List of Nobel Laureates by Country

List of Nobel Laureates by Country

The Nobel Prize was established as per the wish of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel in 1895. Since 1901 the Nobel Prize is prizeed in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine and economics (1968). Medals made before 1980 were struck in 23 carat gold, and later made from 18 carat green gold plated with a 24 carat gold coating.
The prize distribution ceremony takes place annually in Stockholm, Sweden. Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money (from 2012, each prize was worth US$1.2 million, €0.93 million, or £0.6 million). The prize is not prizeed posthumously; however, if a person is prizeed a prize and dies before receiving it, the prize may still be presented. Since 1901 to 2016, 885 Laureates* and 26 organizations have been prizeed the Nobel Prize.
In this article we included only those countries which have won at least 5 prizes. Here is the list of all recipients’ countries and their number of prizes:
1.   United States       363
2.   United Kingdom    124
3.   Germany              106
4.   France                  68
5.   Sweden                31
6.   Russia                  27
7.   Switzerland          26
8.   Japan                   25
9.   Canada               25
10.   Austria              21
11.   Italy                  20
12.  Netherlands       20
13.  Norway             13
14.  Denmark           14
15.  Australia           12
16.  Israel                12
17.  Poland              12
18.  China                12
19.  Ireland              10
20.  South Africa      10
21.  Belgium            10
22.  Hungary            9
23.  India                 8
24.  Spain                 8
25.  Israel                 6
26.  Belgium             6
27.  Finland              5
28.  Argentina          5
29.  Czech Republic  5
30.  Pakistan            2
There are 885 Nobel prizes distributed in the World till date.       

Indian Citizens Who Won The Nobel Prize
1. Rabindranath Tagore – The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
2. CV Raman – The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
3. Mother Teresa – The Nobel Peace Prize 1979
4. Amartya Sen – The Nobel Prize in Economic 1998
5. Kailash Satyarthi – The Nobel Peace Prize 2014

India-born Nobel Laureates are:
1. Har Gobind Khorana – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1968
2. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

The Youngest Nobel Laureates

Age	Name	Category/Year
17	Malala Yousafzai	Peace 2014
25	Lawrence Bragg	Physics 1915
31	Werner Heisenberg	Physics 1932
31	Tsung-Dao Lee	Physics 1957
31	Carl D. Anderson	Physics 1936
31	Paul A. M. Dirac	Physics 1933
32	Frederick G. Banting	Medicine 1923
32	Tawakkol Karman	Peace 2011
32	Rudolf Mössbauer	Physics 1961
32	Mairead Corrigan	Peace 1976
33	Joshua Lederberg	Medicine 1958
33	Betty Williams	Peace 1976
33	Rigoberta Menchú Tum	Peace 1992

Nobel prize is considered the most prestigious prize in the field of academics.Till the date India managed to win just 8 prizes. On the other hand USA is the leader which got 363 prizes and there are so many other small countries in the Europe which have won more medals than India. This must be the matter of concern for Indian government along with all the citizens that why our country is lagging behind this area.