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This statistic shows the total number of doctors of medicine in the United States from 1949 to 2015. In 1949, there were 201,277 doctors of medicine in the United States. Some 50 years later, the number was around four times as high. In 2015, the exact number of doctors of medicine was 1,085,783.
Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015*
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (September 19, 2018). Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015*." Chart. September 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Total Number of Doctors of Medicine in The U.S. from 1949 to 2015*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Total number of doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2015* [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, September 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186260/total-doctors-of-medicine-in-the-us-since-1949/