Armenia is at the top of the list in medals per capita among all the countries that have earned medals at the 2008 Olympics Games.

As can be seen, Armenia is near the top of the list having a 20% success rate so far in the olympics. These numbers will change as more athletes compete, and updated numbers will appear in the list below.

List at the end of Friday August 15th.

	medals	athletes	success rate	population	medals per capita
ARM - Armenia	5	25	20.000%	2,968,304	593,661
SLO - Slovenia	2	62	3.226%	2,007,493	1,003,747
AUS - Australia	20	433	4.619%	20,621,200	1,031,060
SVK - Slovakia	4	57	7.018%	5,456,369	1,364,092
CUB - Cuba	8	149	5.369%	11,427,487	1,428,436
MGL - Mongolia	2	29	6.897%	3,001,596	1,500,798
GEO - Georgia	3	35	8.571%	4,628,985	1,542,995
SUI - Switzerland	4	84	4.762%	7,584,595	1,896,149
HUN - Hungary	5	171	2.924%	9,927,805	1,985,561
AZE - Azerbaijan	4	39	10.256%	8,185,006	2,046,252
NOR - Norway	2	85	2.353%	4,646,461	2,323,231
NED - Netherlands	7	245	2.857%	16,654,260	2,379,180
BLR - Belarus	4	181	2.210%	9,681,075	2,420,269
CZE - Czech Republic	4	134	2.985%	10,219,878	2,554,970
FIN - Finland	2	58	3.448%	5,245,473	2,622,737
KGZ - Kyrgyzstan	2	21	9.524%	5,365,983	2,682,992
AUT - Austria	3	72	4.167%	8,206,180	2,735,393
KOR - Korea	18	267	6.742%	49,255,363	2,736,409
SWE - Sweden	3	97	3.093%	9,047,140	3,015,713
KAZ - Kazakhstan	5	132	3.788%	15,347,606	3,069,521
FRA - France	18	323	5.573%	64,103,122	3,561,285
LTU - Lithuania	1	69	1.449%	3,563,957	3,563,957
ZIM - Zimbabwe	3	13	23.077%	12,391,591	4,130,530
ITA - Italy	14	344	4.070%	58,143,959	4,153,140
CRO - Croatia	1	105	0.952%	4,491,305	4,491,305
PRK - DPR Korea	5	63	7.937%	23,500,278	4,700,056
DEN - Denmark	1	84	1.190%	5,486,718	5,486,718
ROU - Romania	4	102	3.922%	22,243,132	5,560,783
TOG - Togo	1	3	33.333%	5,878,298	5,878,298
GER - Germany	14	463	3.024%	82,365,080	5,883,220
UKR - Ukraine	7	254	2.756%	45,957,372	6,565,339
USA - United States	46	596	7.718%	304,155,399	6,612,074
TJK - Tajikistan	1	13	7.692%	7,228,715	7,228,715
BUL - Bulgaria	1	72	1.389%	7,255,395	7,255,395
RUS - Russian Fed.	19	463	4.104%	140,619,870	7,401,046
GBR - Great Britain	8	312	2.564%	60,964,650	7,620,581
JPN - Japan	13	350	3.714%	127,266,606	9,789,739
TPE - Chinese Taipei	2	80	2.500%	22,927,672	11,463,836
UZB - Uzbekistan	2	58	3.448%	28,329,535	14,164,768
ALG - Algeria	2	62	3.226%	33,820,004	16,910,002
POL - Poland	2	268	0.746%	38,498,560	19,249,280
ESP - Spain	2	286	0.699%	40,495,843	20,247,922
TUR - Turkey	3	68	4.412%	71,982,594	23,994,198
CHN - China	41	639	6.416%	1,331,076,027	32,465,269
ARG - Argentina	1	137	0.730%	40,723,336	40,723,336
COL - Colombia	1	64	1.563%	45,091,646	45,091,646
BRA - Brazil	4	277	1.444%	192,140,466	48,035,117
THA - Thailand	1	51	1.961%	65,544,975	65,544,975
ETH - Ethiopia	1	22	4.545%	78,469,332	78,469,332
EGY - Egypt	1	103	0.971%	81,882,966	81,882,966
VIE - Vietnam	1	21	4.762%	86,221,668	86,221,668
MEX - Mexico	1	85	1.176%	110,110,211	110,110,211
INA - Indonesia	2	24	8.333%	237,856,423	118,928,212
IND - India	1	57	1.754%	1,150,229,300	1,150,229,300

	medals	athletes	success rate
TOG - Togo	1	3	33.333%
ZIM - Zimbabwe	3	13	23.077%
ARM - Armenia	5	25	20.000%
AZE - Azerbaijan	4	39	10.256%
KGZ - Kyrgyzstan	2	21	9.524%
GEO - Georgia	3	35	8.571%
INA - Indonesia	2	24	8.333%
PRK - DPR Korea	5	63	7.937%
USA - United States	46	596	7.718%
TJK - Tajikistan	1	13	7.692%
SVK - Slovakia	4	57	7.018%
MGL - Mongolia	2	29	6.897%
KOR - Korea	18	267	6.742%
CHN - China	41	639	6.416%
FRA - France	18	323	5.573%
CUB - Cuba	8	149	5.369%
SUI - Switzerland	4	84	4.762%
VIE - Vietnam	1	21	4.762%
AUS - Australia	20	433	4.619%
ETH - Ethiopia	1	22	4.545%
TUR - Turkey	3	68	4.412%
AUT - Austria	3	72	4.167%
RUS - Russian Fed.	19	463	4.104%
ITA - Italy	14	344	4.070%
ROU - Romania	4	102	3.922%
KAZ - Kazakhstan	5	132	3.788%
JPN - Japan	13	350	3.714%
FIN - Finland	2	58	3.448%
UZB - Uzbekistan	2	58	3.448%
ALG - Algeria	2	62	3.226%
SLO - Slovenia	2	62	3.226%
SWE - Sweden	3	97	3.093%
GER - Germany	14	463	3.024%
CZE - Czech Republic	4	134	2.985%
HUN - Hungary	5	171	2.924%
NED - Netherlands	7	245	2.857%
UKR - Ukraine	7	254	2.756%
GBR - Great Britain	8	312	2.564%
TPE - Chinese Taipei	2	80	2.500%
NOR - Norway	2	85	2.353%
BLR - Belarus	4	181	2.210%
THA - Thailand	1	51	1.961%
IND - India	1	57	1.754%
COL - Colombia	1	64	1.563%
LTU - Lithuania	1	69	1.449%
BRA - Brazil	4	277	1.444%
BUL - Bulgaria	1	72	1.389%
DEN - Denmark	1	84	1.190%
MEX - Mexico	1	85	1.176%
EGY - Egypt	1	103	0.971%
CRO - Croatia	1	105	0.952%
POL - Poland	2	268	0.746%
ARG - Argentina	1	137	0.730%
ESP - Spain	2	286	0.699%