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Nobel laureates (by country of birth)

Number of individual Nobel Prize laureates born in the territory of today's country, cumulated up to the given year (organisations excluded). Count by Statlas Research.

Year

Highest · 2026

United States

302

Coverage · 2026

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2026

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#	Country	Value
1	United States	302
2	United Kingdom	111
3	Germany	86
4	France	65
5	Japan	31
6	Sweden	30
7	Poland	29
7	Russia	29
9	Canada	23
10	Italy	20
10	Netherlands	20
12	Austria	19
12	Switzerland	19
14	Denmark	13
14	Norway	13
16	China	12
16	Hungary	12
18	Australia	10
18	Belgium	10
18	South Africa	10
21	India	9
22	Spain	7
23	Czechia	6
23	Egypt	6
23	Israel	6
26	Finland	5
26	Ireland	5
26	Ukraine	5
29	Argentina	4
29	Belarus	4
29	Romania	4
29	Turkey	4
33	Iran	3
33	Lithuania	3
33	Mexico	3
33	New Zealand	3
33	Pakistan	3
33	South Korea	3
39	Algeria	2
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
39	Chile	2
39	Colombia	2
39	Guatemala	2
39	Liberia	2
39	Luxembourg	2
39	Portugal	2
39	Saint Lucia	2
39	Timor-Leste	2
39	Venezuela	2
50	Azerbaijan	1
50	Bangladesh	1
50	Brazil	1
50	Bulgaria	1
50	Costa Rica	1
50	Croatia	1
50	Cyprus	1
50	DR Congo	1
50	Ethiopia	1
50	Ghana	1
50	Greece	1
50	Iceland	1
50	Indonesia	1
50	Iraq	1
50	Jordan	1
50	Kenya	1
50	Latvia	1
50	Lebanon	1
50	Madagascar	1
50	Morocco	1
50	Myanmar	1
50	Nigeria	1
50	North Macedonia	1
50	Peru	1
50	Philippines	1
50	Slovakia	1
50	Slovenia	1
50	Taiwan	1
50	Trinidad and Tobago	1
50	Tunisia	1
50	Vietnam	1
50	Yemen	1
50	Zimbabwe	1

Source: Nobel Foundation — Nobel Prize laureates, api.nobelprize.org v2.1 (count by Statlas Research) · Unit: laureates · Year: 2026 · 82 entries