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2010 Commonwealth Games Population Adjusted Medals Ranking

The Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games has arrived and we take a look at how the medal table might be ranked if adjustment is made for the 'size' of each nation. The table below shows adjustment made by dividing medal value by population. In fact we think that adjustment based on GDP is fairer and if you want to see how that turns out take a look at our GDP Adjusted Ranking.

The total value given to medals won is based on the notion that the value of a gold (12pts) is slightly more than twice that of a silver (5pts), which in turn is slightly more than twice that of a bronze (2pts). It is this 'Medals Value' which is then divided by population to establish this ranking.

2010 Commonwealth Games: Population Adjusted Ranking - final standings

Rank Pts Population Medals Gold Silver Bronze
Position Nation (MV/Pop) (Mn) Value (12pts) (5pts) (2pts)








1. Nauru 1214.3 0.0 17 1 1 0
2. Samoa 211.1 0.2 38 3 0 1
3. Cayman Is. 210.5 0.1 12 1 0 0
4. St. Vincent 109.1 0.1 12 1 0 0
5. Cyprus 91.3 0.8 73 4 3 5
6. Bahamas 71.4 0.4 25 1 1 4
7. Australia 56.0 22.5 1259 74 55 48
8. Seychelles 55.6 0.1 5 0 1 0
9. Isle of Man 50.0 0.1 4 0 0 2
10. New Zealand 45.1 4.4 198 6 22 8
11. Singapore 40.4 5.1 205 11 11 9
12. Tonga 38.5 0.1 4 0 0 2
13. Scotland 33.1 5.2 172 9 10 7
14. N. Ireland 32.8 1.8 59 3 3 4
15. Wales 26.3 3.0 79 2 7 10
16. Trinidad 17.9 1.3 24 0 4 2
17. Jamaica 16.8 2.8 46 2 4 1
18. England 16.2 51.4 834 37 60 45
19. Canada 13.5 34.3 463 26 17 33
20. Saint Lucia 11.8 0.2 2 0 0 1
21. Botswana 9.1 2.0 18 1 0 3
22. Malaysia 7.8 28.3 220 12 10 13
23. Guyana 6.6 0.8 5 0 1 0
24. Kenya 5.6 38.6 217 12 11 9
25. South Africa 4.4 50 219 12 11 10
26. Namibia 4.1 2.2 9 0 1 2
27. Mauritius 3.1 1.3 4 0 0 2
28. Nigeria 1.3 158.3 200 11 8 14
29. Sri Lanka 0.9 20.4 19 1 1 1
30. Cameroon 0.9 20.0 18 0 2 4
31. Papua N.G. 0.7 6.9 5 0 1 0
32. Uganda 0.7 33.8 24 2 0 0
33. India 0.6 1188.6 663 38 27 36
34. Ghana 0.5 24.3 11 0 1 3
35. Pakistan 0.2 170.7 33 2 1 2
36. Bangladesh 0.0 164.4 2 0 0 1