Going off of wiki's latest population numbers and 2024 medal counts and ignoring the "Refugee Olympic Team" or "Individual Neutral Athletes." Top 5 would be:
Any medal:
Grenada: 2 medals / 112k people
Dominica: 1 medal / 67k people
Saint Lucia: 2 medals / 184k people
New Zealand: 20 medals / 5.3m people
Bahrain: 4 medals / 1.6m people
Australia, 9th.
Golds only:
Dominica: 1 gold / 67k people
Saint Lucia: 2 golds / 184k people
New Zealand: 10 golds / 5.3m people
Bahrain: 2 golds / 1.6m people
Slovenia: 2 golds / 2.1m people
Australia, 10th.
Fun fact: India beats Pakistan in per-capital medals. 6 medals / 1.4b vs. 1 medal / 241m, but Pakistan has infinitely more gold medals.
Let me guess - Australia won on a per capita basis?
I have no idea why India does so poorly per capita.
Interesting question.
Going off of wiki's latest population numbers and 2024 medal counts and ignoring the "Refugee Olympic Team" or "Individual Neutral Athletes." Top 5 would be:
Any medal:
Australia, 9th.
Golds only:
Australia, 10th.
Fun fact: India beats Pakistan in per-capital medals. 6 medals / 1.4b vs. 1 medal / 241m, but Pakistan has infinitely more gold medals.
Damn New Zealand looks impressive.
I agree. With one or two medals you could be looking at a statistical anomaly, but New Zealand's right up there with them.