Human Resources for Health - Nursing personnel

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Nursing personnel (number)

	1970	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013
China					2,048,071
Colombia		14,019		25,845	30,119
Viet Nam				51,573		74,362
San Marino							270
Mozambique					8,816	9,463	10,081
Egypt				248,010
Republic of Korea				213,644	228,614	235,116	242,249
Switzerland			77,120			131,374
Luxembourg							6,329
Grenada			366
Cambodia			8,085
Croatia						23,892
India			1,231,322	959,677	1,894,968	2,124,667
Syrian Arab Republic			27,164
Brunei Darussalam			892		2,399	2,628
Samoa				136
United Kingdom							522,771
Marshall Islands			152		115
Austria						65,248
France			382,926	452,483		567,564
Barbados			1,582	1,311
Cyprus	1,252	2,478			3,930
Poland					184,748	200,850
Lebanon				4,720	8,791	11,585
Indonesia					160,074		217,417
Tajikistan						27,068
Finland					55,330
Palau					116
Chad			886
Oman		4,147	7,829	9,277	12,865	14,238
Malaysia			31,129		90,199
Kiribati					330
Saudi Arabia			36,495
Solomon Islands				620
Qatar				4,880	10,615
Papua New Guinea			2,841
Lao People's Democratic Republic			5,453	5,724			5,581
Iceland			3,728	4,146	4,625	2,765	4,863
South Africa							248,736
Uganda				37,625
Norway						63,741
Australia						225,193
Lithuania						22,817
Kazakhstan							125,397
Tonga					379
Bulgaria						31,609
Thailand			171,605		138,710
Greece			42,129
Albania							12,878
Mali					4,080
Rwanda					6,834
Ghana					22,507
Romania						114,252
Guinea			3,506
Kyrgyzstan					29,703	31,396	31,081
Burkina Faso					5,612
Yemen					12,447
Djibouti				296
United States of America			2,669,603	2,927,000
Czech Republic						84,328
New Zealand			30,840
Iran (Islamic Republic of)				98,020
Sri Lanka			14,986	20,247	35,367
Panama			8,158	6,675	9,021	8,579
Micronesia (Federated States of)			410	229
Sierra Leone					922
Canada				321,159	318,565	319,026
Israel						37,300
Uzbekistan							310,313
Zimbabwe		12,518
Cuba					103,014
Mexico			88,678		275,171	290,317
Ukraine							321,754
Latvia						10,206
Cape Verde					257
Cote d'Ivoire				6,842
Jordan			14,353	15,992	23,559
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			447
Germany						925,000
Bahrain				3,850	3,052	3,192
Spain							237,400
Philippines			127,595
Saint Kitts and Nevis		283
Japan		770,604	1,079,249		1,365,899	1,461,966	1,420,800
Botswana			4,319	4,468
Peru							33,491
Timor-Leste					867	883
Swaziland			3,345
Singapore				19,820	29,053
Gambia				476
Ethiopia				17,300
Chile				580
Kenya					29,678	32,941
Afghanistan				14,930
Maldives					1,868
Belize			303
El Salvador				2,084
Dominican Republic			15,352			13,374
Pakistan			37,528	47,380	73,244
Monaco						591
Zambia				6,096	7,461
Armenia							13,956
Republic of Moldova							22,084
Hungary						61,915
Honduras			8,333	7,796
Ecuador		15,850	19,549
Belarus						95,746
Cameroon				6,705
Azerbaijan							57,506
Nigeria				124,629
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)					8,366	10,139
Suriname			688
Malta							2,805
Myanmar				19,776	25,644	26,928	28,254
Bangladesh				20,117		26,899
Brazil			659,111	703,813	1,457,812			1,520,533
Turkey	8,796	44,984	69,550	78,182	114,772	124,982
Bhutan							736
Slovenia						17,107
Guyana			1,738		399
Belgium					157,032
Estonia			11,618		8,168	8,283
Montenegro						3,084
Costa Rica			3,631					3,745