The United States lead the 2016 academic ranking of the world top 200 universities in natural sciences and mathematics with 64 universities, followed with a big gap by China with 19, the United Kingdom with 17, Germany with 15, and France with 10 universities.
A set of small industrialized nations grab the top slots of the per capita ranking, and place themselves well above the average (red line) and the median : Switzerland (index of 60.10), Hong Kong (54.31), Israel (37.37), Australia (37.15), and Denmark (35.19).
World top 200 universities | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr / Million x 100) | ||
| Australia | 9 | 24.223 | 37.15 |
| Austria | 2 | 8.589 | 23.29 |
| Belgium | 2 | 11.222 | 17.82 |
| Brazil | 1 | 205.231 | 0.49 |
| Canada | 4 | 36.222 | 11.04 |
| China | 19 | 1,408.922 | 1.35 |
| Denmark | 2 | 5.684 | 35.19 |
| Finland | 1 | 5.478 | 18.26 |
| France | 10 | 65.316 | 15.31 |
| Germany | 15 | 82.453 | 18.19 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 7.365 | 54.31 |
| India | 1 | 1,297.075 | 0.08 |
| Israel | 3 | 8.028 | 37.37 |
| Italy | 6 | 61.211 | 9.80 |
| Japan | 8 | 126.598 | 6.32 |
| Korea, Rep. of | 5 | 49.976 | 10.00 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 16.885 | 29.61 |
| Norway | 1 | 5.196 | 19.25 |
| Russia | 1 | 141.729 | 0.71 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 30.414 | 9.86 |
| Singapore | 2 | 5.717 | 34.98 |
| Spain | 6 | 47.333 | 12.68 |
| Sweden | 2 | 9.759 | 20.49 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 8.320 | 60.10 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 23.508 | 8.51 |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 64.200 | 26.48 |
| United States | 64 | 327.690 | 19.53 |
| Total | 200 | ||
| Average | 14.3 | 19.9 | |
| Median | 4.0 | 18.2 | |
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai, UN Population Division, and CIA - The World Factbook.
