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. 2018 Apr 16;8:10. doi: 10.1186/s13561-018-0194-6

Table 2.

Overview of the leading countries and ratios per continent of professionals, physicians, researchers and societies

Professionals Physicians Researchers Professionals/population (per million) Physicians/population (per million) Researchers/population (per million) Societies/Population (per million)
Europe Germany Germany UK Switzerland Switzerland Belgium Switzerland
 Highest quantity / ratio 432 421 79 13.80 10.74 5.70 6.22
 Population (in million) 80.9 80.9 64.5 8.2 8.2 11.2 8.2
North America USA USA USA Grenada Grenada Grenada Grenada
 Highest quantity / ratio 241 75 148 47.01 18.81 28.21 9.40
 Population (in million) 318.9 318.9 318.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
South America Argentina Argentina Brazil Argentina Argentina Guiana Bermuda
 Highest quantity / ratio 181 168 15 4.21 3.91 2.62 15.34
 Population (in million) 43.0 43.0 206.0 43.0 42.0 0.7 0.1
Oceania Australia Australia Australia Amer. Samoa Amer. Samoa Amer. Samoa Tuvalu
 Highest quantity / ratio 80 10 70 162.36 18.04 144.32 101.08
 Population (in million) 23.5 23.5 23.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 <  0.1
Asia Japan India Japan Micronesia Japan Micronesia Micronesia
 Highest quantity / ratio 138 102 78 9.61 0.47 9.61 9.61
 Population (in million) 127.1 1295.3 127.1 0.1 127.1 0.1 0.1
Africa Nigeria Cameroon Nigeria Sao Tome Comoros Sao Tome Sao Tome
 Highest quantity / ratio 76 3 72 21.47 2.60 21.47 10.73
 Population (in million) 177.5 22.8 177.5 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2