=+26. Olympic medals. In the history of the modern Olympics, the United States has won more medals than any other country. But the United States has a large population.

Perhaps a better measure of success is the number of medals won per capita—that is the number of medals divided by the population. By that measure, the leading countries are Liechtenstein (255.42 medals/cap), Norway (95.271), Finland (86.514), and Sweden (66.455). The following table