Number of physicians in Italy 2020, by discipline
In 2020, in Italy, there were a total of approximately 238 thousand physicians working in the public and private health care sector combined. This figure included over 50.3 thousand general practitioners and 187 thousand specialist practitioners. Among the latter category, there were almost 16.6 thousand pediatricians, roughly 13.7 thousand cardiologist, and approximately 12.2 thousand anesthesiologists.
