Number of doctors in Nigeria 2017-2019, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 16, 2022
In 2019, there were 24.6 thousand doctors in Nigeria for a population of about 206 million people. The majority of them were male doctors, which accounted for 16 thousand, while female doctors were 8.6 thousand.

Number of doctors in Nigeria from 2017 to 2019, by gender

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August 2021

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Nigeria

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2017 to 2019

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