Number of Pharmacists in Japan, 2018
According to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 311,289 of pharmacists are regstered in Japan as of 2018.
The follwong data shows the changes in the number of pharmacists from 1982 to 2018.
| Year | Pharmacists | Rate of change (％) |
per 100,000 population |
| 1982 | 124,390 | … | 104.8 |
| 1984 | 129,700 | 4.3 | 107.9 |
| 1986 | 135,990 | 4.8 | 111.8 |
| 1988 | 143,429 | 5.5 | 116.8 |
| 1990 | 150,627 | 5.0 | 121.9 |
| 1992 | 162,021 | 7.6 | 130.2 |
| 1994 | 176,871 | 9.2 | 141.5 |
| 1996 | 194,300 | 9.9 | 154.4 |
| 1998 | 205,953 | 6.0 | 162.8 |
| 2000 | 217,477 | 5.6 | 171.3 |
| 2002 | 229,744 | 5.6 | 180.3 |
| 2004 | 241,369 | 5.1 | 189.0 |
| 2006 | 252,533 | 4.6 | 197.6 |
| 2008 | 267,751 | 6.0 | 209.7 |
| 2010 | 276,517 | 3.3 | 215.9 |
| 2012 | 280,052 | 1.3 | 219.6 |
| 2014 | 288,151 | 2.9 | 226.7 |
| 2016 | 301,323 | 4.6 | 237.4 |
| 2018 | 311,289 | 3.3 | 246.2 |
The increasing rate of pharmacists is greater than doctors'.
Source is Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. 平成30年（2018年）医師・歯科医師・薬剤師統計の概況
www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/18/index.html
www.mhlw.go.jp/toukei/saikin/hw/ishi/18/xls/hyo_H30.xls
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