IMGs By Country

The Top 20 countries where IMGs received medical training

The following list ranks the top 20 countries where the largest numbers of U.S. physicians trained. This data does not represent citizenship or ethnic origin, it only represents the location of medical schools.

India - 19.5% (41,235)
Philippines - 9.2% (19,449)
Mexico - 5.7% (12,168)
Pakistan - 4.6% (9,755)
Dominican Republic - 3.3% (6,988)
Former USSR - 2.4% (5,104)
Italy - 2.3% (4,871)
Egypt - 2.2% (4,731)
South Korea - 2.2% (4,629)
China and Hong Kong - 2.1% (4,537)
Spain - 2.1% (4,514)
Germany - 2.1% (4,302)
Grenada - 1.9% (4,183)
Iran - 1.9% (4,104)
Syria - 1.5% (3,235)
United Kingdom - 1.4% (3,112)
Cuba - 1.4% (2,999)
Taiwan - 1.3% (2,833)
Israel - 1.3% (2,735)
Lebanon 1.3% (2,719)
Total IMG Population in U.S. - 23.5% (210,952)

Source: AMA Membership Department
As of December 31, 2003