Table 1 Physician workforce distribution and number of medical schools by African country
Country | Population (in 1000s) | Physicians per 100 000 population | Total number of physicians | FAIMER number of medical schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | 10 132 | 7.7 | 780 | 1 |
Benin | 6428 | 5.7 | 366 | 1 |
Botswana | 1578 | 23.8 | 376 | 0 |
Burkina Faso | 12 217 | 3.4 | 415 | 1 |
Burundi* | 5714 | 6 | 343 | 1 |
Cameroon | 14 792 | 7.4 | 1095 | 1 |
Cape Verde | 0.04 | 17.1 | 68 | 0 |
Central African Republic | 3501 | 3.5 | 123 | 1 |
Chad | 8419 | 3.3 | 278 | 1 |
Comoros | 0.578 | 7.4 | 43 | 0 |
Congo | 2809 | 25.1 | 705 | 1 |
Congo (DR) | 51 810 | 6.9 | 3575 | 3 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 15 866 | 9 | 1428 | 1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 0.474 | 24.6 | 117 | 0 |
Eritrea | 4232 | 3 | 127 | 0 |
Ethiopia* | 62 651 | 2 | 1253 | 3 |
Gabon* | 1223 | 20 | 245 | 1 |
Ghana | 19 509 | 6.2 | 1210 | 3 |
Guinea | 8642 | 13 | 1123 | 1 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1278 | 16.6 | 212 | 1 |
Kenya | 30 310 | 13.2 | 4001 | 2 |
Lesotho | 1847 | 5.4 | 100 | 0 |
Liberia | 3149 | 2.3 | 72 | 2 |
Madagascar | 15 506 | 10.7 | 1659 | 3 |
Malawi* | 10 874 | 2.3 | 250 | 1 |
Mali | 10 665 | 4.7 | 501 | 1 |
Mauritania | 2668 | 13.8 | 368 | 0 |
Mauritius | 1179 | 85 | 1002 | 1 |
Mozambique# | 16 934 | 2.57 | 435 | 1 |
Namibia | 11 826 | 29.5 | 3489 | 0 |
Niger | 10 174 | 3.5 | 356 | 1 |
Nigeria | 123 750 | 18.5 | 22 894 | 16 |
Rwanda* | 7405 | 4 | 296 | 1 |
Sao Tome & Principe | 0.16 | 46.7 | 75 | 0 |
Senegal | 9784 | 7.5 | 734 | 2 |
Seychelles | 0.08 | 132.4 | 106 | 1 |
Sierra Leone | 5203 | 7.3 | 380 | 1 |
So. Africa | 42 351 | 56.3 | 23 844 | 8 |
Somalia | 7253 | 4 | 290 | 1 |
Sudan | 35 080 | 9 | 3157 | 14 |
Swaziland | 1,120 | 15.1 | 169 | 0 |
Tanzania | 33 768 | 4.1 | 1384 | 4 |
The Gambia | 1367 | 3.5 | 48 | 0 |
Togo | 5033 | 7.6 | 383 | 1 |
Uganda* | 23 496 | 3 | 705 | 3 |
Zambia | 9799 | 6.9 | 676 | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 12 186 | 13.9 | 1694 | 1 |
TOTAL/AVG | 663 529 | 12.5 | 82,949 | 1.8 avg |
Avg. physicians per country | 1765 | Â | ||