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Dentists per 100,000 population: Japan, 2024-hl
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan had 80.9 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (employed basis), derived from 100,266 employed dentists (MHLW Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024) divided by total population (World Bank WDI). Basis: employed.
Comparability B Confidence medium
Cite this
World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Japan, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/
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Record
- Value
- 80.9 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- derived
- Basis
- employed
- 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
- jp.dentists_practising.2024
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
"countryiso3code":"JPN","date":"2024","value":123975371
English: World Bank total population, JPN, 2024: 123,975,371
Locator: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL JPN 2024; numerator jp.dentists_practising.2024
Local definition
Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (employed) 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: 100,266 (jp.dentists_practising.2024, source mhlw-ishi-2024) / 123,975,371 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 80.9. Numerator basis: employed. Other per-100k records for JP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-hl | 80.9 per 100,000 | employed | Comparability B | World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) | ||
| 2024 | 83.7 per 100,000 | registered | Comparability A | Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview) |
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