Table 2.

Sub-Sahara African medical schools: Compared to United States medical schools.

Medical school	SSA	USA
Number of medical schools	168	171
Number of physicians	145,000	970,000
Population	821 m	308 m
#/100,000	18/100,000	308/100,000
New 1961–1979	29	40
1980–2000	31
2000–2015	33
First year enrolled	18,349	18,886
Per year grads	10–11,000	19–21,000
Private MS/total	43/168	50+/171

See Mullan et al.,⁶ p.1115.