The Los Angeles Times reported that the top 10 nations by medals per capita are:<ref>Culpepper, C. (August 23, 2008) "Medals Per Capita table warms up to Iceland" Los Angeles Times</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank !! Country !! Medals !! Population
|-
| 1 || Bahamas ||align=right| 2 ||align=right| 153,725
|-
| 2 || Jamaica ||align=right| 11 ||align=right| 254,939
|-
| 3 || Slovenia ||align=right| 5 ||align=right| 401,542
|-
| 4 || Australia ||align=right| 46 ||align=right| 447,844
|-
| 5 || New Zealand ||align=right| 9 ||align=right| 463,717
|-
| 6 || Norway ||align=right| 10 ||align=right| 464,445
|-
| 7 || Armenia ||align=right| 6 ||align=right| 494,764
|-
| 8 || Cuba ||align=right| 22 ||align=right| 519,270
|-
| 9 || Trinidad & Tobago ||align=right| 2 ||align=right| 523,683
|-
| 10 || Belarus ||align=right| 18 ||align=right| 538,097
|}

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