
Of 135 countries, representing 95.79% of the 2017 global population, for which information is available, 39 countries (15.48% of the population) require a prescription, including the United States; 10 (4.31%) formally required a health screening but no prescription; 36 (51.23%) have formal policies that do not not require a prescription or a health screening; and 50 (24.75%) have informal policies making birth control pills available without a prescription. Overall, 80.29% of the world’s population has access to birth control pills without a prescription.
Country | Rx Required | Available without Rx (health screening required) | Available without Rx (no health screening required) | Informally Available without Rx | 2017 Population (millions) | Percent of Global Population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 39 | 10 | 36 | 50 | 7,213.69 | -- | |
Percent of Global Population | 15.48% | 4.31% | 51.23% | 24.75% | -- | 95.79% | |
1 | Afghanistan | X | 35.53 | 0.47% | |||
2 | Albania | X | 2.87 | 0.04% | |||
3 | Algeria | X | 41.32 | 0.55% | |||
4 | Angola | X | 39.78 | 0.53% | |||
5 | Argentina | X | 44.27 | 0.59% | |||
6 | Armenia | X | 2.93 | 0.04% | |||
7 | Australia | X | 24.60 | 0.33% | |||
8 | Austria | X | 8.81 | 0.12% | |||
9 | Azerbaijan | X | 9.86 | 0.13% | |||
10 | Bahamas | X | 0.40 | 0.01% | |||
11 | Bahrain | X | 1.49 | 0.02% | |||
12 | Bangladesh | X | 164.70 | 2.19% | |||
13 | Belarus | X | 9.51 | 0.13% | |||
14 | Belgium | X | 11.37 | 0.15% | |||
15 | Belize | X | 0.37 | 0.00% | |||
16 | Bhutan | X | 0.81 | 0.01% | |||
17 | Bolivia | X | 11.05 | 0.15% | |||
18 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | X | 3.51 | 0.05% | |||
19 | Botswana | X | 2.30 | 0.03% | |||
20 | Brazil | X | 209.30 | 2.78% | |||
21 | Bulgaria | X | 7.10 | 0.09% | |||
22 | Burkina Faso | X | 19.19 | 0.25% | |||
23 | Cambodia | X | 16.01 | 0.21% | |||
24 | Cameroon | X | 24.05 | 0.32% | |||
25 | Canada | X | 36.71 | 0.49% | |||
26 | Cape Verde | X | 0.55 | 0.01% | |||
27 | Chad | X | 14.9 | 0.20% | |||
28 | Chile | X | 18.05 | 0.24% | |||
29 | China | X | 1,386.40 | 18.41% | |||
30 | Colombia | X | 49.07 | 0.65% | |||
31 | Costa Rica | X | 4.91 | 0.07% | |||
32 | Croatia | X | 4.13 | 0.05% | |||
33 | Cuba | X | 11.48 | 0.15% | |||
34 | Czech Republic | X | 10.59 | 0.14% | |||
35 | Democratic Congo | X | 81.34 | 1.08% | |||
36 | Denmark | X | 5.77 | 0.08% | |||
37 | Djibouti | X | 0.96 | 0.01% | |||
38 | Dominican Republic | X | 10.77 | 0.14% | |||
39 | Ecuador | X | 16.62 | 0.22% | |||
40 | Egypt | X | 97.55 | 1.30% | |||
41 | El Salvador | X | 6.38 | 0.08% | |||
42 | Equatorial Guinea | X | 1.00 | 0.01% | |||
43 | Estonia | X | 1.27 | 0.02% | |||
44 | Ethiopia | X | 104.96 | 1.39% | |||
45 | Finland | X | 5.51 | 0.07% | |||
46 | France | X | 67.12 | 0.89% | |||
47 | Gabon | X | 2.03 | 0.03% | |||
48 | Georgia | X | 3.72 | 0.05% | |||
49 | Germany | X | 82.70 | 1.10% | |||
50 | Ghana | X | 28.83 | 0.38% | |||
51 | Greece | X | 10.76 | 0.14% | |||
52 | Guatemala | X | 16.91 | 0.22% | |||
53 | Guinea | X | 12.72 | 0.17% | |||
54 | Haiti | X | 10.98 | 0.15% | |||
55 | Honduras | X | 9.27 | 0.12% | |||
56 | Hungary | X | 9.78 | 0.13% | |||
57 | Iceland | X | 0.34 | 0.00% | |||
58 | India | X | 1,339.18 | 17.78% | |||
59 | Indonesia | X | 264.00 | 3.51% | |||
60 | Iran | X | 81.16 | 1.08% | |||
61 | Ireland | X | 4.81 | 0.06% | |||
62 | Israel | X | 8.71 | 0.12% | |||
63 | Italy | X | 60.55 | 0.80 | |||
64 | Ivory Coast | X | 24.30 | 0.32% | |||
65 | Jamaica | X | 2.89 | 0.04% | |||
66 | Japan | X | 126.79 | 1.68% | |||
67 | Jordan | X | 9.70 | 0.13% | |||
68 | Kazakhstan | X | 18.04 | 0.24% | |||
69 | Kenya | X | 49.70 | 0.66% | |||
70 | Kuwait | X | 4.14 | 0.05% | |||
71 | Laos | X | 6.86 | 0.09% | |||
72 | Lesotho | X | 2.23 | 0.03% | |||
73 | Liberia | X | 4.73 | 0.06% | |||
74 | Lithuania | X | 2.83 | 0.04% | |||
75 | Macedonia | X | 2.08 | 0.03% | |||
76 | Madagascar | X | 25.57 | 0.34% | |||
77 | Malawi | X | 18.62 | 0.25% | |||
78 | Malaysia | X | 31.62 | 0.42% | |||
79 | Mali | X | 18.54 | 0.25% | |||
80 | Mexico | X | 129.16 | 1.72% | |||
81 | Moldova | X | 3.55 | 0.05% | |||
82 | Mongolia | X | 3.10 | 0.04% | |||
83 | Morrocco | X | 35.74 | 0.47% | |||
84 | Mozambique | X | 29.67 | 0.39% | |||
85 | Namibia | X | 2.53 | 0.03% | |||
86 | Nepal | X | 29.30 | 0.39% | |||
87 | Netherlands | X | 17.13 | 0.23% | |||
88 | New Zealand | X | 4.79 | 0.06% | |||
89 | Nigeria | X | 190.89 | 2.53% | |||
90 | Norway | X | 5.28 | 0.07% | |||
91 | Pakistan | X | 197.02 | 2.62% | |||
92 | Palestine | X | 4.68 | 0.06% | |||
93 | Panama | X | 4.10 | 0.05% | |||
94 | Paraguay | X | 6.81 | 0.09% | |||
95 | Peru | X | 32.17 | 0.43% | |||
96 | Philippines | X | 104.92 | 1.39% | |||
97 | Poland | X | 37.98 | 0.50% | |||
98 | Portugal | X | 10.29 | 0.14% | |||
99 | Romania | X | 19.59 | 0.26% | |||
100 | Russia | X | 144.5 | 1.92% | |||
101 | Rwanda | X | 12.21 | 0.16% | |||
102 | Saudi Arabia | X | 32.94 | 0.44% | |||
103 | Senegal | X | 15.85 | 0.21% | |||
104 | Serbia | X | 7.02 | 0.09% | |||
105 | Slovakia | X | 5.44 | 0.07% | |||
106 | Slovenia | X | 2.07 | 0.03% | |||
107 | South Africa | X | 56.72 | 0.75% | |||
108 | South Korea | X | 51.45 | 0.68% | |||
109 | Spain | X | 46.57 | 0.62% | |||
110 | Sri Lanka | X | 21.44 | 0.28% | |||
111 | Sudan | X | 40.53 | 0.54% | |||
112 | Swaziland | X | 1.37 | 0.02% | |||
113 | Sweden | X | 10.07 | 0.13% | |||
114 | Switzerland | X | 8.47 | 0.11% | |||
115 | Syria | X | 18.27 | 0.24% | |||
116 | Taiwan | X | 23.63 | 0.31% | |||
117 | Tajikistan | X | 8.92 | 0.12% | |||
118 | Tanzania | X | 57.31 | 0.76% | |||
119 | Thailand | X | 69.04 | 0.92% | |||
120 | Togo | X | 7.80 | 0.10% | |||
121 | Trinidad & Tobago | X | 1.37 | 0.02% | |||
122 | Tunisia | X | 11.53 | 0.15% | |||
123 | Turkey | X | 80.75 | 1.07% | |||
124 | Turkmenistan | X | 5.76 | 0.08% | |||
125 | Uganda | X | 42.86 | 0.57% | |||
126 | Ukraine | X | 44.83 | 0.60% | |||
127 | United Arab Emirates | X | 9.40 | 0.12% | |||
128 | United Kingdom | X | 66.02 | 0.88% | |||
129 | United States | X | 325.72 | 4.33% | |||
130 | Uruguay | X | 3.46 | 0.05% | |||
131 | Venezuela | X | 32.00 | 0.42% | |||
132 | Vietnam | X | 95.54 | 1.27% | |||
133 | Yemen | X | 28.25 | 0.38 | |||
134 | Zambia | X | 17.09 | 0.23% | |||
135 | Zimbabwe | X | 16.53 | 0.22% |