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Table 2 Density of the global health workforce across WHO administrative regions

From: Human resources for health planning and management in the Eastern Mediterranean region: facts, gaps and forward thinking for research and policy

Region

Total health workforce

 

Number

Density (per 1,000 population)

Africa

1 640 000

2.3

Eastern Mediterranean

2 100 000

4.0

South-East Asia

7 040 000

4.3

Western Pacific

10 070 000

5.8

Europe

16 630 000

18.9

Americas

21 740 000

24.8

World

59 220 000

9.3

  1. Adapted from WHR 2006, page 5