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Dentists per 100,000 population: Australia, 2024-hl
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Australia had 65.6 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (practising basis), derived from 17,831 practising dentists (OECD Health Statistics) divided by total population (World Bank WDI). Basis: practising.
Comparability B Confidence medium
Cite this
World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Australia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/
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Record
- Value
- 65.6 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- practising
- Scope
- other
- Headline
- Yes: this record leads in cross-market tables
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Derived from
- au.dentists_practising.2024
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
"countryiso3code":"AUS","date":"2024","value":27194286
English: World Bank total population, AUS, 2024: 27,194,286
Locator: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL AUS 2024; numerator au.dentists_practising.2024
Local definition
Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (OECD practising) divided by World Bank total population, same year
Source
World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others): World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Registry entry: worldbank-sp-pop-totl.
Notes
Derived: 17,831 (au.dentists_practising.2024, source oecd-health-hr) / 27,194,286 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 65.6. Numerator basis: practising (OECD measure P). Other per-100k records for AU use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.
Metric definition
Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.6 per 100,000 | registered | Comparability B | Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025) | ||
| 2024-hl | 65.6 per 100,000 | practising | Comparability B | World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) |
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