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The question was about professors specifically.
Probably not: in lots of countries other than the UK, there isn't a job title "lecturer" and everyone who lectures in higher education is called a professor, whereas in the UK a professor is a very senior post, given only to very distinguished researchers who are well known in their field. It's not just a job, it's a mark of academic distinction that you don't lose on retirement, you become professor emeritus. A department might have 30 university lecturers but only two or three professors.
I'm from Latvia and went to uni in Latvia. Professors and lecturers were separate positions. I guess educational system in xUSSR countries is similar to UK, so I have no clue how it works in other countries outside of UK and xUSSR.