Australia - Number of Practising Nurses

Since 2014, Australia Number of Practising Nurses jumped by 2.7% year on year. In 2019, the country was number 11 comparing other countries in Number of Practising Nurses with 301,832 Persons. Australia is overtaken by Italy, which was ranked number 10 with 340,275 Persons and is followed by Spain at 278,056 Persons. China ranked the highest with 4,045,156 Persons in 2019, that is +3.9% versus 2018. India, Japan and Russia respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Costa Rica witnessed the best average annual growth at +8.8% per year, while Latvia was the worst growing country at -2.9% per year.

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Date Units (Persons)
2019 301,832.00
2018 297,807.00
2017 287,405.00
2016 279,789.00
2015 271,151.00
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How does Australia rank in Number of Practising Nurses?

# 34 Countries Units (Persons) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
China
4,045,156 2019 +3.9 % +6.1 % View data
2 #2
India
2,198,417 2019 +3.5 % +4.3 % View data
10 #10
Italy
340,275 2019 -1.9 % +1.2 % View data
11 #11
Australia
301,832 2019 +1.4 % +2.6 % View data
12 #12
Spain
278,056 2019 +1.3 % +3.0 % View data
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