For a while IBM didn't seem to know that the super heavy weight boxing silver medal winner, Paea Wolfgram, represented Tonga! This denied Tonga their number one status in Total Medals/Million and Weighted score per million, the man is a hero!
Population data from the United Nations Population Information Network. Olympic medal information from IBM@Atlanta
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Gold medals per Million population RANK COUNTRY GOLD/Mill G S B 1 NEW ZEALAND 0.850 3 2 1 2 IRELAND 0.848 3 0 1 3 CUBA 0.821 9 8 8 4 DENMARK 0.773 4 1 1 5 HUNGARY 0.689 7 4 10 6 SWITZERLAND 0.561 4 3 0 7 AUSTRALIA 0.504 9 9 23 8 NORWAY 0.463 2 2 3 9 JAMAICA 0.412 1 3 2 10 CZECH REPUBLIC 0.389 4 3 4 11 GREECE 0.384 4 4 0 12 BULGARIA 0.340 3 7 5 13 COSTA RICA 0.299 1 0 0 14 ARMENIA 0.282 1 1 0 15 NETHERLANDS 0.260 4 5 10 16 FRANCE 0.260 15 7 15 17 GERMANY 0.246 20 18 27 18 SWEDEN 0.229 2 4 2 19 ITALY 0.227 13 10 12 20 CROATIA 0.222 1 1 0 21 BELGIUM 0.198 2 2 2 22 FINLAND 0.197 1 2 1 23 SLOVAKIA 0.188 1 1 1 24 POLAND 0.183 7 5 5 25 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0.176 26 21 16 26 KAZAKHSTAN 0.176 3 4 4 27 UKRAINE 0.175 9 2 12 28 ROMANIA 0.175 4 7 9 29 HONG KONG 0.171 1 0 0 30 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.169 44 32 25 31 BURUNDI 0.161 1 0 0 32 KOREA 0.157 7 15 5 33 SPAIN 0.126 5 6 6 34 CANADA 0.103 3 11 8 35 PORTUGAL 0.102 1 0 1 36 BELARUS 0.098 1 6 8 37 YUGOSLAVIA 0.093 1 1 2 38 ECUADOR 0.089 1 0 0 39 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 0.085 2 1 2 40 SOUTH AFRICA 0.074 3 1 1 41 ALGERIA 0.073 2 0 1 42 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0.071 1 0 0 43 TURKEY 0.066 4 1 1 44 ETHIOPIA 0.037 2 0 1 45 KENYA 0.037 1 4 3 46 JAPAN 0.024 3 6 5 47 BRAZIL 0.019 3 3 9 48 NIGERIA 0.018 2 1 3 49 GREAT BRITAIN 0.017 1 8 6 50 THAILAND 0.017 1 0 1 51 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 0.015 1 1 1 52 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 0.013 16 22 12 53 INDONESIA 0.005 1 1 2 Total medals per Million population RANK COUNTRY MEDALS/M G S B 1 TONGA 10.204 0 1 0 2 BAHAMAS 3.676 0 1 0 3 JAMAICA 2.470 1 3 2 4 AUSTRALIA 2.297 9 9 23 5 CUBA 2.281 9 8 8 6 HUNGARY 2.067 7 4 10 7 BULGARIA 1.701 3 7 5 8 NEW ZEALAND 1.699 3 2 1 9 NORWAY 1.621 2 2 3 10 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1.548 0 0 2 11 BELARUS 1.476 1 6 8 12 NAMIBIA 1.333 0 2 0 13 NETHERLANDS 1.234 4 5 10 14 DENMARK 1.160 4 1 1 15 IRELAND 1.130 3 0 1 16 CZECH REPUBLIC 1.068 4 3 4 17 SLOVENIA 1.030 0 2 0 18 SWITZERLAND 0.982 4 3 0 19 SWEDEN 0.916 2 4 2 20 ROMANIA 0.873 4 7 9 21 GERMANY 0.800 20 18 27 22 FINLAND 0.787 1 2 1 23 GREECE 0.768 4 4 0 24 CANADA 0.755 3 11 8 25 KAZAKHSTAN 0.646 3 4 4 26 FRANCE 0.641 15 7 15 27 ITALY 0.612 13 10 12 28 KOREA 0.606 7 15 5 29 BELGIUM 0.595 2 2 2 30 ARMENIA 0.564 1 1 0 31 SLOVAKIA 0.563 1 1 1 32 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 0.452 0 1 1 33 UKRAINE 0.447 9 2 12 34 CROATIA 0.444 1 1 0 35 POLAND 0.443 7 5 5 36 SPAIN 0.430 5 6 6 37 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 0.427 26 21 16 38 MONGOLIA 0.423 0 0 1 39 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.388 44 32 25 40 LATVIA 0.387 0 1 0 41 AUSTRIA 0.379 0 1 2 42 YUGOSLAVIA 0.372 1 1 2 43 GEORGIA 0.367 0 0 2 44 COSTA RICA 0.299 1 0 0 45 KENYA 0.293 1 4 3 46 PUERTO RICO 0.274 0 0 1 47 LITHUANIA 0.270 0 0 1 48 GREAT BRITAIN 0.258 1 8 6 49 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 0.213 2 1 2 50 PORTUGAL 0.203 1 0 1 51 ISRAEL 0.183 0 0 1 52 HONG KONG 0.171 1 0 0 53 BURUNDI 0.161 1 0 0 54 AZERBAIJAN 0.134 0 1 0 55 SOUTH AFRICA 0.123 3 1 1 56 TUNISIA 0.115 0 0 1 57 JAPAN 0.112 3 6 5 58 ALGERIA 0.110 2 0 1 59 ZAMBIA 0.109 0 1 0 60 MALAYSIA 0.102 0 1 1 61 TURKEY 0.099 4 1 1 62 BRAZIL 0.094 3 3 9 63 UZBEKISTAN 0.089 0 1 1 64 ECUADOR 0.089 1 0 0 65 ARGENTINA 0.088 0 2 1 66 MOROCCO 0.076 0 0 2 67 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0.071 1 0 0 68 MOZAMBIQUE 0.064 0 0 1 69 ETHIOPIA 0.056 2 0 1 70 NIGERIA 0.055 2 1 3 71 UGANDA 0.048 0 0 1 72 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 0.046 1 1 1 73 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 0.041 16 22 12 74 THAILAND 0.034 1 0 1 75 INDONESIA 0.021 1 1 2 76 PHILLIPPINES 0.015 0 1 0 77 MEXICO 0.011 0 0 1 78 INDIA 0.001 0 0 1 Weighted medal score per Million population Gold = 4, Silver = 2, Bronze = 1 RANK COUNTRY POINTS/M G S B 1 TONGA 20.408 0 1 0 2 BAHAMAS 7.353 0 1 0 3 CUBA 5.474 9 8 8 4 JAMAICA 4.940 1 3 2 5 NEW ZEALAND 4.815 3 2 1 6 HUNGARY 4.527 7 4 10 7 AUSTRALIA 4.313 9 9 23 8 IRELAND 3.673 3 0 1 9 DENMARK 3.673 4 1 1 10 BULGARIA 3.516 3 7 5 11 NORWAY 3.474 2 2 3 12 SWITZERLAND 3.085 4 3 0 13 NAMIBIA 2.667 0 2 0 14 CZECH REPUBLIC 2.525 4 3 4 15 BELARUS 2.362 1 6 8 16 NETHERLANDS 2.338 4 5 10 17 GREECE 2.304 4 4 0 18 SWEDEN 2.060 2 4 2 19 SLOVENIA 2.060 0 2 0 20 FINLAND 1.771 1 2 1 21 GERMANY 1.759 20 18 27 22 ROMANIA 1.701 4 7 9 23 ARMENIA 1.691 1 1 0 24 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1.548 0 0 2 25 FRANCE 1.541 15 7 15 26 ITALY 1.470 13 10 12 27 CANADA 1.441 3 11 8 28 KOREA 1.414 7 15 5 29 KAZAKHSTAN 1.410 3 4 4 30 BELGIUM 1.389 2 2 2 31 CROATIA 1.332 1 1 0 32 SLOVAKIA 1.313 1 1 1 33 COSTA RICA 1.195 1 0 0 34 POLAND 1.122 7 5 5 35 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1.099 26 21 16 36 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1.017 44 32 25 37 UKRAINE 1.010 9 2 12 38 SPAIN 0.960 5 6 6 39 LATVIA 0.774 0 1 0 40 YUGOSLAVIA 0.743 1 1 2 41 HONG KONG 0.685 1 0 0 42 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 0.679 0 1 1 43 BURUNDI 0.644 1 0 0 44 KENYA 0.549 1 4 3 45 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA 0.511 2 1 2 46 PORTUGAL 0.509 1 0 1 47 AUSTRIA 0.505 0 1 2 48 GREAT BRITAIN 0.448 1 8 6 49 MONGOLIA 0.423 0 0 1 50 SOUTH AFRICA 0.370 3 1 1 51 GEORGIA 0.367 0 0 2 52 ECUADOR 0.357 1 0 0 53 ALGERIA 0.329 2 0 1 54 TURKEY 0.313 4 1 1 55 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 0.282 1 0 0 56 PUERTO RICO 0.274 0 0 1 57 LITHUANIA 0.270 0 0 1 58 AZERBAIJAN 0.268 0 1 0 59 JAPAN 0.232 3 6 5 60 ZAMBIA 0.217 0 1 0 61 ISRAEL 0.183 0 0 1 62 BRAZIL 0.170 3 3 9 63 ETHIOPIA 0.168 2 0 1 64 MALAYSIA 0.152 0 1 1 65 ARGENTINA 0.146 0 2 1 66 UZBEKISTAN 0.134 0 1 1 67 NIGERIA 0.120 2 1 3 68 TUNISIA 0.115 0 0 1 69 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN 0.106 1 1 1 70 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 0.099 16 22 12 71 THAILAND 0.086 1 0 1 72 MOROCCO 0.076 0 0 2 73 MOZAMBIQUE 0.064 0 0 1 74 UGANDA 0.048 0 0 1 75 INDONESIA 0.041 1 1 2 76 PHILLIPPINES 0.030 0 1 0 77 MEXICO 0.011 0 0 1 78 INDIA 0.001 0 0 1