Table 4.

Neurosurgery services and their requirements in the developing countries

Country	Vietnam	Mongolia	Indonesia	Malaysia	Myanmar	Philippines	Sri Lanka	India	Nepal	Pakistan	Thailand	Uzbekistan	Bangladesh	Cambodia
Population (mil)	98	3.2	270	32,5	54	105	22	1,366	28	212	66.4	33	163	16
Area (km2)	331,212	1,600,000	1,919,000	330,803	663,327	300,000	65,610	3,287,000	147,181	881,913	513,120	447,000a	147,570	181,035
Neurosurgeon (2019)	600	27	376	174	23	145 (2018)	27	1693b	85	212	521	320	160	28
Neurosurgeons per 100,000 population ratio	0.612	0.844	0.139	0.535	0.043	0.138	0.123	0.124	0.304	0.100	0.785	0.970	0.098	0.175
Neurosurgeons per area (100 km2) ratio	0.182	0.002	0.020	0.053	0.003	0.048	0.041	0.052	0.058	0.024	0.102	0.072	0.108	0.015

^aRefer to [14]

^bMembers of the neurosurgical society