Population-adjusted medals table - Commonwealth Games since 1990

16 July 2014

Per capita, which has been the most successful country in the last six Commonwealth Games?
Country	Rank	Average Population (1990-2010)	Average Medal Points	People per Medal Point
1	Nauru	9,833	9.17	1,073
2	(Western) Samoa*	174,721	3.83	45,619
3	Australia	19,335,377	402.83	47,798
4	Bahamas	304,541	6.00	50,757
5	Seychelles	80,140	1.50	53,427
6	New Zealand	3,877,617	72.33	53,608
7	Isle of Man	76,714	1.33	57,536
8	Bermuda	62,025	1.00	62,025
9	Wales	2,922,483	38.33	76,239
10	Cyprus	940,616	11.00	85,511
11	Guernsey	62,258	0.67	93,387
12	Jamaica	2,560,984	22.00	116,408
13	Scotland	5,109,067	42.67	119,744
14	Northern Ireland	1,693,350	13.33	127,001
15	Jersey	89,459	0.67	134,188
16	Canada	30,848,098	198.83	155,146
17	England	49,565,917	262.17	189,063
18	Singapore	4,007,883	20.17	198,738
19	Barbados	268,665	1.17	230,284
20	Fiji	814,971	1.50	271,657
Selected Others
27	Kenya	31,741,760	40.83	777,349
28	South Africa	45,031,419	51.50	874,396
34	Nigeria	126,723,495	41.33	3,065,891
38	Sri Lanka	18,853,667	3.17	5,953,789
39	India	1,040,118,255	102.33	10,164,022
42	Pakistan	142,571,648	6.17	23,119,727
43	Bangladesh	130,872,387	1.67	78,523,432
Only the 43 countries who participated in at least three Games between 1990 and 2010 are included in our calculations. Three medal points are awarded for a gold; two for silver; one for bronze.* Samoa was known as Western Samoa until 1997