Table 2.

Trends in the absolute number of physicians and population in Japan

Year	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014
Number of physicians	243 201	249 574	256 668	263 540	271 897	280 431	288 850	296 845
	(100)	(102.6)	(105.5)	(108.4)	(111.8)	(115.3)	(118.8)	(122.1)
Raw population	126 071 305	126 478 672	126 824 166	127 055 025	127 066 178	127 057 860	126 659 683	126 434 634
	(100)	(100.3)	(100.6)	(100.8)	(100.8)	(100.8)	(100.5)	(100.3)
Demand-adjusted population*	102 426 743	106 236 098	110 121 313	113 627 296	117 265 790	120 684 904	123 445 680	125 991 667
	(100)	(103.7)	(107.5)	(110.9)	(114.5)	(117.8)	(120.5)	(123.0)

*Population numbers were rounded up to the nearest whole number.

The values in parentheses represent the proportional increases in numbers relative to the initial number in 2000, which was given a value of 100.