As of 2022, the number of licensed physicians in the United States and the District of Columbia amounted to 1,062,460 physicians. At the time, the national population was roughly 333 million, which yielded a physician-to-population ratio of 313 licensed physicians per 100,000 population. The density of licensed U.S. physicians has steadily increased since 2010.
Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022
(per 100,000 population)
Includes Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
Supplementary notes
Source adds the following: "Physicians with current, unrestricted licenses are included. Temporary, limited, and training licenses were excluded when such licenses could be identified."
This statistic was compiled using data from multiple publications of the "FSMB Census of Licensed Physicians in the United States" report.Â
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Federation of State Medical Boards. (July 20, 2023). Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/
Federation of State Medical Boards. "Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. July 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/
Federation of State Medical Boards. (2023). Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/
Federation of State Medical Boards. "Number of Licensed Physicians in The United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/
Federation of State Medical Boards, Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Number of licensed physicians in the United States from 2010 to 2022 (per 100,000 population) [Graph], Federation of State Medical Boards, July 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1485391/us-licensed-physician-to-population-ratio/
