Number of Ophthalmologists in Practice and Training Worldwide in 2012

Between March 2010 and April 2010, the ICO emailed a standardized survey of 12 questions to 213 global ophthalmic societies. Missing data and additional information were gathered from direct correspondence with ophthalmologist contacts.

The results were published in the June 2012 issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology (BJO). View the article: The number of ophthalmologists in practice and in training worldwide: a growing gap despite more than 200,000 practitioners.

It is important for societies to update their country's data each year so the ICO can progressively track trends. Update your data by clicking on the "Society Leaders: Update your country's data" button above.

Country	Population	Ophthalmologists per Million	Total	Entering Practice	Leaving Practice	% Doing Surgery	Residents	Updated
Afghanistan	31,411,743	4	140	6	3	70%	50	April 10 2012
Albania	3,204,284	27	88				17	April 10 2012
Algeria	35,468,208	28	1,000					April 10 2012
Angola	19,081,912	1	15					April 10 2012
Antigua and Barbuda	88,710	113	10					April 10 2012
Argentina	40,412,376	111	4,500			40%		April 10 2012
Armenia	3,092,072	97	300	20	10	20%	32	April 10 2012
Australia	22,268,384	40	895	27	17	92%	132	April 10 2012
Austria	8,393,644	95	800	50	20	25%	100	April 10 2012
Azerbaijan	9,187,783	33	300	25	5	90%	60	April 10 2012
Bahamas	342,877	17	6					April 10 2012
Bahrain	1,261,835	52	66	4	2	32%	20	April 10 2012
Bangladesh	148,692,131	4	610					April 10 2012
Barbados	273,331	37	10					April 10 2012
Belarus	9,595,421	63	600	13	3	10%		April 10 2012
Belgium	10,712,066	86	926					April 10 2012
Belize	311,627	32	10					April 10 2012
Benin	8,849,892	3	28					April 10 2012
Bhutan	725,940	4	3					April 10 2012
Bolivia	9,929,849	18	182					April 10 2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,760,149	53	198				15	April 10 2012
Botswana	2,006,945	1	2					April 10 2012
Brazil	194,946,470	58	11,350					April 10 2012
Brunei Darussalam	398,920	40	16	2	2	88%		April 10 2012
Bulgaria	7,494,332	115	862	50	50	42%	25	April 10 2012
Burkina Faso	16,468,714	1	22					April 10 2012
Burundi	8,382,849	0	4					April 10 2012
Cambodia	14,138,255	3	38	3	1	57%	16	April 10 2012
Cameroon	19,598,889	3	51					April 10 2012
Canada	34,016,593	33	1,137	33	19		172	April 10 2012
Cape Verde	495,999	8	4					April 10 2012
Central African Republic	4,401,051	1	6					April 10 2012
Chad	11,227,208	0	2					April 10 2012
Chile	17,113,688	46	790					April 10 2012
China	1,341,335,152	21	28,338	1,500	1,000	36%	8,037	April 10 2012
Colombia	46,294,841	28	1,290	110	80	70%	100	April 10 2012
Comoros	734,750	1	1			100%		April 10 2012
Congo	4,042,899	13	52	2	1	50%	22	April 10 2012
Costa Rica	4,658,887	26	120	5	2	65%	12	April 10 2012
Croatia	4,403,330	95	417	15	10	25%	50	April 10 2012
Cuba	11,257,979	136	1,527	150	10	95%	684	April 10 2012
Cyprus	1,103,647	59	65					April 10 2012
Czech Republic	10,492,960	110	1,150	40	38	35%	150	April 10 2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo	65,965,795	5	350					April 10 2012
Denmark	5,550,142	81	450	22	19	75%	100	April 10 2012
Djibouti	888,716	2	2					April 10 2012
Dominica	67,757	15	1					April 10 2012
Dominican Republic	9,927,320	24	240					April 10 2012
Ecuador	14,464,739	24	340	13		70%	32	April 10 2012
Egypt	81,121,077	30	2,400	150	12	90%	200	April 10 2012
El Salvador	6,192,993	23	140					April 10 2012
Equatorial Guinea	700,401	3	2					April 10 2012
Eritrea	5,253,676	0	2					April 10 2012
Estonia	1,341,140	97	130	4	3	20%	12	April 10 2012
Ethiopia	82,949,541	1	103					April 10 2012
Fiji	860,623	8	7					April 10 2012
Finland	5,364,546	106	571					April 10 2012
France	62,787,427	111	7,000					April 10 2012
Gabon	1,505,463	6	9					April 10 2012
Gambia	1,728,394	1	2					April 10 2012
Georgia	4,352,244	69	300	12	5	50%	34	April 10 2012
Germany	82,302,465	81	6,638	230	230	70%	1,300	April 10 2012
Ghana	24,391,823	2	53	3	3	80%	16	April 10 2012
Greece	11,359,346	176	2,000	50	30	30%	200	April 10 2012
Grenada	104,487	10	1					April 10 2012
Guatemala	14,388,929	11	155					April 10 2012
Guinea	9,981,590	2	17					April 10 2012
Guinea-Bissau	1,515,224	1	1					April 10 2012
Guyana	754,493	7	5					April 10 2012
Haiti	9,993,247	6	55					April 10 2012
Honduras	7,600,524	8	60					April 10 2012
Hong Kong SAR China	7,053,189	33	230	9	5	90%	62	April 10 2012
Hungary	9,983,645	107	1,064			37%	240	April 10 2012
Iceland	320,136	103	33					April 10 2012
India	1,224,614,327	9	11,000					April 10 2012
Indonesia	239,870,937	5	1,240	55	18	60%	476	April 10 2012
Iran	73,973,630	20	1,500	58	30	80%	240	April 10 2012
Iraq	31,671,591	14	450	20	20	75%	50	April 10 2012
Ireland	4,469,900	38	170					April 10 2012
Israel	7,418,400	88	650	10	10	90%	60	April 10 2012
Italy	60,550,848	67	4,074					April 10 2012
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	19,737,800	3	53					April 10 2012
Jamaica	2,741,052	16	43					April 10 2012
Japan	126,535,920	110	13,911	180	150	50%	1,317	April 10 2012
Jordan	6,187,227	37	231					April 10 2012
Kazakhstan	16,026,367	36	583					April 10 2012
Kenya	40,512,682	2	86	5	1	85%	32	April 10 2012
Kiribati	99,546	0	0					April 10 2012
Kosovo	2,200,000	35	76	2	1	43.4%	6	April 10 2012
Kuwait	2,736,732	26	72					April 10 2012
Kyrgyzstan	5,334,223	49	260					April 10 2012
Laos	6,200,894	4	22					April 10 2012
Latvia	2,252,060	112	252	2	2	25%	6	April 10 2012
Lebanon	4,227,597	58	245	9	3	80%	12	April 10 2012
Lesotho	2,171,318	1	2					April 10 2012
Liberia	3,994,122	2	6					April 10 2012
Libya	6,355,112	28	180					April 10 2012
Lithuania	3,323,611	105	350				30	April 10 2012
Luxembourg	507,448	99	50					April 10 2012
Macedonia	2,060,563	78	160					April 10 2012
Madagascar	20,713,819	2	44	4	2	59%	12	April 10 2012
Malawi	14,900,841	0	4					April 10 2012
Malaysia	28,401,017	13	380	40	2	100%	140	April 10 2012
Maldives	315,885	41	13	1	2	70%	1	April 10 2012
Mali	15,369,809	2	30					April 10 2012
Malta	416,515	50	21					April 10 2012
Marshall Islands	54,038	0	0					April 10 2012
Mauritania	3,459,773	2	6					April 10 2012
Mauritius	1,299,172	6	8					April 10 2012
Mexico	113,423,047	31	3,500	150	100	90%	435	April 10 2012
Micronesia (Federated States of)	111,064	0	0					April 10 2012
Mongolia	2,756,001	41	113	8	5	53%	8	April 10 2012
Montenegro	631,490	0	0			0		March 18 2013
Morocco	31,951,412	32	1,030					April 10 2012
Mozambique	23,390,765	1	18					April 10 2012
Myanmar	47,963,012	3	166					April 10 2012
Namibia	2,283,289	1	2					April 10 2012
Nauru	10,255	0	0					April 10 2012
Nepal	29,959,364	4	110					April 10 2012
Netherlands	16,612,988	55	916	22	18	40%	134	April 10 2012
New Zealand	4,368,136	26	114	5	5	95%	18	April 10 2012
Nicaragua	5,788,163	14	80					April 10 2012
Niger	15,511,953	0	7					April 10 2012
Nigeria	158,423,182	3	510	20	2	78%	67	September 19 2012
North Korea	23,500,000	52	1,230	100	20	85%	400	April 10 2012
Norway	4,883,111	72	351	23	15	57%	72	April 10 2012
Oman	2,782,435	45	126	8	4	60%	7	April 10 2012
Pakistan	173,593,383	11	1,860					April 10 2012
Palau	20,472	0	0					April 10 2012
Panama	3,516,820	38	135					April 10 2012
Papua New Guinea	6,858,266	1	6					April 10 2012
Paraguay	6,454,548	25	160					April 10 2012
Peru	29,076,512	36	1,050	30	20	30%	90	April 10 2012
Philippines	93,260,798	16	1,467				210	April 10 2012
Poland	38,276,660	110	4,219	110	230	8%	581	April 10 2012
Portugal	10,675,572	69	734					April 10 2012
Puerto Rico	3,749,009	44	165	4	2	90%	16	April 10 2012
Qatar	1,758,793	18	32					April 10 2012
Republic of Moldova	3,572,885	76	270	7	7	30%	29	April 10 2012
Romania	21,486,371	48	1,029	48	15	30%	300	April 10 2012
Russian Federation	142,958,164	102	14,600	450	400	10%	1,200	April 10 2012
Rwanda	10,624,005	1	7					April 10 2012
Saint Kitts and Nevis	52,402	0	0					April 10 2012
Saint Lucia	174,267	6	1					April 10 2012
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	109,333	18	2					April 10 2012
Samoa	68,420	15	1					April 10 2012
San Marino	31,534	0	0					April 10 2012
Sao Tome and Principe	165,397	6	1					April 10 2012
Saudi Arabia	27,448,086	21	582					April 10 2012
Senegal	12,433,728	4	48					April 10 2012
Serbia	9,856,222	76	750	30	20	23%	87	April 10 2012
Seychelles	86,518	46	4					April 10 2012
Sierra Leone	5,867,536	1	4					April 10 2012
Singapore	5,086,418	26	131					April 10 2012
Slovakia	5,462,119	68	370					April 10 2012
Slovenia	2,029,680	78	158					April 10 2012
Solomon Islands	538,148	11	6					April 10 2012
Somalia	9,330,872	0	4					April 10 2012
South Africa	50,132,817	6	324	18	15		82	April 10 2012
South Korea	48,183,584	42	2,026					April 10 2012
Spain	46,076,989	72	3,305	160	50	80%	500	April 10 2012
Sri Lanka	20,859,949	5	104	3	1	82%	28	April 10 2012
Sudan	43,551,941	3	133					April 10 2012
Suriname	524,636	19	10					April 10 2012
Swaziland	1,186,056	1	1					April 10 2012
Sweden	9,379,687	79	740	35	30	40%	130	April 10 2012
Switzerland	7,664,318	99	758	36	35	65%	120	April 10 2012
Syria	20,410,606	33	680					April 10 2012
Taiwan (ROC)	23,305,021	68	1,580	47	15	75%	172	April 10 2012
Tajikistan	6,878,637	11	77					April 10 2012
Tanzania	44,841,226	1	27					April 10 2012
Thailand	69,122,234	15	1,021	60	8	90%	180	April 10 2012
Timor-Leste	1,124,355	4	5					April 10 2012
Togo	6,027,798	3	19	1	1	81%	8	April 10 2012
Tonga	104,058	10	1					April 10 2012
Trinidad and Tobago	1,341,465	12	16					April 10 2012
Tunisia	10,480,934	34	358					April 10 2012
Turkey	72,752,325	38	2,800					April 10 2012
Turkmenistan	5,041,995	24	120					April 10 2012
Tuvalu	9,827	0	0					April 10 2012
Uganda	33,424,683	1	37				4	April 10 2012
Ukraine	45,448,329	68	3,080					April 10 2012
United Arab Emirates	7,511,690	17	125					April 10 2012
United Kingdom	62,035,570	52	3,200	100	70	90%	700	April 10 2012
United States	310,383,948	81	25,152	490	350	87.5%	1,350	April 10 2012
Uruguay	3,368,786	65	220					April 10 2012
Uzbekistan	27,444,702	75	2,054					April 10 2012
Vanuatu	239,651	4	1					April 10 2012
Venezuela	28,979,857	104	3,000				210	April 10 2012
Vietnam	87,848,445	15	1,295	150	18	90%	20	April 10 2012
Yemen	24,052,514	3	66					April 10 2012
Zambia	13,088,570	1	15	1	1	80%	4	April 10 2012
Zimbabwe	12,571,454	2	26					April 10 2012
Worldwide Totals	6,887,925,722	6,444	204,909	5,046	3,275	61.36%	21,434	April 10 2012