KIRIBATI, the tiny Pacific island nation of 100,000 people, became the kings of the Commonwealth in a "real" medal table that measures success in terms of the country's population.

Kiribati, situated halfway between Hawaii and Australia, found itself top of the population-based medal analysis at the close of the Games with just one medal, a gold delivered by native David Katoatau in weightlifting's 105kg Group A. He had previously finished 17th out of 21 in the same category in the 2012 Olympics.

His gold was the 310sq mile state's first medal at a major event. The island has only been an Olympic nation for 10 years after an International Olympic Committee meeting in Prague in 2003 accepted them into the organisation.

The final unofficial table, which works out the number of golds per million of population put Kiribati top with 9.9 golds and Grenada, with 105,000 people second with 9.52 golds.

The best performing country with a population of more than one million came was Jamaica (3.61) just pipped Scotland (3.58) to third place in the gold strike-rate table. Wales (1.63) finished eighth and Northern Ireland (1.09) finished tenth.

The worst performing country was Pakistan, which with a 180 million population, failed to strike gold, and went home with just four medals, three silvers and a bronze.

Kiribati was discovered by Britain in 1788 and were originally named the Gilbert Islands after the captain who first set foot there. It was given self rule in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name.

In the overall medal-strike rate Nauru, the smallest state in the South Pacific, and the second-smallest by population in the world, behind only Vatican City, topped the table with a solitary silver medal. And it was another weightlifter Itte Detenamo that delivered the goods, getting the second place in the 105kg event.

Nauru, which with 10,000 inhabitants has a similar population to Stenhousemuir, topped the list as their silver equates to 100 medals.