In 2016, Europe as a whole dominates the field of clinical medicine and pharmacy with 86 of the world top 200 universities in the disciplines. The United States' 73 and Canada's 11 make North America a close number two in the field. Asia/Oceania follow with 28, Latin America and Africa with one each.
Denmark leads the per capita ranking, followed by Norway, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, all of them with indexes three or two times the value of the average (red line).
World top 200 universities | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr / Million x 100) | ||
| Australia | 9 | 24.223 | 37.15 |
| Austria | 2 | 8.589 | 23.29 |
| Belgium | 3 | 11.222 | 26.73 |
| Brazil | 1 | 205.231 | 0.49 |
| Canada | 11 | 36.222 | 30.37 |
| China | 4 | 1,408.922 | 0.28 |
| Czech | 1 | 10.812 | 9.25 |
| Denmark | 4 | 5.684 | 70.38 |
| Finland | 3 | 5.478 | 54.77 |
| France | 7 | 65.316 | 10.72 |
| Germany | 16 | 82.453 | 19.40 |
| Greece | 1 | 11.120 | 8.99 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 7.365 | 27.16 |
| Israel | 2 | 8.028 | 24.91 |
| Italy | 7 | 61.211 | 11.44 |
| Japan | 3 | 126.598 | 2.37 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 3 | 49.976 | 6.00 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 16.885 | 47.38 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 4.641 | 21.55 |
| Norway | 3 | 5.196 | 57.74 |
| Singapore | 1 | 5.717 | 17.49 |
| South Africa | 1 | 53.835 | 1.86 |
| Spain | 3 | 47.333 | 6.34 |
| Sweden | 5 | 9.759 | 51.23 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 8.320 | 48.08 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 24.983 | 12.01 |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 64.200 | 29.60 |
| United States | 73 | 327.690 | 22.28 |
| Total | 200 | ||
| Average | 7.1 | 24.3 | |
| Median | 3.0 | 21.9 | |
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
