More than half of doctors practicing in France are now women

• As of January 1. However, 2025, the number of women’s doctors was greater than the number of men’s doctors, according to figures published on Monday.
• This is the first time that the total of women doctors has exceeded that of men.
• In total in France, 237,214 doctors are active, and 118,957 are therefore women.

– More than half doctors practicing

This is a first. In addition, According to data from the Directorate of Research. Similarly, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (DREES) on the demography of practitioners published Monday, half of the doctors working in France are now women. Therefore, As of January 1, 2025, of the 237,214 active doctors, the number more than half doctors practicing of women (118,957) exceeded their male counterparts for the first time (118,257). From a little since according to these results, they are 700 more.

At the beginning of 2024, the DREES had counted 117,781 Men doctors and 115,635 women doctors.

Certain specialties of the profession remain essentially feminine since midwives are 97% of women. Women are also over-represented in podiatrist pedicures while dental more than half doctors practicing surgeons “Continue (nt) to rejuvenate and feminize”underlines the Drees. In early 2025, this institution identified 47,600 dentists, 25,800 midwives and 14,400 in activity.

A number of doctors up

The number of general practitioners went upwards in 2025 (+1% compared to 2024). excluding general medicine, the increase is 2.1%. Since January 1, 2012, the number of doctors has increased by 9.9%. carried both per “A growing workforce of graduate doctors abroad” and by “Entry into activity” Generations having benefited from the marked increase in the numerus clausus between 2000 and 2020, underlines the DREES.

Doctors mainly have a liberal activity, but more and more often combined with a salaried activity.