| Gender distribution by country | |||||||
| ALGERIA | |||||||
| Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | Radiographers | ||||
| Male | 0 | 35502 | 16604 | 1689 | |||
| Female | 7572 | 26675 | 18764 | 992 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| AUSTRIA | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 17734 | ||||||
| Female | 9679 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| BAHRAIN | |||||||
| Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | |||||
| Male | 9 | 513 | 460 | ||||
| Female | 551 | 2476 | 343 | ||||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||
| BANGLADESH | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | ||||
| Male | 1305 | 4110 | 1627 | 29249 | |||
| Female | 643 | 22350 | 18707 | 9236 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| BENIN | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 6 | 44 | 2140 | 7 | 246 | 65 | |
| Female | 5 | 780 | 2825 | 4 | 65 | 11 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| BHUTAN | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 88 | ||
| Female | 4 | 4 | 319 | 3 | 30 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| BOLIVIA | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 294 | 12 | 2980 | 420 | 7367 | ||
| Female | 285 | 84 | 15015 | 2173 | 2962 | ||
| Year | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | ||
| BRAZIL | |||||||
| Dentists | Physicians | ||||||
| Male | 75286 | 126932 | |||||
| Female | 78126 | 71221 | |||||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | |||||
| BURKINA FASO | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 52 | 688 | 96 | 3522 | 94 | 574 | 80 |
| Female | 6 | 253 | 2193 | 746 | 133 | 134 | 2 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| BURUNDI | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 13 | 384 | 0 | 555 | 61 | 120 | |
| Female | 1 | 558 | 11 | 782 | 12 | 80 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| CAMEROON | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | ||||
| Male | 76 | 0 | 9109 | 2681 | |||
| Female | 71 | 45 | 16888 | 443 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| CANADA | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 44514 | ||||||
| Female | 22069 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| CAPE VERDE | |||||||
| Dentists | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |||
| Male | 2 | 126 | 0 | 112 | 6 | ||
| Female | 4 | 284 | 9 | 119 | 14 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 2 | 277 | 0 | 703 | 13 | 291 | 9 |
| Female | 4 | 70 | 705 | 205 | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| CHAD | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 7 | 110 | 33 | 1681 | 24 | 296 | 11 |
| Female | 0 | 35 | 320 | 465 | 7 | 49 | 0 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| COMOROS | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 11 | 0 | 162 | 12 | 106 | 4 | |
| Female | 6 | 107 | 319 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| CONGO | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 9 | 622 | 2 | 1284 | 77 | 606 | 9 |
| Female | 1 | 333 | 456 | 1930 | 18 | 150 | 0 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| COSTA RICA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 720 | 538 | 8 | 643 | 391 | 3387 | |
| Female | 747 | 457 | 14 | 2988 | 753 | 1817 | |
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| COTE D'IVOIRE | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 212 | 10 | 0 | 6347 | 519 | 1562 | 227 |
| Female | 127 | 15 | 2407 | 1426 | 269 | 519 | 5 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 17339 | ||||||
| Female | 18621 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO | |||||||
| Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||||
| Male | 11516 | 900 | 4370 | 190 | |||
| Female | 17273 | 300 | 1457 | 0 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| DENMARK | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 9170 | ||||||
| Female | 6483 | ||||||
| Year | 2002 | ||||||
| DJIBOUTI | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 9 | 0 | 147 | 13 | 126 | ||
| Female | 1 | 111 | 38 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| EGYPT | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | ||||
| Male | 4916 | 0 | 8092 | 24630 | |||
| Female | 3277 | 1777 | 136892 | 13855 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2003 | |||
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | |||||||
| Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||||
| Male | 5 | 140 | 9 | 109 | |||
| Female | 48 | 78 | 3 | 44 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| ERITREA | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 2 | 32 | 983 | 17 | 181 | 46 | |
| Female | 14 | 108 | 1382 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| ESTONIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2397 | |
| Female | 909 | 113 | 469 | 11618 | 274 | 3721 | |
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| ETHIOPIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 48 | 4676 | 426 | 563 | 1718 | 269 | |
| Female | 12 | 2635 | 848 | 147 | 218 | 31 | |
| Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2003 | 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| FRANCE | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 126772 | ||||||
| Female | 76715 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| GABON | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 14 | 0 | 1640 | 16 | 330 | 29 | |
| Female | 0 | 503 | 4635 | 17 | 65 | 2 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| GERMANY | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 174727 | ||||||
| Female | 103158 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| GHANA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 67 | 742 | 0 | 1877 | 2526 | 17 | |
| Female | 37 | 45 | 3910 | 13920 | 714 | 1 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| GREECE | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 31344 | ||||||
| Female | 16600 | ||||||
| Year | 2001 | ||||||
| GUINEA | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 11 | 0 | 1946 | 228 | 479 | 6 | |
| Female | 11 | 347 | 2115 | 247 | 508 | 6 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| GUINEA BISSAU | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 2 | 0 | 404 | 9 | 129 | 14 | |
| Female | 1 | 160 | 508 | 4 | 59 | 1 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| HONDURAS | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 519 | 476 | 11 | 959 | 119 | 2350 | |
| Female | 622 | 576 | 184 | 7374 | 232 | 1326 | |
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| HUNGARY | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 16276 | ||||||
| Female | 16601 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| ICELAND | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 789 | ||||||
| Female | 267 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| INDIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | ||||
| Male | 10863 | 24195 | 30551 | 161437 | |||
| Female | 348 | 20396 | 84981 | 6186 | |||
| Year | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | |||
| IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | |||||
| Male | 252 | 4644 | 46469 | ||||
| Female | 115 | 8443 | 36706 | ||||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||
| IRAQ | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 4690 | 10005 | 0 | 21381 | 3908 | 11026 | |
| Female | 5562 | 799 | 1701 | 10923 | 3535 | 5996 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| IRELAND | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 7064 | ||||||
| Female | 4077 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| ITALY | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 156000 | ||||||
| Female | 85000 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| JAPAN | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 212744 | ||||||
| Female | 39145 | ||||||
| Year | 2002 | ||||||
| JORDAN | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 3178 | 0 | 8264 | 4328 | 9724 | ||
| Female | 795 | 1669 | 8263 | 2542 | 1674 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| KENYA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 560 | 2996 | 8901 | 1241 | 3380 | 700 | |
| Female | 186 | 1614 | 28212 | 532 | 1126 | 300 | |
| Year | 2002 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| LIBERIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 3 | 465 | 33 | 29 | 86 | 15 | |
| Female | 0 | 75 | 413 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| MADAGASCAR | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 127 | 0 | 2098 | 84 | 3139 | 39 | |
| Female | 283 | 2076 | 1487 | 91 | 2062 | 0 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| MALAWI | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Nurses | Physicians | Radiographers | ||||
| Male | 623 | 1788 | 195 | 21 | |||
| Female | 84 | 5476 | 71 | 9 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| MALDIVES | |||||||
| Dentists | Nurses | Physicians | |||||
| Male | 5 | 11 | 233 | ||||
| Female | 5 | 875 | 69 | ||||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||
| MAURITANIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |||
| Male | 44 | 0 | 55 | 281 | 23 | ||
| Female | 3 | 235 | 7 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| MAURITIUS | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 114 | 0 | 1770 | 161 | 1022 | 104 | |
| Female | 53 | 166 | 2668 | 125 | 281 | 15 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| MEXICO | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Nurses | Physicians | |||||
| Male | 30412 | 5321 | 133210 | ||||
| Female | 186814 | 83357 | 62687 | ||||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | ||||
| MONGOLIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 52 | 358 | 164 | 71 | 1529 | ||
| Female | 263 | 2953 | 8050 | 830 | 5203 | ||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | ||
| MOROCCO | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | |||
| Male | 1669 | 174 | 0 | 9798 | 4255 | ||
| Female | 1422 | 182 | 2078 | 12452 | 2957 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| MOZAMBIQUE | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 7 | 832 | 0 | 2376 | 10 | 267 | 115 |
| Female | 9 | 350 | 2236 | 1571 | 4 | 247 | 54 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| MYANMAR | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 1001 | 0 | 176 | 16 | 14339 | ||
| Female | 328 | 39442 | 9723 | 111 | 3452 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| NAMIBIA | |||||||
| Radiographers | |||||||
| Male | 122 | ||||||
| Female | 199 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| NETHERLANDS | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 32155 | ||||||
| Female | 18699 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| NIGER | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1310 | 10 | 24 | |
| Female | 4 | 0 | 397 | 1111 | 10 | 4 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| NIGERIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Physicians | Radiographers | |||||
| Male | 1539 | 27881 | 426 | ||||
| Female | 943 | 7042 | 264 | ||||
| Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||
| OMAN | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 254 | 10 | 0 | 1552 | 356 | 2425 | |
| Female | 162 | 0 | 16 | 8721 | 342 | 1446 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| PAKISTAN | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||||
| Male | 3742 | 233 | 5671 | 75262 | |||
| Female | 2710 | 23085 | 2431 | 41036 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| PANAMA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 516 | 25 | 913 | 297 | 2935 | ||
| Female | 656 | 29 | 7245 | 610 | 1496 | ||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | ||
| PORTUGAL | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 18488 | ||||||
| Female | 15952 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| RWANDA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 7 | 68 | 0 | 1423 | 80 | 379 | 11 |
| Female | 2 | 7 | 77 | 2147 | 32 | 53 | 2 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 1 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 50 | 7 | |
| Female | 2 | 52 | 173 | 2 | 31 | 0 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| SEYCHELLES | |||||||
| Dentists | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |||
| Male | 17 | 30 | 2 | 94 | 8 | ||
| Female | 23 | 604 | 3 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| SIERRA LEONE | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | ||||
| Male | 5 | 0 | 186 | 83 | |||
| Female | 0 | 1299 | 1025 | 1 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| SOUTH AFRICA | |||||||
| Radiographers | |||||||
| Male | 140 | ||||||
| Female | 185 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| SPAIN | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 75200 | ||||||
| Female | 60100 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| SUDAN | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | ||||
| Male | 3440 | 0 | 3531 | 574 | |||
| Female | 3306 | 13840 | 14125 | 762 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| SWAZILAND | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | ||
| Male | 9 | 224 | 386 | 24 | 128 | 12 | |
| Female | 8 | 2014 | 4204 | 22 | 43 | 18 | |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | |
| SWEDEN | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 17280 | ||||||
| Female | 11842 | ||||||
| Year | 2003 | ||||||
| SWITZERLAND | |||||||
| Physicians | |||||||
| Male | 17975 | ||||||
| Female | 7946 | ||||||
| Year | 2002 | ||||||
| THAILAND | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | ||
| Male | 2680 | 1028 | 133 | 23203 | 3986 | 14056 | |
| Female | 4286 | 1624 | 739 | 148402 | 6368 | 8379 | |
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| TIMOR-LESTE | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | ||
| Female | 0 | 0 | 328 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||
| TUNISIA | |||||||
| Midwives | |||||||
| Male | 0 | ||||||
| Female | 2883 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| UGANDA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 97 | 1903 | 541 | 1467 | 176 | 1853 | 153 |
| Female | 20 | 569 | 3623 | 13338 | 39 | 356 | 11 |
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | |||||||
| Dentists | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 18550 | 0 | 65382 | 14046 | 87262 | ||
| Female | 7616 | 36399 | 638950 | 15680 | 46379 | ||
| Year | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | ||
| UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Midwives | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | Radiographers | |
| Male | 35 | 12625 | 0 | 1639 | 76 | 674 | 160 |
| Female | 112 | 16948 | 2563 | 9090 | 35 | 148 | 33 |
| Year | 2002 | 2004 | 2002 | 2004 | 2002 | 2004 | 2004 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Nurses | Pharmacists | Physicians | |||
| Male | 115503 | 25224 | 172179 | 131833 | 525662 | ||
| Female | 18742 | 29535 | 2497424 | 117809 | 205139 | ||
| Year | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | ||
| YEMEN | |||||||
| Medical Assistants | |||||||
| Male | 3008 | ||||||
| Female | 334 | ||||||
| Year | 2004 | ||||||
| ZAMBIA | |||||||
| Dentists | Medical Assistants | Radiographers | |||||
| Male | 168 | 1761 | 177 | ||||
| Female | 101 | 361 | 75 | ||||
| Year | 2004 | 2004 | 2004 | ||||