886	4	610
Barbados	284217	35	10
Belarus	9485772	63	600
Belgium	11287940	82	926
Belize	359288	28	10
Benin	10575952	3	28
Bhutan	787386	4	3
Bolivia	10724705	32	348
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3535961	56	198
Botswana	2209197	1	2
Brazil	205962108	71	14679
Brunei Darussalam	417542	38	16
Bulgaria	7177396	120	862
Burkina Faso	18110624	1	22
Burundi	10199270	2	16
Cambodia	15517635	2	38
Cameroon	22834522	3	78
Canada	35949709	32	1137
Cape Verde	532913	8	4
Central African Republic	4546100	1	6
Chad	14009413	0	2
Chile	17762681	45	801
China	1397028553	20	28338
Chinese Taipei	23485755	67	1580
Colombia	48228697	41	1997
Comoros	777424	1	1
Congo	4995648	10	52
Costa Rica	4807852	28	134
Croatia	4236016	98	417
Cuba	11461432	164	1879
Cyprus	1160985	56	65
Czech Republic	10603762	108	1150
Democratic Republic of the Congo	76196619	5	350
Denmark	5688695	79	450
Djibouti	927414	2	2
Dominica	73162	14	1
Dominican Republic	10528394	41	428
Ecuador	16144368	23	372
Egypt	93778172	26	2400
El Salvador	6312478	27	169
Equatorial Guinea	1175389	2	2
Eritrea	4846976	0	2
Estonia	1315321	99	130
Ethiopia	99873033	1	103
Fiji	892149	8	7
Finland	5481966	104	571
France	64457201	109	7000
Gabon	1930175	5	9
Gambia	1977590	1	2
Georgia	3951524	76	300
Germany	81707789	81	6638
Ghana	27582821	2	53
Greece	11217800	178	2000
Grenada	106823	9	1
Guam	161797	43	7
Guatemala	16252429	15	242
Guinea	12091533	2	22
Guinea-Bissau	1770526	1	1
Guyana	768514	7	5
Haiti	10711061	5	55
Honduras	8960829	11	103
Hong Kong SAR China	7245701	32	230
Hungary	9783925	109	1064
Iceland	330243	100	33
India	1309053980	11	15000
Indonesia	258162113	5	1240
Iran	79360487	19	1500
Iraq	36115649	12	450
Ireland	4700107	36	170
Israel	8064547	81	650
Italy	59504212	68	4074
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	23108472	2	53
Jamaica	2871934	15	43
Japan	127974958	109	13911
Jordan	9159302	25	231
Kazakhstan	17749648	33	583
Kenya	47236259	2	86
Kiribati	112407	0	0
Kosovo	1816000	42	76
Kuwait	3935794	18	72
Kyrgyzstan	5865401	44	260
Laos	6663967	3	22
Latvia	1992663	126	252
Lebanon	5851479	42	245
Lesotho	2174645	1	2
Liberia	4499621	1	6
Libya	6234955	29	180
Lithuania	2931926	119	350
Luxembourg	566741	88	50
Macedonia	2079308	77	160
Madagascar	24234088	2	44
Malawi	17573607	0	4
Malaysia	30723155	12	380
Maldives	418403	31	13
Mali	17467905	2	30
Malta	427616	49	21
Marshall Islands	52994	0	0
Mauritania	4182341	1	6
Mauritius	1259456	6	8
Mexico	125890949	43	5459
Micronesia (Federated States of)	518995	0	0
Mongolia	2976877	38	113
Montenegro	628178	0	0
Morocco	34803322	30	1030
Mozambique	28010691	1	18
Myanmar	52403669	3	166
Namibia	2425561	1	2
Nauru	11260	0	0
Nepal	28656282	4	110
Netherlands	16938499	54	916
Nicaragua	6082035	17	101
Niger	19896965	0	7
Nigeria	181181744	3	510
North Korea	25243917	49	1230
Norway	5199836	68	351
Oman	4199810	30	126
Pakistan	189380513	10	1860
Palau	21288	0	0
Palestine	4750000	16	74
Panama	3969249	29	116
Papua New Guinea	7919825	1	6
Paraguay	6639119	32	214
Peru	31376671	32	1011
Philippines	101716359	14	1467
Poland	38265226	110	4219
Portugal	10418473	70	734
Puerto Rico	3673728	45	165
Qatar	1758793	18	32
Republic of Moldova	4065980	66	270
Romania	19876621	52	1029
Russian Federation	143888004	101	14600
Rwanda	11629553	1	7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	54288	0	0
Saint Lucia	177206	6	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109455	18	2
Samoa	193759	5	1
San Marino	32960	0	0
Sao Tome and Principe	195553	5	1
Saudi Arabia	31557144	18	582
Senegal	14976994	3	48
Serbia	8851280	85	750
Seychelles	93742	43	4
Sierra Leone	7237025	1	4
Singapore	5535262	24	131
Slovakia	5439318	68	370
Slovenia	2074788	76	158
Solomon Islands	587482	10	6
Somalia	13908129	0	4
South Africa	55291225	6	324
South Korea	50593662	40	2026
Spain	46397664	71	3305
Sri Lanka	20714040	5	104
Sudan	38647803	9	366
Suriname	553208	18	10
Swaziland	1319011	1	1
Sweden	9763565	76	740
Switzerland	8319769	91	758
Syria	18734987	36	680
Tajikistan	8548651	9	77
Tanzania	53879957	1	27
Thailand	68657600	15	1021
Timor-Leste	1240977	4	5
Togo	7416802	3	19
Tonga	106364	9	1
Trinidad and Tobago	1360092	12	16
Tunisia	11273661	32	358
Turkey	78271472	45	3550
Turkmenistan	5565284	22	120
Tuvalu	11001	0	0
Uganda	40144870	1	37
Ukraine	44657704	69	3080
United Arab Emirates	9154302	14	125
United Kingdom	65397080	49	3200
United States	319929162	59	18805
Uruguay	3431552	56	193
Uzbekistan	30976021	66	2054
Vanuatu	264603	4	1
Venezuela	31155134	57	1764
Vietnam	93571567	14	1295
Yemen	26916207	2	66
Zambia	16100587	1	15
Zimbabwe	15777451	2	26
Worldwide Totals	7367505549	29	210730

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