But I think the point of this comparison is that everyone has the same chance of having an Olympic champion born in their country. Thus countries with more peop

But I think the point of this comparison is that everyone has the same chance of having an Olympic champion born in their country. Thus countries with more people have a better chance to get medals. This is just an attempt to even things out by diving medals over population. Not a perfect comparison by any means, but neither is just medal count when you compare China vs Grenada.