Medal count per capita shows a dramatically different result than the gold medal count being slavered over by the chauvinist media (as of February 18 at 1 p.m.):
| Rank | Country | Medals | Population | Population per Medal |
| 1 | Norway | 18 | 5,005,700 | 278,094 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 6 | 2,057,540 | 342,923 |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 2,070,371 | 690,123 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 20 | 16,731,770 | 836,588 |
| 5 | Austria | 9 | 8,452,835 | 939,203 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 8 | 7,870,100 | 983,762 |
| 7 | Sweden | 9 | 9,490,683 | 1,054,520 |
| 8 | Belarus | 6 | 9,461,400 | 1,576,900 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 6 | 10,504,203 | 1,750,700 |
| 10 | Canada | 16 | 34,771,400 | 2,173,212 |
| 11 | Finland | 2 | 5,407,040 | 2,703,520 |
| 12 | Croatia | 1 | 4,290,612 | 4,290,612 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 1 | 5,445,324 | 5,445,324 |
| 14 | Germany | 15 | 81,831,000 | 5,455,400 |
| 15 | Russian Fed. | 19 | 143,500,000 | 7,552,631 |
| 16 | Australia | 3 | 22,880,619 | 7,626,873 |
| 17 | France | 8 | 65,350,000 | 8,168,750 |
| 18 | Poland | 4 | 38,501,000 | 9,625,250 |
| 19 | Italy | 6 | 60,776,531 | 10,129,421 |
| 20 | South Korea | 4 | 48,580,000 | 12,145,000 |
| 21 | United States | 19 | 313,382,000 | 16,493,789 |
| 22 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 16,718,000 | 16,718,000 |
| 23 | Japan | 6 | 127,650,000 | 21,275,000 |
| 24 | Great Britain | 2 | 62,262,000 | 31,131,000 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 1 | 45,644,419 | 45,644,419 |
| 26 | China | 6 | 1,347,350,000 | 224,558,333 |
Medal count per GDP also shows a dramatically different result than the medal count being featured by the media:
| Rank | Country | Medals | GDP1 | GDP per Medal1 |
| 1 | Slovenia | 6 | 49.54 | 8.26 |
| 2 | Belarus | 6 | 55.14 | 9.19 |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 28.25 | 9.42 |
| 4 | Norway | 18 | 485.80 | 26.99 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 6 | 215.22 | 35.87 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 20 | 836.26 | 41.81 |
| 7 | Austria | 9 | 418.48 | 46.50 |
| 8 | Sweden | 9 | 538.13 | 59.79 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 63.85 | 63.85 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 8 | 635.65 | 79.46 |
| 11 | Slovakia | 1 | 95.99 | 95.99 |
| 12 | Russian Fed. | 19 | 1857.77 | 97.78 |
| 13 | Canada | 16 | 1736.05 | 108.50 |
| 14 | Poland | 4 | 514.50 | 128.62 |
| 15 | Finland | 2 | 266.07 | 133.04 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 1 | 165.25 | 165.25 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 186.20 | 186.20 |
| 18 | Germany | 15 | 3570.56 | 238.04 |
| 19 | South Korea | 4 | 1116.25 | 279.06 |
| 20 | France | 8 | 2773.03 | 346.63 |
| 21 | Italy | 6 | 2194.75 | 365.79 |
| 22 | Australia | 3 | 1371.76 | 457.25 |
| 23 | United States | 19 | 15094.00 | 794.42 |
| 24 | Japan | 6 | 5867.15 | 977.86 |
| 25 | Great Britain | 2 | 2431.59 | 1215.79 |
| 26 | China | 6 | 7298.10 | 1216.35 |
1 current US$ billions
Source: Craig Nevill-Manning, medalspercapita.com
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