Now that we've got some medals on the board I was interested in seeing what the points total would look like if we factored in the size of the team or the population pool that the athletes had come from to see how that changes the rankings.
Points
| Country |
Population |
Athletes |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Count |
Points |
Points % Athlete |
Points % Population |
| United States |
308,672,000 |
215 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
3.26% |
0.000002% |
| South Korea |
49,773,145 |
46 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
5 |
10.87% |
0.000010% |
| Netherlands |
16,589,850 |
34 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
8.82% |
0.000018% |
| Slovakia |
5,421,937 |
73 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
4.11% |
0.000055% |
| Switzerland |
7,779,200 |
145 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
2.07% |
0.000039% |
| Germany |
81,757,600 |
153 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1.31% |
0.000002% |
| Canada |
34,000,000 |
205 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
0.98% |
0.000006% |
| Austria |
8,372,930 |
81 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.23% |
0.000012% |
| France |
65,447,374 |
108 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.93% |
0.000002% |
| Russian Federation |
141,927,297 |
177 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.56% |
0.000001% |
Points as Percentage of Athletes
| Country |
Population |
Athletes |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Count |
Points |
Points % Athlete |
Points % Population |
| South Korea |
49,773,145 |
46 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
5 |
10.87% |
0.000010% |
| Netherlands |
16,589,850 |
34 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
8.82% |
0.000018% |
| Slovakia |
5,421,937 |
73 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
4.11% |
0.000055% |
| United States |
308,672,000 |
215 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
3.26% |
0.000002% |
| Switzerland |
7,779,200 |
145 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
2.07% |
0.000039% |
| Germany |
81,757,600 |
153 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1.31% |
0.000002% |
| Austria |
8,372,930 |
81 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.23% |
0.000012% |
| Canada |
34,000,000 |
205 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
0.98% |
0.000006% |
| France |
65,447,374 |
108 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.93% |
0.000002% |
| Russian Federation |
141,927,297 |
177 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.56% |
0.000001% |
Points as a Percentage of Population
| Country |
Population |
Athletes |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Count |
Points |
Points % Athlete |
Points % Population |
| Slovakia |
5,421,937 |
73 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
4.11% |
0.000055% |
| Switzerland |
7,779,200 |
145 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
2.07% |
0.000039% |
| Netherlands |
16,589,850 |
34 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
8.82% |
0.000018% |
| Austria |
8,372,930 |
81 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.23% |
0.000012% |
| South Korea |
49,773,145 |
46 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
5 |
10.87% |
0.000010% |
| Canada |
34,000,000 |
205 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
0.98% |
0.000006% |
| Germany |
81,757,600 |
153 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
1.31% |
0.000002% |
| United States |
308,672,000 |
215 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
3.26% |
0.000002% |
| France |
65,447,374 |
108 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.93% |
0.000002% |
| Russian Federation |
141,927,297 |
177 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0.56% |
0.000001% |
Sources:
Vancouver 2010 Medals
Vancouver 2010 Athletes, Teams and Countries
Wikipedia List of Countries by Population