Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — CIS

Nurses and midwives, total in the CIS in 2023 — 729,593 people. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 65.2%.

2023 729,593 people −60.09% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 2.16M people1996
Period minimum 441,616 people1980

Trend over time

1980–2023 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — CIS, 1980–202301M2M3M19801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 441,616 people1985: 1,764,678 people1986: 614,590 people1987: 635,392 people1988: 659,908 people1989: 695,478 people1990: 1,701,076 people1991: 1,991,789 people1992: 2,146,839 people1993: 2,139,858 people1994: 2,086,743 people1995: 2,096,342 people1996: 2,159,720 people1997: 2,132,304 people1998: 2,126,464 people1999: 2,105,510 people2000: 2,106,137 people2001: 2,081,225 people2002: 2,095,161 people2003: 2,075,390 people2004: 2,066,161 people2005: 2,066,155 people2006: 2,079,192 people2007: 2,081,277 people2008: 2,079,466 people2009: 2,096,394 people2010: 2,101,337 people2011: 2,103,620 people2012: 2,096,642 people2013: 2,097,001 people2014: 2,078,414 people2015: 2,104,846 people2016: 2,095,979 people2017: 2,065,138 people2018: 2,027,210 people2019: 2,029,699 people2020: 2,027,579 people2021: 1,831,098 people2022: 1,828,222 people2023: 729,593 people
Change over the period: +287,977 (+65.21%) Average annual rate: 1.17 %
Nurses and midwives, total — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 729,593 −1.1M −60.09%
2022 1.83M −2,876 −0.16%
2021 1.83M −196,481 −9.69%
2020 2.03M −2,120 −0.1%
2019 2.03M +2,489 +0.12%
2018 2.03M −37,928 −1.84%
2017 2.07M −30,841 −1.47%
2016 2.1M −8,867 −0.42%
2015 2.1M +26,432 +1.27%
2014 2.08M −18,587 −0.89%
2013 2.1M +359 +0.02%
2012 2.1M −6,978 −0.33%
2011 2.1M +2,283 +0.11%
2010 2.1M +4,943 +0.24%
2009 2.1M +16,928 +0.81%
2008 2.08M −1,811 −0.09%
2007 2.08M +2,085 +0.1%
2006 2.08M +13,037 +0.63%
2005 2.07M −6 −0%
2004 2.07M −9,229 −0.44%
2003 2.08M −19,771 −0.94%
2002 2.1M +13,936 +0.67%
2001 2.08M −24,912 −1.18%
2000 2.11M +627 +0.03%
1999 2.11M −20,954 −0.99%
1998 2.13M −5,840 −0.27%
1997 2.13M −27,416 −1.27%
1996 2.16M +63,378 +3.02%
1995 2.1M +9,599 +0.46%
1994 2.09M −53,115 −2.48%
1993 2.14M −6,981 −0.33%
1992 2.15M +155,050 +7.78%
1991 1.99M +290,713 +17.09%
1990 1.7M +1.01M +144.59%
1989 695,478 +35,570 +5.39%
1988 659,908 +24,516 +3.86%
1987 635,392 +20,802 +3.38%
1986 614,590 −1.15M −65.17%
1985 1.76M
1980 441,616

About the indicator

The number of nursing and midwifery personnel, from WHO. This category is almost always the largest in a health system — worldwide there are on average about three times as many nurses as physicians, and in countries with developed primary care the gap is wider still.

Important: The ratio of nurses to physicians speaks of the structure of a system: a low value usually means that physicians are doing the work of nursing care, and that is a sign of a staffing shortage rather than of an abundance of doctors.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.