Table 1.

Gain in medical schools across regions and population per medical school.

	Number of medical schools in 2000	Number of medical schools in 2014	Gain in medical school between 2000 and 2014	Population per medical school (2000)	Population per medical school (2014)
United States	141	170	29	2,001,152	1,859,581
Caribbean region	35	68	33	981,942	565,279
North America	75	89	14	1,805,433	1,795,833
South America	175	337	162	1,984,766	1,203,821
Central America	20	34	14	1,786,122	1,325,149
Sub-Saharan Africa	67	127	60	8,907,866	6,732,361
Other African countries	32	49	17	5,522,479	4,378,729
East Asia	382	420	38	5,210,021	5,208,087
South Asia	184	441	257	7,511,933	3,788,681
Oceania/Pacific region	15	31	16	2,194,557	1,296,057
Central Asia and Eastern Europe	186	259	73	2,271,398	1,702,160
Europe	230	257	27	1,660,440	1,577,826
Middle East region	82	142	60	2,332,078	1,744,681

Medical school data source: World Health Organization (2000), World Directory of Medical Schools (7th ed.). Geneva; Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (2014) International Medical Education Directory, https://imed.faimer.org/ (accessed 12 November 2014).

Census Population Data Source: World Data Bank (2000–2013) Population estimates, http://data.worldbank.org/ (accessed 12 November 2014).