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Table 8 Numbers of doctors per 100,000 citizens in 12 new European Union (EU)-countries

From: Aspects of medical migration with particular reference to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Country

Total number of doctors

Number of doctors per 100,000 citizens

Bulgariaa

28,128

56

Cyprus

1,864

234

Czech Republic

35,960

351

Estonia

6,118

448

Latvia

6,940

301

Lithuania

13,682

397

Hungary

32,877

333

Malta

1,254

318

Poland

95,272

247

Romania

42,538

190

Slovakia

17,172

318

Slovenia

4,475

225

  1. aBulgaria and Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007. The other 10 countries joined the EU on 1 May 2004.
  2. Source: WHO; World Health Statistics; 2007.