User:Pristino/List of countries by 2008 Summer Olympics medal points per capita
This is a list of countries by 2008 Summer Olympics medal points per capita.
Medal points are calculated by assigning each country 3 points for each Gold medal, 2 points for each Silver medal and 1 point for each Brozen medal.
The per capita figures are obtained by dividing each country's medal points by its population for 2008 and multiplying it by 10 million.
Legend:
- MH: Medal hierarchy (Gold first, then Silver, then Bronze)
- TM: Total medals
- MP: Medal points (3 points for each Gold, 2 points for each Silver, 1 point for each Bronze)
- PpC: Points per capita (points divided by the country's population in 2008)
| Rank by MH |
Rank by TM |
Rank by MP |
Rank by PpC |
Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Points | Population (2008) |
Points per 10 million |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 57 | 63 | 1 |  Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 304,727 | 98.449 |
| 14 | 20 | 18 | 2 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 2,804,332 | 92.714 |
| 70 | 69 | 72 | 3 |  Iceland (ISL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 304,367 | 65.710 |
| 41 | 38 | 39 | 4 |  Slovenia (SLO) |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2,007,711 | 44.827 |
| 22 | 23 | 23 | 5 |  Norway (NOR) |
3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 4,644,457 | 43.062 |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |  Australia (AUS) |
14 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 89 | 21,007,310 | 42.366 |
| 25 | 24 | 24 | 7 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4,173,460 | 40.734 |
| 46 | 58 | 53 | 8 |  Estonia (EST) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1,307,605 | 38.238 |
| 28 | 12 | 12 | 9 |  Cuba (CUB) |
2 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 11,134,892 | 35.025 |
| 31 | 44 | 37 | 10 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2,996,081 | 33.377 |
| 16 | 13 | 16 | 11 |  Belarus (BLR) |
4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9,685,768 | 33.038 |
| 59 | 59 | 61 | 12 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1,231,323 | 32.485 |
| 45 | 51 | 50 | 13 |  Latvia (LAT) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2,245,423 | 26.721 |
| 27 | 31 | 32 | 14 |  Georgia (GEO) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4,630,841 | 25.913 |
| 26 | 32 | 29 | 15 |  Slovakia (SVK) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 5,455,407 | 25.663 |
| 30 | 27 | 30 | 16 |  Denmark (DEN) |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5,484,723 | 23.702 |
| 12 | 16 | 14 | 17 |  Netherlands (NED) |
7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 16,410,055 | 21.328 |
| 21 | 21 | 22 | 18 |  Hungary (HUN) |
3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 10,020,481 | 20.957 |
| 78 | 33 | 48 | 19 |  Armenia (ARM) |
0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2,968,586 | 20.212 |
| 56 | 39 | 44 | 20 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3,565,205 | 19.634 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
19 | 13 | 15 | 47 | 98 | 61,642,600 | 15.898 |
| 33 | 28 | 31 | 22 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7,581,520 | 15.828 |
| 56 | 40 | 45 | 23 |  Croatia (CRO) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4,491,543 | 15.585 |
| 24 | 34 | 27 | 24 |  Czech Republic (CZE) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 10,220,911 | 14.676 |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 |  South Korea (KOR) |
13 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 67 | 48,379,392 | 13.849 |
| 44 | 45 | 46 | 26 |  Finland (FIN) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5,244,749 | 13.347 |
| 29 | 19 | 21 | 27 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 16,649,642 | 12.613 |
| 39 | 29 | 33 | 28 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) |
1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9,111,089 | 12.073 |
| 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 |  France (FRA) |
7 | 16 | 18 | 41 | 71 | 64,057,790 | 11.084 |
| 42 | 41 | 42 | 30 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7,262,675 | 11.015 |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 31 |  Germany (GER) |
16 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 83 | 82,065,368 | 10.114 |
| 11 | 9 | 11 | 32 |  Ukraine (UKR) |
7 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 46 | 45,994,287 | 10.001 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 33 |  Russia (RUS) |
23 | 21 | 29 | 73 | 140 | 140,702,094 | 9.950 |
| 55 | 42 | 40 | 34 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 9,045,389 | 9.950 |
| 19 | 14 | 15 | 35 |  Canada (CAN) |
3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 33,212,696 | 9.936 |
| 52 | 70 | 69 | 36 |  Panama (PAN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3,309,679 | 9.064 |
| 61 | 52 | 58 | 37 |  Ireland (IRL) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4,517,706 | 8.854 |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 38 |  Italy (ITA) |
8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 52 | 60,091,306 | 8.653 |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | 39 |  Spain (ESP) |
5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 38 | 45,910,365 | 8.277 |
| 38 | 46 | 41 | 40 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) |
1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11,350,111 | 7.929 |
| 80 | 71 | 80 | 41 |  Mauritius (MRI) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1,274,189 | 7.848 |
| 13 | 18 | 17 | 42 |  Kenya (KEN) |
6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 38,540,806 | 7.784 |
| 17 | 25 | 25 | 43 |  Romania (ROU) |
4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22,060,808 | 7.706 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 |  United States (USA) |
36 | 38 | 36 | 110 | 220 | 304,374,846 | 7.228 |
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 45 |  Poland (POL) |
3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 38,500,696 | 5.714 |
| 64 | 60 | 64 | 46 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5,356,869 | 5.600 |
| 58 | 47 | 49 | 47 |  Greece (GRE) |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10,722,816 | 5.596 |
| 61 | 53 | 59 | 48 |  Serbia (SRB) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7,413,882 | 5.395 |
| 46 | 61 | 54 | 49 |  Dominican Republic (DOM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9,558,183 | 5.231 |
| 61 | 54 | 60 | 50 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8,205,533 | 4.875 |
| 46 | 62 | 55 | 51 |  Belgium (BEL) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10,403,951 | 4.806 |
| 46 | 63 | 56 | 52 |  Portugal (POR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10,676,910 | 4.683 |
| 34 | 35 | 34 | 53 |  North Korea (PRK) |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24,050,643 | 4.574 |
| 64 | 64 | 65 | 54 |  Tajikistan (TJK) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7,211,884 | 4.160 |
| 70 | 72 | 73 | 55 |  Singapore (SIN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4,930,613 | 4.056 |
| 8 | 11 | 10 | 56 |  Japan (JPN) |
9 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 127,787,736 | 3.834 |
| 40 | 36 | 35 | 57 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27,345,026 | 3.657 |
| 52 | 73 | 70 | 58 |  Tunisia (TUN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10,315,836 | 2.908 |
| — | — | — | — | World | 302 | 303 | 353 | 958 | 1,865 | 6,715,207,267 | 2.777 |
| 80 | 74 | 81 | 59 |  Moldova (MDA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3,811,763 | 2.623 |
| 35 | 37 | 36 | 60 |  Argentina (ARG) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 40,481,998 | 2.470 |
| 18 | 30 | 26 | 61 |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 82,544,838 | 1.938 |
| 37 | 26 | 28 | 62 |  Turkey (TUR) |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 75,793,836 | 1.847 |
| 79 | 48 | 57 | 63 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22,920,946 | 1.745 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 64 |  China (CHN) |
51 | 21 | 28 | 100 | 223 | 1,317,065,677 | 1.693 |
| 52 | 75 | 71 | 65 |  Cameroon (CMR) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18,467,692 | 1.624 |
| 80 | 76 | 82 | 66 |  Togo (TOG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,220,348 | 1.608 |
| 31 | 49 | 38 | 67 |  Thailand (THA) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 65,531,043 | 1.526 |
| 80 | 77 | 83 | 68 |  Israel (ISR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7,112,359 | 1.406 |
| 70 | 78 | 74 | 69 |  Ecuador (ECU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14,354,469 | 1.393 |
| 23 | 17 | 19 | 70 |  Brazil (BRA) |
3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 196,342,587 | 1.273 |
| 70 | 79 | 75 | 71 |  Chile (CHI) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16,454,143 | 1.215 |
| 64 | 65 | 66 | 72 |  Morocco (MAR) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30,940,455 | 0.970 |
| 64 | 66 | 67 | 73 |  Algeria (ALG) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 33,769,669 | 0.888 |
| 70 | 80 | 76 | 74 |  Malaysia (MAS) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27,357,758 | 0.731 |
| 64 | 67 | 68 | 75 |  Colombia (COL) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43,141,109 | 0.695 |
| 36 | 55 | 47 | 76 |  Mexico (MEX) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 109,955,400 | 0.637 |
| 51 | 68 | 62 | 77 |  Iran (IRI) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 75,025,356 | 0.533 |
| 70 | 81 | 77 | 78 |  Sudan (SUD) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 41,680,784 | 0.480 |
| 70 | 82 | 78 | 79 |  South Africa (RSA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48,782,755 | 0.410 |
| 80 | 83 | 84 | 80 |  Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26,414,815 | 0.379 |
| 80 | 84 | 85 | 81 |  Afghanistan (AFG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27,705,724 | 0.361 |
| 42 | 43 | 43 | 82 |  Indonesia (INA) |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 237,512,355 | 0.337 |
| 60 | 50 | 51 | 83 |  Nigeria (NGR) |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 153,433,398 | 0.326 |
| 70 | 85 | 79 | 84 |  Vietnam (VIE) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 87,558,363 | 0.228 |
| 80 | 86 | 86 | 85 |  Egypt (EGY) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77,266,685 | 0.129 |
| 50 | 56 | 52 | 86 |  India (IND) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1,140,566,211 | 0.044 |