2,143 geriatricians in the year 2020 (Conselho Federal de Medicina, 2020).

References:

Conselho Federal de Medicina. (2020). Demografia Médica no Brasil. https://www.fm.usp.br/fmusp/conteudo/DemografiaMedica2020_9DEZ.pdf

There are 355 specialists registered under psychiatry out of 6797 registered medical practitioners in the Specialist Register in 2016 (The Medical Council of Hong Kong, 2016).

References:

The Medical Council of Hong Kong. (2016). Annual Report 2016. Retrieved from https://www.mchk.org.hk/files/annual/files/2016/MCAR_2016_e.pdf

Not applicable.

There are a total of 63 geriatric nurses across provinces (Badan PPSDM Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia, n.d.).

References:

Badan PPSDM Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia. (n.d.). Data SDM Kesehatan yang didayagunakan di Fasilitas Pelayanan Kesehatan (Fasyankes) di Indonesia. http://bppsdmk.kemkes.go.id/info_sdmk/info/

As of 2018, Kenya had no geriatrician, but had one medical gerontologist and two social gerontologists (Wanja, 2018).

References:

Wanja, J. (2018). Why we should prioritise needs of older persons. Standard Digital, 2 March. Nairobi, Kenya. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/commentary/article/2001271715/why-we-should-prioritise-needs-of-older-persons

Among specialities relevant to all forms of Dementia, there were 422 Geriatricians and 4,429 Psychiatrists in the whole country in 2017. It was estimated that there were 3.25 Geriatricians and 3.4 Psychiatrists per 100,000 individuals 60 years and older (Heinze-Martin et al., 2018).

References:

Heinze-Martin, G., Olmedo-Canchola, V. H., Bazán-Miranda, G., Bernard-Fuentes, N. A., & Guízar-Sánchez, D. P. (2018). Medical specialists in Mexico. Gaceta Medica de Mexico, 154(3), 342–351. https://doi.org/10.24875/GMM.18003770

Table 49: Number of medical doctors, neurologists, and geriatricians in NZ

References:

Cheung G., Sims A., Copeland B., Collins C., Bharathan S. (2018). The third New Zealand Psychiatry of Old Age services and workforce survey. Australas Psychiatry. 26(4):405-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856218765891.

New Zealand Parliament. (n.d.). Indicator 34: Specially trained physicians. Available from: https://oag.parliament.nz/2013/ageing/our-ageing-population-indicators/indicator-34.

Ranta, A., Tiwari, P., Mottershead, J., Abernethy, D., Simpson, M., Brickell, K., et al. (2015). New Zealand’s neurologist workforce: a pragmatic analysis of demand, supply, and future projections. NZ Med J. 128(1419):35-44. Available from: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365844/.

It was noted that there were about 8 geriatricians in 2010 for a population of 4 million people of 60 years and older (Lloyd-Sherlock, 2019a). There are an estimated 650 psychiatrists across the country (0.4% per 100 000 in the public sector), with only 3 specialising in old-age psychiatry (psychogeriatricians) (Health24, 2018b).

References:

Health24. (2018b). SA has only 3 psychiatrists specialising in old-age. https://www.health24.com/Mental-Health/News/sa-has-only-3-psychiatrists-specialising-in-old-age-20180813

Lloyd-Sherlock, P. (2019a). Long-term Care for Older People in South Africa: The Enduring Legacies of Apartheid and HIV/AIDS. Journal of Social Policy, 48(1), 147–167. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279418000326