With borders back open, thousands of international doctors are again coming to work in Australia.

Close to 3000 new doctors arrived in Australia in the past year, a 41 per cent rise in international medical graduate registrations.

Registrations for overseas nurses and midwives also rose 35 per cent, with 4629 recruits.

Those numbers show the country's international healthcare workforce is finally bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency says.

The number of Australian-born workers has also grown, with more than 850,000 people employed in the health system.

"There are now more healthcare workers in Australia than ever before, with all state and territories benefiting from an increase," AHPRA chief executive Martin Fletcher said.

"At a time of unprecedented demand, there are thousands of fully qualified doctors, nurses and midwives who can ease the strain on Australia's stretched health systems and help patients receive the care they need sooner."

The medical regulator expects the workforce will growth further, with doctor registrations for the start of 2022-23 already 56 per cent higher than the same time last year.

Nurse and midwife applications have also increased by 87 per cent.

To be registered to work in Australia, practitioners must provide proof of their training, qualifications and English language skills, as well as checks on their identity and criminal history.

More than 60 per cent of international applications are missing some of the critical information, making the assessment process more complex.

As a result, the medical regulator has bolstered its services, launching a new webpage for offshore hopefuls and placing more senior staff on the frontline to fast-track applications.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has welcomed the changes but says there needs to be more government funding to strengthen the GP workforce.

"Too many of Australia's political leaders just don't get it," college president Nicole Higgins said.

"Healthcare funding is totally topsy turvy - general practice provides the vast majority of health services to Australian patients annually but receives just eight per cent of total health expenditure."