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Dentists per 100,000 population: Japan, 2024
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan had 83.7 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (registered basis), according to MHLW Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024. Basis: registered.
Comparability A Confidence high
Cite this
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). (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/
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Record
- Value
- 83.7 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- registered
- Scope
- registered
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Current revision
Source quote
また、人口 10 万対歯科医師数は 83.7 で、前回に比べ 0.5 減少している。
English: Dentists per 100,000 population were 83.7, down 0.5 from the previous survey.
Locator: p.16 (2 歯科医師 (1))
Local definition
Notified dentists per 100,000 population
Source
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview). Registry entry: mhlw-ishi-2024.
Notes
Reported by MHLW (down 0.5 vs 2022).
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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