| Rank |
Country |
Gold Medals |
Population |
Population
per Gold Medal |
| 1 |
Finland |
101 |
5,407,040 |
53,535 |
| 2 |
Hungary |
167 |
9,962,000 |
59,652 |
| 3 |
Sweden |
143 |
9,490,683 |
66,368 |
| 4 |
Bahamas |
4 |
353,658 |
88,414 |
| 5 |
Norway |
55 |
5,005,700 |
91,012 |
| 6 |
East Germany |
153 |
16,111,000 |
105,300 |
| 7 |
Grenada |
1 |
110,821 |
110,821 |
| 8 |
New Zealand |
39 |
4,432,620 |
113,656 |
| 9 |
Denmark |
43 |
5,580,516 |
129,779 |
| 10 |
Bulgaria |
51 |
7,364,570 |
144,403 |
| 11 |
Estonia |
9 |
1,318,005 |
146,445 |
| 12 |
Cuba |
70 |
11,241,161 |
160,588 |
| 13 |
Australia |
137 |
22,880,619 |
167,011 |
| 14 |
Switzerland |
47 |
7,870,100 |
167,448 |
| 15 |
Jamaica |
15 |
2,705,827 |
180,388 |
| 16 |
Czechoslovakia |
49 |
10,318,000 |
210,571 |
| 17 |
Romania |
88 |
19,042,936 |
216,397 |
| 18 |
Netherlands |
76 |
16,731,770 |
220,154 |
| 19 |
Great Britain |
230 |
62,262,000 |
270,704 |
| 20 |
Belgium |
37 |
10,951,266 |
295,980 |
| 21 |
Italy |
197 |
60,776,531 |
308,510 |
| 22 |
United States |
963 |
313,382,000 |
325,422 |
| 23 |
France |
199 |
65,350,000 |
328,391 |
| 24 |
Greece |
30 |
10,787,690 |
359,589 |
| 25 |
Yugoslavia |
28 |
10,348,473 |
369,588 |
| 26 |
Austria |
18 |
8,452,835 |
469,601 |
| 27 |
Germany |
172 |
81,831,000 |
475,761 |
| 28 |
Luxembourg |
1 |
511,800 |
511,800 |
| 29 |
Slovenia |
4 |
2,057,540 |
514,385 |
| 30 |
Suriname |
1 |
529,000 |
529,000 |
| 31 |
Ireland |
8 |
4,588,252 |
573,531 |
| 32 |
Canada |
59 |
34,771,400 |
589,345 |
| 33 |
Poland |
64 |
38,501,000 |
601,578 |
| 34 |
South Korea |
80 |
48,580,000 |
607,250 |
| 35 |
Lithuania |
5 |
3,192,800 |
638,560 |
| 36 |
Soviet Union |
395 |
272,000,000 |
688,607 |
| 37 |
Belarus |
13 |
9,461,400 |
727,800 |
| 38 |
Georgia |
6 |
4,469,200 |
744,866 |
| 39 |
Slovakia |
7 |
5,445,324 |
777,903 |
| 40 |
Croatia |
5 |
4,290,612 |
858,122 |
| 41 |
Czech Republic |
11 |
10,504,203 |
954,927 |
| 42 |
Japan |
127 |
127,650,000 |
1,005,118 |
| 43 |
Latvia |
2 |
2,070,371 |
1,035,185 |
| 44 |
Kazakhstan |
15 |
16,718,000 |
1,114,533 |
| 45 |
Russia |
121 |
143,056,383 |
1,182,284 |
| 46 |
Bahrain |
1 |
1,234,571 |
1,234,571 |
| 47 |
Spain |
36 |
46,196,278 |
1,283,229 |
| 48 |
West Germany |
56 |
72,562,666 |
1,295,761 |
| 49 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
1,317,714 |
1,317,714 |
| 50 |
Mongolia |
2 |
2,736,800 |
1,368,400 |
| 51 |
Ukraine |
31 |
45,644,419 |
1,472,400 |
| 52 |
Australasia |
3 |
4,651,848 |
1,550,616 |
| 53 |
Uruguay |
2 |
3,251,526 |
1,625,763 |
| 54 |
Kenya |
23 |
38,610,097 |
1,678,699 |
| 55 |
North Korea |
14 |
24,052,231 |
1,718,016 |
| 56 |
Turkey |
37 |
74,724,269 |
2,019,574 |
| 57 |
South Africa |
23 |
50,586,757 |
2,199,424 |
| 58 |
Azerbaijan |
4 |
9,111,100 |
2,277,775 |
| 59 |
Argentina |
17 |
40,117,096 |
2,359,829 |
| 60 |
Portugal |
4 |
10,561,614 |
2,640,403 |
| 61 |
Germany |
28 |
81,831,000 |
2,922,535 |
| 62 |
Dominican Republic |
3 |
9,378,818 |
3,126,272 |
| 63 |
Armenia |
1 |
3,268,500 |
3,268,500 |
| 64 |
Panama |
1 |
3,405,813 |
3,405,813 |
| 65 |
Ethiopia |
20 |
84,320,987 |
4,216,049 |
| 66 |
Zimbabwe |
3 |
12,754,000 |
4,251,333 |
| 67 |
Costa Rica |
1 |
4,301,712 |
4,301,712 |
| 68 |
Tunisia |
2 |
10,673,800 |
5,336,900 |
| 69 |
Morocco |
6 |
32,526,800 |
5,421,133 |
| 70 |
Cameroon |
3 |
19,406,100 |
6,468,700 |
| 71 |
China |
199 |
1,347,350,000 |
6,770,603 |
| 72 |
Iran |
11 |
76,309,000 |
6,937,181 |
| 73 |
Hong Kong |
1 |
7,103,700 |
7,103,700 |
| 74 |
Uzbekistan |
4 |
29,123,400 |
7,280,850 |
| 75 |
Algeria |
5 |
37,100,000 |
7,420,000 |
| 76 |
Israel |
1 |
7,859,300 |
7,859,300 |
| 77 |
Burundi |
1 |
8,038,618 |
8,038,618 |
| 78 |
United Arab Emirates |
1 |
8,264,070 |
8,264,070 |
| 79 |
Chile |
2 |
17,402,630 |
8,701,315 |
| 80 |
Brazil |
22 |
192,376,496 |
8,744,386 |
| 81 |
Thailand |
7 |
65,479,453 |
9,354,207 |
| 82 |
Mexico |
12 |
112,336,538 |
9,361,378 |
| 83 |
Taiwan |
2 |
23,234,003 |
11,617,001 |
| 84 |
Egypt |
7 |
81,927,000 |
11,703,857 |
| 85 |
Venezuela |
2 |
27,150,095 |
13,575,047 |
| 86 |
Ecuador |
1 |
14,483,499 |
14,483,499 |
| 87 |
Syria |
1 |
21,532,000 |
21,532,000 |
| 88 |
Mozambique |
1 |
23,700,715 |
23,700,715 |
| 89 |
Peru |
1 |
30,135,875 |
30,135,875 |
| 90 |
Uganda |
1 |
32,939,800 |
32,939,800 |
| 91 |
Indonesia |
6 |
237,641,326 |
39,606,887 |
| 92 |
Colombia |
1 |
46,475,000 |
46,475,000 |
| 93 |
Pakistan |
3 |
179,309,000 |
59,769,666 |
| 94 |
Nigeria |
2 |
162,471,000 |
81,235,500 |
| 95 |
India |
9 |
1,241,491,960 |
137,943,551 |
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