Britain has produced the 2nd highest number of Nobel laureates of all time, 2nd only to the United States. As with other countries with a large number of Nobel laureates, most British Nobel laureates have been in the scientific fields. On a per capita basis, it has the most Nobel laureates of all the major countries of the world.

Identifying which country someone belongs to isn't always straightforward as many people have a nationality which is different from the place in which they were born. This is particularly true among leading scientific researchers who often move for work to global hubs of research such as the United Kingdom. For the sake of simplicity, this page looks only at Nobel prize winners born in the United Kingdom who were also listed in the United Kingdom section of the Wikipedia page "List of Nobel laureates by country", 

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Charts

1. Distribution By Award of British Nobel Prize Winners

2. British Nobel Prize Winners by Region of Birth

3. Number of British Nobel Prize Winners Born in Region Per Million Inhabitants (2019 Population)

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Data Table

4. UK Born Nobel Prize Winners by Award, Place and Region of Birth