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Table 3 Numbers of imaging personnel for selected African countries

From: An Africa point of view on quality and safety in imaging

Country

Population

Radiologist

Radiologist to population

Radiographers

Sonographers

RT

Medical physicists

Year statistics obtained

Egypt

86,420,000

1250*

1:69,136

    

2012

Tunisia

10,850,000

450*

1:22,722

    

2012

Kenya

55,094,282

250

1:556,507

1700

 

42

7

2021

Uganda

42,460,000

55

1:772,000

    

2021

Tanzania

61,641,286

111

1:622,639

1200

10

–

5

2021

Nigeria

211,870,954

688

1:2,140,110

3221

399

19

100

2021

S. Africa

57,780,000

1200

1: 48,150

7910

545

700

166

2018

Ethiopia

118,158,035

300

1:1,193,515

2500

 

4

8

2021

D.R. Congo

84,070,000

42

1:2,001,666

    

2018

Malawi

19,681,633

3

1: 6,560,544

198

8

 

4

2021

Angola

30,810,000

30

1:1,026,999

    

2018

Mozambique

29,500,000

5

1: 5,900,000

    

2018

Sao Tome

211,028

2

1:105,514

    

2018

Guinea-Bissau

1,874,000

2

1: 937,000

    

2018

Cape-Verde

543,767

3

1:181,255

    

2018

Cameroon

27,287,100

176

1:275,627

380

*

4

2

2021

Algeria

44,738,446

1400

1:451,903

2800

US by radiologists

500

130

2021

Ghana

31,799,389

60

1:529,989

340

200

28

65

2021

Cote d'ivoire

27,090,000

327

1:273,636

300

US done by radiologists

3

2

2021

Swaziland

1,173,680

1

1: 1,173,680

37

11

0

0

2021

Zimbabwe

14,650,000

25

1: 586,000

386

37

10

5

2021