Currently active allopathic physicians (MDs) and osteopathic physicians (DOs).
Supplementary notes
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
Primary Care Physicians: Includes Internal Medicine, Family Medicine/General Practice, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Geriatrics.
Specialist Physicians: Includes Psychiatry, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology (Cancer), Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism and all other specialties.
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Number of primary care vs. specialist physicians in the U.S. in 2026
As of January 2026, the number of primary care physicians in the U.S. amounted to **. In comparison, there were ** specialist physicians that year, making a total of over *** million professionally active physicians in the U.S. Compared with the previous year, the number of PCPs has increased, while the number of specialists has decreased.
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