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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· 2026

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

The ranking

  1. 1 Sweden 28.3 2026
  2. 2 Norway 23.2 2026
  3. 3 Switzerland 20.9 2026
  4. 4 Austria 20.6 2026
  5. 5 Denmark 20 2026
  6. 6 United Kingdom 15.8 2026
  7. 7 Timor-Leste 14.1 2026
  8. 8 Hungary 12.6 2026
  9. 9 Netherlands 11.1 2026
  10. 10 Lithuania 10.4 2026
  11. 11 Germany 10.3 2026
  12. 12 France 9.5 2026
  13. 13 Ireland 9.1 2026
  14. 14 Finland 8.9 2026
  15. 15 United States 8.7 2026
  16. 16 Belgium 8.4 2026
  17. 17 Poland 7.7 2026
  18. 19 Cyprus 7.3 2026
  19. 21 Israel 5.9 2026
  20. 22 New Zealand 5.6 2026
  21. 23 Canada 5.5 2026
  22. 24 Czechia 5.5 2026
  23. 25 North Macedonia 5.5 2026
  24. 26 Latvia 5.4 2026
  25. 27 Slovenia 4.7 2026
  26. 28 Belarus 4.4 2026
  27. 29 Australia 3.6 2026
  28. 30 Liberia 3.5 2026
  29. 31 Italy 3.4 2026
  30. 32 Croatia 2.6 2026
  31. 33 Japan 2.5 2026
  32. 34 Romania 2.1 2026
  33. 35 Russia 2 2026
  34. 36 Costa Rica 1.9 2026
  35. 37 Portugal 1.9 2026
  36. 38 Slovakia 1.8 2026
  37. 39 Lebanon 1.7 2026
  38. 40 Bulgaria 1.6 2026
  39. 41 South Africa 1.5 2026
  40. 42 Spain 1.4 2026
  41. 43 Ukraine 1.3 2026
  42. 44 Guatemala 1.1 2026
  43. 45 Chile 1 2026
  44. 46 Azerbaijan 1 2026
  45. 47 Greece 1 2026
  46. 48 Argentina 0.9 2026
  47. 49 Jordan 0.9 2026
  48. 50 Tunisia 0.8 2026