Fact · Workforce
Dentists (total): Japan, 2022
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Japan had 105,267 registered dentists in 2022, 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 (total): Japan, as of 2022-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/jp/dentists-total/2022/
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Record
- Value
- 105,267 persons
- Unit
- persons
- 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
総数1) 103 652 100.0 105 267 △ 1 615 △ 1.5 83.7 84.2 △ 0.5
English: Total (all dentists): 2024 103,652; 2022 105,267; change -1,615 (-1.5%); per 100,000 83.7 vs 84.2.
Locator: Table 9 row 総数
Local definition
Same as 2024 record
Source
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview). Registry entry: mhlw-ishi-2024.
Notes
Read from the 2022 column of Table 9 of the 2024 overview (earlier pass derived it from the stated decrease; same value).
Metric definition
Dentists registered or licensed to practise (headcount); definition per record notes All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 103,652 persons | registered | Comparability A | Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview) | ||
| 2022 | 105,267 persons | registered | Comparability A | Survey of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists 2024 (Overview) |
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