Having won his 21st gold in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay with Conor Dwyer, Townley Haas, and Ryan Lochte on Tuesday, Phelps now equals Ethiopia’s total, having already surpassed Argentina and Austria (countries with populations of 41.4m and 8.5m respectively) during this Games.

Ahead of him are some countries which no longer exist, such as Yugoslavia, Unified Team of Germany, Czechoslovakia, West Germany, East Germany and the Soviet Union.

Behind him are 189 present or historical countries.

Here are all the countries with fewer golds than Phelps:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda

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