As of January 2024, the number of active doctors registered in Brazil amounted to more than *** thousand professionals. Out of the total, around *** thousand were men, and about *** thousand women practiced medicine in the South American country. Thus, there were approximately **** women doctors for each male physician practicing in Brazil by that time.
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Statista. (January 26, 2024). Number of active medical doctors in Brazil as of January 2024, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/789937/number-physicians-gender-active-brazil/
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