Cities with the highest physician coverage
Physicians per 100,000 residents ranked from verified observations with geographic scope retained.
Coimbra, Portugal is first in the current published ranking at 3,470 per 100,000; compare its source date and geographic grain before using the result.
- Items compared
- 28
- Countries represented
- 8
- Last checked
- 2026-08-27
Source-backed answers
Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.
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| Original rank | City or place | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coimbra, Portugal | 3,470 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 2 | 千代田区, Japan | 2,849 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022 |
| 3 | 吉田郡永平寺町, Japan | 2,329 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022 |
| 4 | Porto, Portugal | 2,200 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 5 | 紫波郡矢巾町, Japan | 2,123 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022 |
| 6 | 文京区, Japan | 2,097 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022 |
| 7 | 神戸市中央区, Japan | 1,784 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2022 |
| 8 | Lisbon, Portugal | 1,770 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 9 | Oeiras, Portugal | 1,110 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 10 | Warszawa, Poland | 1,096 per 100,000 | 2026-07-18 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 11 | Faro, Portugal | 1,080 per 100,000 | 2026-07-15 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024 |
| 12 | Prague, Czechia | 778.9 per 100,000 | 2026-07-18 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 13 | Budapest, Hungary | 766 per 100,000 | 2026-07-18 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31 |
| 14 | Vienna, Austria | 580 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: bundesland · Period: 2026-06-10 |
| 15 | Salzburg, Austria | 540 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: bundesland · Period: 2026-06-10 |
| 16 | Innsbruck, Austria | 520 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: bundesland · Period: 2026-06-10 |
| 17 | Graz, Austria | 510 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: bundesland · Period: 2026-06-10 |
| 18 | Linz, Austria | 480 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: bundesland · Period: 2026-06-10 |
| 19 | Oslo, Norway | 480 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 20 | Alver, Norway | 450 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: fylke_proxy · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 21 | Årdal, Norway | 450 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: fylke_proxy · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 22 | Askøy, Norway | 450 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: fylke_proxy · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | Austevoll, Norway | 450 per 100,000 | 2026-06-12 | Source Scope: fylke_proxy · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | Rīga, Latvia | 7.5 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 25 | Daugavpils, Latvia | 4.2 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 26 | Liepāja, Latvia | 3.8 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 27 | Jelgava, Latvia | 3.5 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 28 | Jūrmala, Latvia | 3.2 per 100,000 | 2026-08-27 | Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Coimbra, Portugal leads at 3,470 per 100,000.
- Jūrmala, Latvia sits at the other end with 3.2 per 100,000.
- The middle of this ranking is 580 per 100,000, across 28 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 3,467 per 100,000.
What this measures
Every row is a published physicians per 100,000 residents observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2022 and 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value.
- Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
- A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
- Rows
- 28 places
- Geographic grain
- 4 grains: city, bundesland, municipality
- Observation period
- 2022 to 2026-06-10
- Last checked
- 2026-08-27
- With an official source link
- 28 of 28
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Cities with the highest physician coverage [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/cities-with-most-physicians/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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title = {Cities with the highest physician coverage},
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date = {2026-09-12},
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snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
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note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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Sources
- Official INE Statistics of Health Personnel indicator 0012837: physicians per 1,000 inhabitants by municipality of residence. Exact municipality row selected by INE DICO geocod; value converted to the requested per-100k unit.
- Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.
- PL official material for crime_incidents_total
- CZSO official Prague statistical material
- KSH official table for physicians_per_100k
- Statistik Austria OGD (data.statistik.gv.at)
- Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB)
- SPKC (Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs) — Yearbook 2024