"China has 1 gold medal for every 50,000,000 people. The U.S. has 1 gold for every 21,000,000 people. Australia, on the other hand, has 1 gold medal for every 5,000,000."

Not a very good stratagist are you. With your analogy, you imply the greater the population the better the odds at winning a gold medal? Gee, you must have went to business school.