Australia finished at the top of the Commonwealth Games medal tally, no doubt about it. Per capita though, the Aussies were outdone by two tiny islands - including one whose premier played lawn bowls in Birmingham tomdecent
Australia may have finished atop the Commonwealth Games medal tally after 11 days of competition but Niue and Bermuda can certainly make a claim for having the most successful campaigns when it comes to medals - both gold and overall - per head of population.
It was a slight drop from the 80 gold medals the team snared at a home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast four years ago but was an improvement on the 49 claimed in Glasgow in 2014. Of all the 72 countries and territories that competed at these Commonwealth Games, 43 teams won a medal.Australia, with a population of almost 26 million, won a gold medal for every 384,164 individuals and a medal for every 144,601 people.
Nauru managed one medal, while the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey and Bermuda also performed well in relation to their tiny populations compared to nations like India and Pakistan .
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