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United Kingdom: Health personnel: Practising, Physicians, Number
196,784Number · 2019+19.5% since 2009
Eurostat table hlth_rs_prs2. Health personnel: Practising, Physicians (Number). Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1960 to 2019.
Every year
| Year | Value (Number) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 196,784 | |
| 2018 | 188,783 | |
| 2017 | 185,692 | |
| 2016 | 182,534 | |
| 2015 | 180,444 | |
| 2014 | 177,352 | |
| 2013 | 173,976 | |
| 2012 | 171,747 | |
| 2011 | 169,919 | |
| 2010 | 166,250 | |
| 2009 | 164,607 | |
| 2008 | 158,597 | |
| 2007 | 152,184 | |
| 2006 | 148,998 | |
| 2005 | 144,780 | |
| 2004 | 139,194 | |
| 2003 | 130,599 | |
| 2002 | 124,714 | |
| 2001 | 119,800 | |
| 2000 | 116,427 | |
| 1999 | 112,183 | |
| 1998 | 110,952 | |
| 1997 | 108,030 | |
| 1996 | 104,429 | |
| 1995 | 101,803 | |
| 1994 | 98,105 | |
| 1993 | 97,055 | |
| 1992 | 94,671 | |
| 1991 | 93,663 | |
| 1990 | 92,583 | |
| 1989 | 88,607 | |
| 1988 | 86,903 | |
| 1987 | 85,284 | |
| 1986 | 81,515 | |
| 1985 | 80,763 | |
| 1984 | 79,578 | |
| 1983 | 78,737 | |
| 1982 | 75,218 | |
| 1981 | 76,042 | |
| 1980 | 74,209 | |
| 1979 | 72,293 | |
| 1978 | 68,325 | |
| 1977 | 66,846 | |
| 1976 | 65,449 | |
| 1975 | 64,107 | |
| 1974 | 61,884 | |
| 1973 | 60,575 | |
| 1972 | 58,751 | |
| 1971 | 56,710 | |
| 1970 | 52,516 | |
| 1969 | 51,318 | |
| 1968 | 50,306 | |
| 1967 | 49,084 | |
| 1966 | 48,014 | |
| 1965 | 47,505 | |
| 1964 | 47,010 | |
| 1963 | 46,723 | |
| 1962 | 46,157 | |
| 1961 | 45,224 | |
| 1960 | 44,457 |
Source
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Eurostat (2026). Health personnel: Practising, Physicians, Number. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/eurostat-hlth-rs-prs2-nr-pract-phys (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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