Israel, Switzerland and Denmark shine in the field of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in per capita terms. The per capita median 8.5 corresponds to the ranking of Germany or France. The USA dominates in absolute terms - 54 universities or 27 times the median of 2 - but, in spite of a very good performance, they cannot beat the small countries by the per capita metric.
100 Top World-class Universities per Capita | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr/Millionx100) | ||
| Israel | 4 | 7.16 | 55.9 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 7.54 | 39.8 |
| Denmark | 2 | 5.46 | 36.6 |
| Singapore | 1 | 4.54 | 22.0 |
| Sweden | 2 | 9.20 | 21.7 |
| USA | 54 | 311.75 | 17.3 |
| UK | 8 | 61.27 | 13.1 |
| France | 6 | 62.23 | 9.6 |
| Germany | 7 | 82.45 | 8.5 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 16.48 | 6.1 |
| Canada | 2 | 33.46 | 6.0 |
| Australia | 1 | 21.16 | 4.7 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 23.05 | 4.3 |
| Japan | 5 | 127.87 | 3.9 |
| Korea | 1 | 48.54 | 2.1 |
| Italy | 1 | 58.99 | 1.7 |
| Russia | 1 | 141.06 | 0.7 |
| Median | 2 | 8.5 | |
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Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
