Table 1 Distribution of nurses in different HDI group countries

HDI

Max num.

0.957

0.796

0.697

0.546

Ave:0.682

Average num.

0.879

0.747

0.618

0.487

Min num.

0.804

0.703

0.554

0.394

World population

Max num.

332,915,073

1,444,216,107

1,393,409,038

211,400,708

Sum:7,800,775,176

Average num.

24,224,955

58,641,460

64,283,712

29,515,895

Min num.

18,169

53,544

116,254

1,002,187

Total num.

1,574,622,110

2,990,714,471

2,269,929,924

965,508,671

%Of total

20.185

38.339

29.099

12.377

Sum:100

Nurses variables

Max num.

5,223,437

3,844,503

3,328,854

195,757

Sum:29,968,106

Average num.

231,550

192,632

125,575

21,811

Min num.

132

199

41

571

Total num.

15,050,758

9,824,244

4,395,145

697,959

%Of total

50.223

32.782

14.666

2.329

Sum:100

%Male

12.16

15.92

22.45

44.97

Ave:23.87

%Female

87.44

84.07

81.105

55.03

Ave:76.91

%Age:<25

0.45

2.4

3.68

2.98

Ave:2.3775

%Age:25–34

23.84

26.36

37.7

27.05

Ave:28.7375

%Age:35–44

23.16

30.03

28.38

34.81

Ave:29.095

%Age:45–54

21.47

22.7

17.69

23.79

Ave:21.4125

%Age:55–64

21.36

12.97

10.25

8.95

Ave:13.3825

%Age:>64

9.72

5.54

2.3

2.42

Ave:4.995