The data displays the total number of active doctors of medicine in the U.S. from 1949 to 2013. In 1949, there were 191,577 active doctors of medicine in the U.S. Some 50 years later, the number stood at nearly 700 thousand.
2013 | 854698 |
2012 | 826001 |
2011 | 809492 |
2010 | 794862 |
2009 | 792805 |
2008 | 784199 |
2007 | 776554 |
2005 | 762438 |
2004 | 744143 |
2000 | 692368 |
1995 | 625443 |
1990 | 547310 |
1980 | 414916 |
1970 | 310845 |
1960 | 247257 |
1949 | 191577 |