Table 1.

Change of nurse and physician workforce from 2003 to 2018

Year	Nurses		Physicians
	No	Density*	No	Density*
2003	1 265 959	1.00	1 942 364	1.54
2004	1 308 433	1.03	1 999 457	1.57
2005	1 349 589	1.03	2 042 135	1.56
2006	1 426 339	1.09	2 099 064	1.60
2007	1 558 822	1.18	2 122 925	1.61
2008	1 678 091	1.2	2 201 904	1.66
2009	1 854 818	1.39	2 329 206	1.75
2010	2 048 071	1.53	2 413 259	1.80
2011	2 244 020	1.66	2 466 094	1.82
2012	2 496 599	1.85	2 616 064	1.94
2013	2 783 121	2.04	2 794 754	2.04
2014	3 004 144	2.20	2 892 518	2.12
2015	3 241 469	2.37	3 039 135	2.22
2016	3 507 166	2.54	3 191 005	2.31
2017	3 804 021	2.74	3 390 034	2.44
2018	4 098 630	2.94	3 607 156	2.59

*Per 1000 population.