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Singapore in 13th position.... Of the 5.4 million peoples, we have 483,392 brilliant ppls... Yahoo news: The 25 Countries With The Most Brainpower Which country has the largest stock of brilliant people ? The answer to this question depends in part on raw brainpower, but also on the size of a country. Exclusively for Business Insider, Dr. Jonathan Wai , a Duke University Talent Identification Program research scientist and psychologist, compiled a new ranking of countries based on scores on the 2009 PISA assessment , which tests reading, math, and science competency in 15-year-olds. Multiple researchers have found that these tests, administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), are a good measure of "g," or general intelligence. In our list, the rank order is based on two things. First, we identified the average percentage of teenagers in each country who achieved the top score of six on math or verbal tests (globally, around the 98th percentile). Second, we cross-referenced this percentage with population to estimate the number of brilliant people per country. This provides a new way of looking at the raw brainpower of each country, not counting the significant effects of immigration and emigration. If you looked only at average scores, you’d find the U.S. is only ranked 24th, near the middle of the pack. But if you then take into account the high-scoring right tail and population, the U.S. is not doing so bad. #11 Italy On average, 1% scored at elite levels 609,200 brilliant people estimated #12 Poland On average, 1.45% scored at elite levels 558,830 brilliant people estimated #13 Singapore On average, 9.10% scored at elite levels 483,392 brilliant people estimated #14 Turkey On average, 0.65 % scored at elite levels 481,000 brilliant people estimated #15 Hong Kong On average, 6.00% scored at elite levels 429,300 brilliant people estimated more stories, link: http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/25-countries-most-brainpower-211349685.html