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Number of doctors in Nigeria from 2017 to 2019, by gender
Number of doctors in Nigeria 2017-2019, by gender
In 2019, there were **** thousand doctors in Nigeria for a population of about *** million people. The majority of them were male doctors, which accounted for ** thousand, while female doctors were *** thousand.
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NBS (Nigeria). (August 31, 2021). Number of doctors in Nigeria from 2017 to 2019, by gender [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1260784/number-of-doctors-in-nigeria-by-gender/
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