Nurses and midwives, total — all countries

Nurses and midwives, total — EAEU

Nurses and midwives, total in the EAEU in 2024 — 262,351 people. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 28.4%.

2024 262,351 people +0.28% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.75M people1996
Period minimum 195,281 people1981

Trend over time

1980–2024 · people

Nurses and midwives, total — EAEU, 1980–20240500,0001M1.5M2M19801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 204,319 people1981: 195,281 people1982: 235,158 people1983: 244,528 people1984: 257,774 people1985: 1,444,073 people1986: 277,635 people1987: 281,355 people1988: 287,931 people1989: 308,046 people1990: 1,306,266 people1991: 1,578,034 people1992: 1,729,578 people1993: 1,716,071 people1994: 1,696,142 people1995: 1,702,090 people1996: 1,754,393 people1997: 1,722,111 people1998: 1,722,711 people1999: 1,703,703 people2000: 1,715,929 people2001: 1,690,235 people2002: 1,702,403 people2003: 1,682,804 people2004: 1,673,072 people2005: 1,658,608 people2006: 1,671,242 people2007: 1,665,463 people2008: 1,651,104 people2009: 1,660,920 people2010: 1,657,622 people2011: 1,654,669 people2012: 1,640,560 people2013: 1,637,248 people2014: 1,615,411 people2015: 1,639,604 people2016: 1,625,912 people2017: 1,592,555 people2018: 1,546,509 people2019: 1,538,025 people2020: 1,521,641 people2021: 1,320,200 people2022: 1,299,896 people2023: 261,617 people2024: 262,351 people
Change over the period: +58,032 (+28.4%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %
Nurses and midwives, total — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 262,351 +734 +0.28%
2023 261,617 −1.04M −79.87%
2022 1.3M −20,304 −1.54%
2021 1.32M −201,441 −13.24%
2020 1.52M −16,384 −1.07%
2019 1.54M −8,484 −0.55%
2018 1.55M −46,046 −2.89%
2017 1.59M −33,357 −2.05%
2016 1.63M −13,692 −0.84%
2015 1.64M +24,193 +1.5%
2014 1.62M −21,837 −1.33%
2013 1.64M −3,312 −0.2%
2012 1.64M −14,109 −0.85%
2011 1.65M −2,953 −0.18%
2010 1.66M −3,298 −0.2%
2009 1.66M +9,816 +0.59%
2008 1.65M −14,359 −0.86%
2007 1.67M −5,779 −0.35%
2006 1.67M +12,634 +0.76%
2005 1.66M −14,464 −0.86%
2004 1.67M −9,732 −0.58%
2003 1.68M −19,599 −1.15%
2002 1.7M +12,168 +0.72%
2001 1.69M −25,694 −1.5%
2000 1.72M +12,226 +0.72%
1999 1.7M −19,008 −1.1%
1998 1.72M +600 +0.03%
1997 1.72M −32,282 −1.84%
1996 1.75M +52,303 +3.07%
1995 1.7M +5,948 +0.35%
1994 1.7M −19,929 −1.16%
1993 1.72M −13,507 −0.78%
1992 1.73M +151,544 +9.6%
1991 1.58M +271,768 +20.8%
1990 1.31M +998,220 +324.05%
1989 308,046 +20,115 +6.99%
1988 287,931 +6,576 +2.34%
1987 281,355 +3,720 +1.34%
1986 277,635 −1.17M −80.77%
1985 1.44M +1.19M +460.21%
1984 257,774 +13,246 +5.42%
1983 244,528 +9,370 +3.98%
1982 235,158 +39,877 +20.42%
1981 195,281 −9,038 −4.42%
1980 204,319

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.