Table 1 Ranking of foreign countries by the number of medical graduates they contribute to the US physician workforce, with and without adjusting for country population size.
Rank | Country ranking per number of graduates practicing in the US adjusted to country population | Country ranking per number of graduates practicing in the US (number of graduates) |
|---|---|---|
1 | Grenada | India (42,880) |
2 | Lebanon | Philippines (19,523) |
3 | Israel | Mexico (12,256) |
4 | Dominican Republic | Pakistan (10,224) |
5 | Cuba | Former USSR (5,343) |
6 | Philippines | Grenada (4,812) |
7 | Syria | Italy (4,805) |
8 | Taiwan | Egypt (4,791) |
9 | Mexico | South Korea (4,648) |
10 | Spain | Spain (4,367) |
11 | South Korea | China and Hong Kong (4,316) |
12 | Italy | Germany (4,240) |
13 | Colombia | Iran (4,220) |
14 | Pakistan | Dominican Republic (3,645) |
15 | Iran | Syria (3,366) |
16 | Egypt | England (3,042) |
17 | Germany | Israel (2,972) |
18 | England | Taiwan (2,833) |
19 | India | Colombia (2,817) |
20 | Former USSR | Cuba (2,817) |
21 | China and Hong Kong | Lebanon (2,710) |