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Registration Statistics
This page contains statistical information about doctors on the List of Registered Medical Practitioners (LRMP) and the General Practitioners Register (GPR).
The LRMP contains details of doctors registered to practise medicine in the United Kingdom. The GPR contains a list of doctors who are registered to practise as General Practitioners in the United Kingdom.
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Registered Medical Practitioners
|
GP |
Non-GP |
Total Doctors |
% |
||
Gender |
No of Doctors |
% |
No of Doctors |
% |
||
Man |
31,706 |
14.00% |
103,518 |
45.80% |
135,224 |
59.80% |
Woman |
25,588 |
11.30% |
65,283 |
28.90% |
90,871 |
40.20% |
Grand Total |
57,294 |
25.30% |
168,801 |
74.70% |
226,095 |
100.00% |
Doctors in the UK – GPs and Non-GPs
Doctors by Age Group
Age Group |
Number of Doctors |
% |
<= 25 |
7,393 |
3.27% |
26 - 35 |
67,335 |
29.78% |
36 - 45 |
58,675 |
25.95% |
46 - 55 |
27,942 |
12.36% |
56 - 65 |
13,072 |
5.78% |
> 65 |
9,072 |
4.01% |
No Birth Date |
42,606 |
18.84% |
Grand Total |
226,095 |
100.00% |
Doctors by country of qualification
PMQ Country |
# of Doctors |
% |
United Kingdom |
140,859 |
62.30% |
India |
25,720 |
11.40% |
Pakistan |
7,296 |
3.20% |
South Africa |
6,709 |
3.00% |
Ireland |
4,143 |
1.80% |
Germany |
3,542 |
1.60% |
Nigeria |
3,255 |
1.40% |
Egypt |
2,746 |
1.20% |
Sri Lanka |
2,298 |
1.00% |
Iraq |
2,186 |
1.00% |
Australia |
2,131 |
0.90% |
Poland |
1,881 |
0.80% |
Italy |
1,767 |
0.80% |
Greece |
1,650 |
0.70% |
Spain |
1,059 |
0.50% |
Hungary |
1,037 |
0.50% |
Jamaica |
926 |
0.40% |
Sudan |
901 |
0.40% |
Hong Kong |
846 |
0.40% |
Romania |
835 |
0.40% |
Bangladesh |
781 |
0.30% |
Czech Republic |
762 |
0.30% |
Myanmar |
705 |
0.30% |
Netherlands |
668 |
0.30% |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
667 |
0.30% |
Russian Federation |
663 |
0.30% |
Syrian Arab Republic |
630 |
0.30% |
New Zealand |
580 |
0.30% |
Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
546 |
0.20% |
France |
515 |
0.20% |
Bulgaria |
436 |
0.20% |
Malta |
375 |
0.20% |
Ukraine |
368 |
0.20% |
Belgium |
353 |
0.20% |
Sweden |
349 |
0.20% |
Zimbabwe |
321 |
0.10% |
Slovakia |
319 |
0.10% |
Ghana |
308 |
0.10% |
Austria |
299 |
0.10% |
Singapore |
249 |
0.10% |
Jordan |
216 |
0.10% |
Lithuania |
201 |
0.10% |
Turkey |
179 |
0.10% |
Serbia |
169 |
0.10% |
United States |
168 |
0.10% |
Denmark |
153 |
0.10% |
Canada |
140 |
0.10% |
Switzerland |
136 |
0.10% |
Malaysia |
135 |
0.10% |
Kenya |
131 |
0.10% |
Nepal |
120 |
0.10% |
Zambia |
112 |
0.00% |
Uganda |
109 |
0.00% |
Argentina |
106 |
0.00% |
Latvia |
106 |
0.00% |
Philippines |
105 |
0.00% |
Yemen |
105 |
0.00% |
Portugal |
104 |
0.00% |
Brazil |
103 |
0.00% |
Colombia |
102 |
0.00% |
China |
90 |
0.00% |
Afghanistan |
82 |
0.00% |
Belarus |
63 |
0.00% |
Bosnia And Herzegovina |
61 |
0.00% |
Grenada |
57 |
0.00% |
Algeria |
56 |
0.00% |
Finland |
53 |
0.00% |
Lebanon |
52 |
0.00% |
Tanzania, United Republic Of |
51 |
0.00% |
Croatia |
50 |
0.00% |
Norway |
49 |
0.00% |
Estonia |
48 |
0.00% |
Israel |
48 |
0.00% |
Cuba |
37 |
0.00% |
Ethiopia |
37 |
0.00% |
Malawi |
37 |
0.00% |
Saudi Arabia |
36 |
0.00% |
Japan |
34 |
0.00% |
Mexico |
34 |
0.00% |
Iceland |
33 |
0.00% |
United Arab Emirates |
33 |
0.00% |
Armenia |
32 |
0.00% |
Uzbekistan |
32 |
0.00% |
Venezuela |
32 |
0.00% |
Chile |
30 |
0.00% |
Dominican Republic |
28 |
0.00% |
Albania |
27 |
0.00% |
Peru |
26 |
0.00% |
Sierra Leone |
26 |
0.00% |
Oman |
22 |
0.00% |
Slovenia |
22 |
0.00% |
Cameroon |
20 |
0.00% |
Guyana |
20 |
0.00% |
Kazakhstan |
20 |
0.00% |
Tunisia |
19 |
0.00% |
Macedonia |
18 |
0.00% |
Georgia |
17 |
0.00% |
Kuwait |
17 |
0.00% |
Moldova, Republic Of |
16 |
0.00% |
Bahrain |
14 |
0.00% |
Congo, The Dem Republic of The |
14 |
0.00% |
Cayman Islands |
12 |
0.00% |
Liberia |
12 |
0.00% |
Saint Kitts And Nevis |
12 |
0.00% |
Thailand |
12 |
0.00% |
Palestinian Territory Occupied |
11 |
0.00% |
Saint Lucia |
10 |
0.00% |
Somalia |
10 |
0.00% |
Ecuador |
9 |
0.00% |
Azerbaijan |
8 |
0.00% |
Netherlands Antilles |
8 |
0.00% |
Taiwan, Province Of China |
8 |
0.00% |
Tajikistan |
8 |
0.00% |
Burundi |
7 |
0.00% |
Montserrat |
7 |
0.00% |
Belize |
6 |
0.00% |
Bolivia |
5 |
0.00% |
Dominica |
5 |
0.00% |
Kyrgyzstan |
5 |
0.00% |
Morocco |
5 |
0.00% |
Uruguay |
5 |
0.00% |
Angola |
4 |
0.00% |
El Salvador |
4 |
0.00% |
Papua New Guinea |
4 |
0.00% |
Turkmenistan |
4 |
0.00% |
Costa Rica |
3 |
0.00% |
Côte D'Ivoire |
3 |
0.00% |
Korea, Dem. People'S Republic |
3 |
0.00% |
Mauritius |
3 |
0.00% |
Mongolia |
3 |
0.00% |
Viet Nam |
3 |
0.00% |
Guatemala |
2 |
0.00% |
Haiti |
2 |
0.00% |
Indonesia |
2 |
0.00% |
Nicaragua |
2 |
0.00% |
Panama |
2 |
0.00% |
Paraguay |
2 |
0.00% |
Senegal |
2 |
0.00% |
Antigua And Barbuda |
1 |
0.00% |
Cook Islands |
1 |
0.00% |
Fiji |
1 |
0.00% |
Guinea |
1 |
0.00% |
Honduras |
1 |
0.00% |
Mozambique |
1 |
0.00% |
Suriname |
1 |
0.00% |
Togo |
1 |
0.00% |
Grand Total |
226,095 |
100.00% |
Top 10 Specialties
Specialty |
Rank |
# of Doctors Registered |
Anaesthetics |
1 |
8,723 |
General (internal) medicine |
2 |
7,175 |
General psychiatry |
3 |
4,789 |
Paediatrics |
4 |
4,040 |
Clinical radiology |
5 |
3,917 |
General surgery |
6 |
3,515 |
Obstetrics and gynaecology |
7 |
3,182 |
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery |
8 |
3,117 |
Histopathology |
9 |
1,853 |
Ophthalmology |
10 |
1,803 |
This information was updated on 1 July 2009.