WHILE the BBC and mainstream media coverage of the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been extensive, the simplistic “medals table” does not aid comparisons of performances relative to country populations.
While all the “home nations” fared relatively well overall, looking at gold medals (two or more) won on a population basis, New Zealand replaced Australia at the top of the table with England dropping from second to ninth, Scotland moving from sixth to fifth, Wales from eighth to fourth and Northern Ireland, with five boxing gold medals, from 11th to second.
