India is the top country by dental technicians/assistants in the world. As of 2016, dental technicians/assistants in India was 197,734 that accounts for 54.48% of the world's dental technicians/assistants. The top 5 countries (others are Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Republic of Korea) account for 95.57% of it. The world's total dental technicians/assistants was estimated at 362,953 in 2016.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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| Suriname | 4 | ||||||||||
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13,210 | 27,783 | |||||||||
| India | 39,105 | 55,344 | 117,825 | 120,897 | 154,436 | 197,734 | |||||
| Finland | 4,234 | 4,191 | 3,939 | 3,885 | 3,925 | ||||||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 204 | ||||||||||
| Latvia | 1,376 | 1,278 | 1,450 | 1,488 | 1,456 | 1,445 | 1,459 | 1,400 | 1,419 | ||
| Afghanistan | 111 | 123 | 120 | ||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 2,467 | 2,401 | 2,461 | 2,452 | 2,601 | ||||||
| Australia | 12,062 | 12,767 | 13,038 | 13,457 | 13,849 | ||||||
| Mauritius | 260 | 268 | 301 | 351 | 366 | 380 | |||||
| Mozambique | 60 | 75 | 69 | 136 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 6,389 | 6,682 | 6,750 | 7,293 | 7,054 | ||||||
| Turkey | 3,245 | 10,514 | 15,906 | 18,149 | 21,432 | 21,099 | 21,404 | 22,295 | 22,996 | 24,834 | |
| Egypt | 14,753 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 5,056 | 8,105 | 8,108 | 8,465 | 8,867 | 9,125 | |||||
| Bahrain | 98 | 122 | 127 | 139 | 134 | 131 | 134 | ||||
| Marshall Islands | 4 | ||||||||||
| Rwanda | 78 | 127 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 11,847 | ||||||||||
| Oman | 84 | 262 | 448 | 654 | 726 | 805 | 1,149 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 797 | 808 | 875 | 809 | 825 | ||||||
| Pakistan | 4,175 | 10,508 | 11,649 | 16,652 | |||||||
| Tajikistan | 1,234 | 1,222 | 1,215 | 1,300 | 1,289 | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | ||||||||||
| Madagascar | 197 | 195 | 180 | 181 | |||||||
| Iraq | 4,799 | 7,891 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 3,158 | 3,162 | 3,223 | 3,225 | 3,327 | 3,614 | |||||
| San Marino | 22 | ||||||||||
| Myanmar | 1,594 | 2,562 | 2,770 | 3,011 | |||||||
| Andorra | 64 | ||||||||||
| Armenia | 1,257 | 1,297 | 1,290 | 1,215 | 1,138 | ||||||
| Bahamas | 84 | ||||||||||
| Iceland | 289 | 299 | 283 | 270 | 272 | 274 | 278 | 278 | |||
| Austria | 4,685 | 4,743 | 4,797 | 4,853 | 4,893 | 4,906 | 4,954 | ||||
| Senegal | 121 | ||||||||||
| Grenada | 9 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 506 | 938 | 1,091 | 1,114 | 1,232 | 1,037 | |||||
| Estonia | 909 | 1,198 | 1,179 | 1,196 | 1,182 | 1,215 | 1,239 | ||||
| Ecuador | 1,517 | 2,062 | 4,183 | ||||||||
| Serbia | 2,530 | 2,550 | 2,458 | 2,395 | 2,310 | 1,901 | |||||
| Uzbekistan | 4,693 | 4,861 | 4,719 | 4,749 | 4,520 | ||||||
| Libya | 4,583 | ||||||||||
| Norway | 4,293 | 4,380 | 4,340 | 4,434 | 4,450 | 4,434 | |||||
| Lebanon | 5,395 | 6,261 | 5,627 | ||||||||
| Republic of Korea | 21,581 | 20,936 | 21,410 | 21,888 | 22,482 | 22,952 | 23,540 | 24,150 | |||
| Mexico | 59,683 | 13,225 | 13,451 | 13,677 | 14,494 | 15,391 | 15,915 | ||||
| Indonesia | 8,731 | 10,566 | 12,740 | ||||||||
| Poland | 12,549 | 13,033 | 12,491 | 12,322 | 13,088 | 12,603 | |||||
| Uganda | 98 | 276 | |||||||||
| Zambia | 246 | 73 | 77 | 312 | |||||||
| Czechia | 7,263 | 7,429 | 7,461 | 7,426 | 7,906 | 8,461 | |||||
| Brazil | 153,412 | 207,904 | 242,266 | ||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 1,022 | 955 | 973 | 981 | 965 | ||||||
| Republic of North Macedonia | 1,599 | 1,622 | 1,652 | 1,705 | 1,824 | ||||||
| Greece | 14,661 | 14,518 | 14,208 | 13,911 | 13,746 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 35 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 45 | ||||||
| Belgium | 7,731 | 7,675 | 7,777 | 7,869 | 7,965 | 8,108 | 8,291 | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 6 | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 9,022 | ||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | 7,000 | 1,910 | |||||||||
| Singapore | 1,277 | 1,506 | 1,478 | 1,572 | 1,804 | 2,198 | |||||
| Hungary | 5,257 | 5,236 | 5,609 | 5,963 | 6,203 | 5,936 | |||||
| Switzerland | 4,109 | 4,123 | 4,181 | 4,208 | 4,180 | 4,200 | |||||
| Monaco | 38 | 37 | 38 | 38 | |||||||
| Lithuania | 2,456 | 2,486 | 2,685 | 2,678 | 2,669 | 2,644 | |||||
| Cuba | 6,959 | 9,917 | 10,554 | 12,144 | 12,793 | 13,998 | 15,249 | 16,630 | |||
| Japan | 74,028 | 90,857 | 98,739 | 99,686 | 100,994 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 1,054 | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 45 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2,113 | ||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 17 | ||||||||||
| Cameroon | 26 | 58 | |||||||||
| Timor-Leste | 7 | 7 | 18 | 18 | |||||||
| Ukraine | 30,147 | 30,255 | 30,688 | 30,934 | 26,954 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 2,814 | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 16,795 | 30,344 | 37,371 | 44,858 | |||||||
| Cyprus | 176 | 428 | 772 | 783 | 816 | 829 | 839 | ||||
| Gabon | 9 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 131 | 239 | 255 | 233 | 236 | 250 | |||||
| Tunisia | 809 | 1,315 | 1,850 | 3,130 | |||||||
| Slovakia | 2,586 | 2,647 | |||||||||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 976 | 1,130 | |||||||||
| Ireland | 2,721 | 2,667 | 2,661 | 2,649 | 2,758 | 2,828 | |||||
| Qatar | 690 | 1,242 | |||||||||
| France | 40,539 | 41,507 | 41,740 | 42,084 | 42,281 | 42,602 | 43,026 | ||||
| Sweden | 7,509 | 7,630 | 7,710 | 7,731 | 7,777 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 2,144 | 3,810 | 4,253 | 10,596 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 422 | 436 | 441 | 472 | 476 | 506 | 550 | ||||
| Belarus | 5,087 | 5,123 | 5,194 | 5,196 | 5,414 | ||||||
| Cambodia | 209 | 242 | 292 | 223 | 239 | 252 | |||||
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 32,423 | 33,419 | 33,654 | 33,999 | 34,638 | 34,621 | 34,867 | ||||
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 225 | 290 | 341 | ||||||||
| Malta | 184 | 186 | 190 | 197 | 201 | 206 | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 355 | 637 | 954 | 1,046 | 1,340 | ||||||
| Bangladesh | 2,344 | 4,336 | 4,815 | 4,815 | 6,360 | 6,520 | |||||
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,615 | 4,740 | |||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 52 | 57 | 27 | ||||||||
| Morocco | 4,655 | ||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 38 | |||||||||
| Republic of Moldova | 1,641 | 1,672 | 1,670 | 1,751 | 1,751 | 1,778 | |||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 99 | 104 | |||||||||
| Nauru | 1 | ||||||||||
| Belize | 32 | ||||||||||
| Nicaragua | 246 | 258 | 263 | 264 | 263 | 260 | |||||
| Cabo Verde | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3,361 | 10,347 | 17,538 | 22,150 | 27,826 | 29,070 | 31,187 | 32,445 | 33,286 | ||
| Montenegro | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Kenya | 898 | 930 | 985 | 1,045 | 1,090 | ||||||
| Liberia | 23 | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 2,885 | 4,194 | 5,691 | 6,804 | 6,881 | 6,806 | |||||
| Kiribati | 3 | 7 | |||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 586 | 604 | 614 | 610 | 631 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 198 | 343 | 343 | ||||||||
| Germany | 66,427 | 66,974 | 67,761 | 68,268 | 69,135 | 69,863 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 12,301 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 6,367 | 5,867 | 5,367 | 5,400 | 6,300 | 6,633 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 6,657 | 6,532 | 6,920 | 6,406 | 6,430 | ||||||
| Djibouti | 19 | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 1,259 | 1,280 | 1,296 | 1,337 | 1,365 | 1,392 | |||||
| Costa Rica | 1,467 | 599 | |||||||||
| Guyana | 30 | ||||||||||
| Barbados | 83 | ||||||||||
| Seychelles | 10 | 19 | 18 | 14 | |||||||
| Peru | 4,471 | ||||||||||
| Georgia | 1,257 | 1,743 | 2,009 | 2,016 | 2,152 | ||||||
| Chile | 12 | ||||||||||
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 14 | 13 | |||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 11,160 | 15,725 | 15,984 | 16,585 | |||||||
| El Salvador | 4,255 | ||||||||||
| China | 51,012 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 5,296 | 5,387 | 5,554 | 5,770 | 5,817 | 5,985 | 6,333 | ||||
| Denmark | 4,634 | 4,485 | 4,403 | 4,379 | 4,295 | 4,244 | |||||
| Italy | 47,038 | 47,610 | 47,604 | 47,098 | |||||||
| Maldives | 32 | 62 | |||||||||
| Romania | 12,959 | 13,324 | 13,779 | 14,248 | |||||||
| Eswatini | 3 | ||||||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 48 | 73 | 86 | 95 | 94 | 94 | |||||
| Gambia | 10 | 17 | |||||||||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 1,634 | 1,836 | 2,050 | 2,198 | 2,427 | 2,587 | |||||
| Fiji | 64 | ||||||||||
| Yemen | 573 | 543 | |||||||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | ||||||||||
| Honduras | 1,141 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 8,564 | 1,922 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 8,596 | 8,561 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 18 | 17 | |||||||||
| Mongolia | 533 | 652 | |||||||||
| United States of America | 134,245 | ||||||||||
| Saint Lucia | 28 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 35 | ||||||||||
| Tonga | 12 | ||||||||||
| Benin | 9 |