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Dentists per 100,000 population: Australia, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Australia had 76.6 dentists per 100,000 people in 2025 (registered basis), according to Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables. Basis: registered.
Comparability B Confidence medium
Cite this
Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia. (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Australia, as of 2025-06-30 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-per-100k/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 76.6 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
- Status
- Current revision
Source quote
Our population at 30 June 2025 was 27.6 million people; Dentist | 21114 (Table 4)
English: Derived from au.dentists_total.2025 and au.population.2025 (see notes).
Locator: derived; inputs au.dentists_total.2025, au.population.2025
Local definition
Registered dentists per 100,000 residents, ABS population rounded to 0.1 million
Source
Ahpra and Dental Board of Australia: Dental Board of Australia / Ahpra 2024/25 data tables (registrants at 30 June 2025). Registry entry: ahpra-dental-2025.
Notes
Derived: 21,141 / 27,600,000 x 100,000 = 76.6. Registered basis; population rounded to 0.1 million. OECD practising basis for 2024: 66 per 100,000.
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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