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How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Nobel laureates per 10 million people, 160 countries & territories. Nobel Prize laureates born within the country’s present-day borders, per 10 million current residents. People only (organisations excluded), each person counted once, from the official Nobel Prize data (CC0). Birthplace is not the same as where the work was done. Countries under 1 million people are left out, because a single laureate would dominate the rate.

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Source: Nobel Prize Outreach· 2025

Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0) to the highest value (28.3).

The ranking

  1. 1 Sweden 28.3 2025
  2. 2 Norway 23.2 2025
  3. 3 Switzerland 20.9 2025
  4. 4 Austria 20.6 2025
  5. 5 Denmark 20 2025
  6. 6 United Kingdom 15.8 2025
  7. 7 Timor-Leste 14.1 2025
  8. 8 Hungary 12.6 2025
  9. 9 Netherlands 11.1 2025
  10. 10 Lithuania 10.4 2025
  11. 11 Germany 10.1 2025
  12. 12 France 9.3 2025
  13. 13 Ireland 9.1 2025
  14. 14 Finland 8.9 2025
  15. 15 United States 8.7 2025
  16. 16 Poland 7.7 2025
  17. 17 Belgium 7.5 2025
  18. 18 Trinidad and Tobago 7.3 2025
  19. 19 Cyprus 7.3 2025
  20. 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.4 2025
  21. 21 Israel 5.9 2025
  22. 22 New Zealand 5.6 2025
  23. 23 Czechia 5.5 2025
  24. 24 North Macedonia 5.5 2025
  25. 25 Latvia 5.4 2025
  26. 26 Canada 5.3 2025
  27. 27 Slovenia 4.7 2025
  28. 28 Belarus 4.4 2025
  29. 29 Australia 3.6 2025
  30. 30 Liberia 3.5 2025
  31. 31 Italy 3.4 2025
  32. 32 Croatia 2.6 2025
  33. 33 Japan 2.4 2025
  34. 34 Romania 2.1 2025
  35. 35 Russia 2 2025
  36. 36 Costa Rica 1.9 2025
  37. 37 Portugal 1.9 2025
  38. 38 Slovakia 1.8 2025
  39. 39 Lebanon 1.7 2025
  40. 40 Bulgaria 1.6 2025
  41. 41 Spain 1.4 2025
  42. 42 South Africa 1.4 2025
  43. 43 Ukraine 1.3 2025
  44. 44 Guatemala 1.1 2025
  45. 45 Chile 1 2025
  46. 46 Azerbaijan 1 2025
  47. 47 Greece 1 2025
  48. 48 Argentina 0.9 2025
  49. 49 Jordan 0.9 2025
  50. 50 Tunisia 0.8 2025