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Explore the intellectual legacy of 202 nations. Every country has produced minds that shaped human knowledge — from ancient polymaths to contemporary Nobel laureates. Click any country to see its greatest geniuses ranked by IQ and impact.

Africa

🇩🇿
Algeria
4 geniuses🇦🇴
Angola
1 geniuses🇧🇯
Benin
2 geniuses🇧🇼
Botswana
2 geniuses🇧🇫
Burkina Faso
2 geniuses🇧🇮
Burundi
1 geniuses🇨🇲
Cameroon
2 geniuses🇨🇻
Cape Verde
2 geniuses🇨🇫
Central African Republic
1 geniuses🇹🇩
Chad
1 geniuses🇰🇲
Comoros
1 geniuses🇨🇬
Congo
1 geniuses🇨🇩
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2 geniuses🇩🇯
Djibouti
1 geniuses🇪🇬
Egypt
12 geniuses🇬🇶
Equatorial Guinea
1 geniuses🇪🇷
Eritrea
1 geniuses🇸🇿
Eswatini
2 geniuses🇪🇹
Ethiopia
3 geniuses🇬🇦
Gabon
1 geniuses🇬🇲
Gambia
1 geniuses🇬🇭
Ghana
3 geniuses🇬🇳
Guinea
2 geniuses🇬🇼
Guinea-Bissau
1 geniuses🇨🇮
Ivory Coast
2 geniuses🇰🇪
Kenya
3 geniuses🇱🇸
Lesotho
1 geniuses🇱🇷
Liberia
2 geniuses🇱🇾
Libya
0 geniuses🇲🇬
Madagascar
1 geniuses🇲🇼
Malawi
1 geniuses🇲🇱
Mali
2 geniuses🇲🇷
Mauritania
1 geniuses🇲🇺
Mauritius
2 geniuses🇲🇦
Morocco
3 geniuses🇲🇿
Mozambique
2 geniuses🇳🇦
Namibia
1 geniuses🇳🇪
Niger
1 geniuses🇳🇬
Nigeria
4 geniuses🇷🇼
Rwanda
2 geniuses🇸🇳
Senegal
2 geniuses🇸🇨
Seychelles
1 geniuses🇸🇱
Sierra Leone
2 geniuses🇸🇴
Somalia
2 geniuses🇿🇦
South Africa
3 geniuses🇸🇸
South Sudan
1 geniuses🇸🇩
Sudan
2 geniuses🇸🇹
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 geniuses🇹🇿
Tanzania
2 geniuses🇹🇬
Togo
1 geniuses🇹🇳
Tunisia
4 geniuses🇺🇬
Uganda
2 geniuses🇿🇲
Zambia
1 geniuses🇿🇼
Zimbabwe
2 geniuses

Americas

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Antigua and Barbuda
1 geniuses🇦🇷
Argentina
3 geniuses🇧🇸
Bahamas
1 geniuses🇧🇧
Barbados
2 geniuses🇧🇿
Belize
1 geniuses🇧🇴
Bolivia
2 geniuses🇧🇷
Brazil
5 geniuses🇨🇦
Canada
6 geniuses🇨🇱
Chile
3 geniuses🇨🇴
Colombia
2 geniuses🇨🇷
Costa Rica
2 geniuses🇨🇺
Cuba
1 geniuses🇩🇲
Dominica
1 geniuses🇩🇴
Dominican Republic
2 geniuses🇪🇨
Ecuador
2 geniuses🇸🇻
El Salvador
2 geniuses🇬🇩
Grenada
1 geniuses🇬🇹
Guatemala
2 geniuses🇬🇾
Guyana
1 geniuses🇭🇹
Haiti
2 geniuses🇭🇳
Honduras
1 geniuses🇯🇲
Jamaica
3 geniuses🇲🇽
Mexico
5 geniuses🇳🇮
Nicaragua
1 geniuses🇵🇦
Panama
1 geniuses🇵🇾
Paraguay
1 geniuses🇵🇪
Peru
2 geniuses🇰🇳
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1 geniuses🇱🇨
Saint Lucia
2 geniuses🇻🇨
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 geniuses🇸🇷
Suriname
1 geniuses🇹🇹
Trinidad and Tobago
3 geniuses🇺🇸
United States
216 geniuses🇺🇾
Uruguay
2 geniuses🇻🇪
Venezuela
2 geniuses

Asia

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Afghanistan
2 geniuses🇦🇲
Armenia
3 geniuses🇦🇿
Azerbaijan
6 geniuses🇧🇭
Bahrain
1 geniuses🇧🇩
Bangladesh
3 geniuses🇧🇹
Bhutan
1 geniuses🇧🇳
Brunei
1 geniuses🇰🇭
Cambodia
2 geniuses🇨🇳
China
14 geniuses🇨🇾
Cyprus
2 geniuses🇬🇪
Georgia
1 geniuses🇭🇰
Hong Kong
3 geniuses🇮🇳
India
25 geniuses🇮🇩
Indonesia
4 geniuses🇮🇷
Iran
7 geniuses🇮🇶
Iraq
4 geniuses🇮🇱
Israel
5 geniuses🇯🇵
Japan
5 geniuses🇯🇴
Jordan
2 geniuses🇰🇿
Kazakhstan
2 geniuses🇰🇼
Kuwait
1 geniuses🇰🇬
Kyrgyzstan
1 geniuses🇱🇦
Laos
1 geniuses🇱🇧
Lebanon
3 geniuses🇲🇾
Malaysia
2 geniuses🇲🇻
Maldives
1 geniuses🇲🇳
Mongolia
2 geniuses🇲🇲
Myanmar
2 geniuses🇳🇵
Nepal
2 geniuses🇰🇵
North Korea
1 geniuses🇴🇲
Oman
1 geniuses🇵🇰
Pakistan
4 geniuses🇵🇸
Palestine
2 geniuses🇵🇭
Philippines
3 geniuses🇶🇦
Qatar
1 geniuses🇸🇦
Saudi Arabia
2 geniuses🇸🇬
Singapore
2 geniuses🇰🇷
South Korea
3 geniuses🇱🇰
Sri Lanka
2 geniuses🇸🇾
Syria
4 geniuses🇹🇼
Taiwan
3 geniuses🇹🇯
Tajikistan
1 geniuses🇹🇭
Thailand
2 geniuses🇹🇱
Timor-Leste
1 geniuses🇹🇷
Turkey
6 geniuses🇹🇲
Turkmenistan
1 geniuses🇦🇪
United Arab Emirates
2 geniuses🇺🇿
Uzbekistan
3 geniuses🇻🇳
Vietnam
4 geniuses🇾🇪
Yemen
3 geniuses
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Europe

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Albania
2 geniuses🇦🇩
Andorra
1 geniuses🇦🇹
Austria
13 geniuses🇧🇾
Belarus
3 geniuses🇧🇪
Belgium
3 geniuses🇧🇦
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 geniuses🇧🇬
Bulgaria
2 geniuses🇭🇷
Croatia
6 geniuses🇨🇿
Czech Republic
4 geniuses🇩🇰
Denmark
8 geniuses🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England
64 geniuses🇪🇪
Estonia
2 geniuses🇫🇮
Finland
3 geniuses🇫🇷
France
137 geniuses🇩🇪
Germany
103 geniuses🇬🇷
Greece
53 geniuses🇭🇺
Hungary
9 geniuses🇮🇸
Iceland
2 geniuses🇮🇪
Ireland
12 geniuses🇮🇹
Italy
74 geniuses🇽🇰
Kosovo
1 geniuses🇱🇻
Latvia
2 geniuses🇱🇮
Liechtenstein
1 geniuses🇱🇹
Lithuania
1 geniuses🇱🇺
Luxembourg
2 geniuses🇲🇹
Malta
1 geniuses🇲🇩
Moldova
1 geniuses🇲🇨
Monaco
1 geniuses🇲🇪
Montenegro
1 geniuses🇳🇱
Netherlands
18 geniuses🇲🇰
North Macedonia
5 geniuses🇬🇧
Northern Ireland
2 geniuses🇳🇴
Norway
3 geniuses🇵🇱
Poland
6 geniuses🇵🇹
Portugal
5 geniuses🇷🇴
Romania
7 geniuses🇷🇺
Russia
26 geniuses🇸🇲
San Marino
1 geniuses🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Scotland
19 geniuses🇷🇸
Serbia
3 geniuses🇸🇰
Slovakia
2 geniuses🇸🇮
Slovenia
2 geniuses🇪🇸
Spain
18 geniuses🇸🇪
Sweden
7 geniuses🇨🇭
Switzerland
13 geniuses🇺🇦
Ukraine
8 geniuses🇬🇧
United Kingdom
130 geniuses🇻🇦
Vatican City
1 geniuses🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Wales
3 geniuses

Oceania

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Australia
7 geniuses🇫🇯
Fiji
1 geniuses🇰🇮
Kiribati
1 geniuses🇲🇭
Marshall Islands
1 geniuses🇫🇲
Micronesia
1 geniuses🇳🇷
Nauru
1 geniuses🇳🇿
New Zealand
4 geniuses🇵🇼
Palau
1 geniuses🇵🇬
Papua New Guinea
2 geniuses🇼🇸
Samoa
1 geniuses🇸🇧
Solomon Islands
1 geniuses🇹🇴
Tonga
1 geniuses🇹🇻
Tuvalu
1 geniuses🇻🇺
Vanuatu
1 geniuses
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