Table 4. The number of psychiatrists with specialist qualifications from each of the countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region who are now working in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and USA.

Country of origin	No. in UK1	No. in Australia2	No. in NZ3	No. in USA4	Population of country5	Psychiatrists per 100,000 population5	Psychiatrists per 100,000 population if there had been no brain drain	Psychiatrists remaining in that country	Psychiatrists remaining if there had been no brain drain
Afghanistan	1			18	24926000	0.04	0.11	9	28
Bahrain	1				739000	5.00	5.14	37	38
Egypt	100	2		382	73389000	0.90	1.56	661	1145
Iran	27	3		238	69789000	1.90	2.28	1326	1594
Iraq	67	3		46	25856000	0.70	1.15	181	297
Jordan	1			8	5613000	1.00	1.16	56	65
Kuwait	1			2	2595000	3.10	3.22	80	83
Lebanon	3			91	3708000	2.00	4.54	74	168
Libya	2				5659000	0.18	0.22	10	12
Morocco				7	31064000	0.40	0.42	124	131
Oman	1				2935000	1.40	1.43	41	42
Pakistan	181	1	4	972	157315000	0.20	0.94	315	1473
Saudi Arabia	4			5	24919000	1.10	1.14	274	283
Sudan	28			3	34333000	0.09	0.18	31	62
Syria	4			73	18223000	0.50	0.92	91	168
UAE	2				3051000	2.00	2.07	61	63
Total	423	9	4	1845

¹Data from The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2007

²Data from RANZCP 2008

³Data from 2006 Medical Council of New Zealand annual workforce survey

⁴Data from the American Psychiatric Association 2008

⁵Data from the WHO Atlas 2005