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NOBEL LAUREATES BY BIRTHPLACE

Nobel Prize winners
by country.

Browse a complete country index with laureate counts, award categories, years, birthplaces, and source-linked profiles from 1901 onward.

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GLOBAL OVERVIEW

Which country has the most Nobel Prize winners?

United States has the largest number in this archive, with 299 associated laureates and 302 laureate awards. Counts use each person’s present-day birth country and each organization’s headquarters country.

COUNTRY DIRECTORY

Laureates around the world

1,010 country associations

  1. 01United States299 laureates
  2. 02United Kingdom94 laureates
  3. 03Germany85 laureates
  4. 04France64 laureates
  5. 05Japan31 laureates
  6. 06Russia30 laureates
  7. 07Sweden30 laureates
  8. 08Poland28 laureates
  9. 09Switzerland28 laureates
  10. 10Canada22 laureates
  11. 11Italy21 laureates
  12. 12the Netherlands21 laureates
  13. 13Austria20 laureates
  14. 14Norway13 laureates
  15. 15China12 laureates
  16. 16Denmark12 laureates
  17. 17Hungary12 laureates
  18. 18Belgium11 laureates
  19. 19Scotland11 laureates
  20. 20Australia10 laureates
  21. 21India9 laureates
  22. 22South Africa9 laureates
  23. 23Spain7 laureates
  24. 24Czech Republic6 laureates
  25. 25Egypt6 laureates
  26. 26Israel6 laureates
  27. 27Ukraine6 laureates
  28. 28Finland5 laureates
  29. 29Ireland5 laureates
  30. 30Northern Ireland5 laureates
  31. 31Argentina4 laureates
  32. 32Belarus4 laureates
  33. 33Romania4 laureates
  34. 34Turkey4 laureates
  35. 35Iran3 laureates
  36. 36Lithuania3 laureates
  37. 37Mexico3 laureates
  38. 38New Zealand3 laureates
  39. 39Pakistan3 laureates
  40. 40South Korea3 laureates
  41. 41Algeria2 laureates
  42. 42Bangladesh2 laureates
  43. 43Bosnia and Herzegovina2 laureates
  44. 44Chile2 laureates
  45. 45Colombia2 laureates
  46. 46East Timor2 laureates
  47. 47Guatemala2 laureates
  48. 48Liberia2 laureates
  49. 49Luxembourg2 laureates
  50. 50Portugal2 laureates
  51. 51Saint Lucia2 laureates
  52. 52Venezuela2 laureates
  53. 53Azerbaijan1 laureates
  54. 54Brazil1 laureates
  55. 55Bulgaria1 laureates
  56. 56Costa Rica1 laureates
  57. 57Croatia1 laureates
  58. 58Cyprus1 laureates
  59. 59Democratic Republic of the Congo1 laureates
  60. 60Ethiopia1 laureates
  61. 61Faroe Islands (Denmark)1 laureates
  62. 62Ghana1 laureates
  63. 63Greece1 laureates
  64. 64Guadeloupe, France1 laureates
  65. 65Iceland1 laureates
  66. 66Indonesia1 laureates
  67. 67Iraq1 laureates
  68. 68Jordan1 laureates
  69. 69Kenya1 laureates
  70. 70Latvia1 laureates
  71. 71Lebanon1 laureates
  72. 72Madagascar1 laureates
  73. 73Morocco1 laureates
  74. 74Myanmar1 laureates
  75. 75Nigeria1 laureates
  76. 76North Macedonia1 laureates
  77. 77Peru1 laureates
  78. 78Philippines1 laureates
  79. 79Slovakia1 laureates
  80. 80Slovenia1 laureates
  81. 81Taiwan1 laureates
  82. 82Trinidad and Tobago1 laureates
  83. 83Tunisia1 laureates
  84. 84Vietnam1 laureates
  85. 85Yemen1 laureates
  86. 86Zimbabwe1 laureates