how many Nobel prize winners are from Asian countries?
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I'm fairly sure I've accounted for all the Asian countries but you may wish to check.
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Bangladesh
Muhammad Yunus, Peace, 2006
Grameen Bank, Peace, 2006
China
Charles K. Kao, Physics, 2009
Gao Xingjian*, Literature, 2000
Daniel C. Tsui*, Physics, 1998
Edmond H. Fischer*, Medicine, 1992
Chen Ning Yang, Physics, 1957
Tsung-Dao Lee, Physics, 1957
East Timor
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Peace, 1996
José Ramos-Horta, Peace, 1996
Hong Kong
Charles K. Kao, Physics, 2009
India
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan*, Chemistry, 2009
Amartya Sen, Economics, 1998
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar*, Physics, 1983
Mother Teresa, born in then Ottoman Empire, now Macedonia, Peace, 1979
Har Gobind Khorana*, Medicine, 1968
C. V. Raman, Physics, 1930
Rabindranath Tagore, Literature, 1913
Rudyard Kipling*, Literature,1907
Ronald Ross*, Physiology or Medicine, 1902
Japan
Osamu Shimomura*, Chemistry, 2008
Makoto Kobayashi, Physics, 2008
Toshihide Maskawa, Physics, 2008
Yoichiro Nambu*, Physics, 2008
Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
Koichi Tanaka, Chemistry, 2002
Ryoji Noyori, Chemistry, 2001
Hideki Shirakawa, Chemistry, 2000
Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
Susumu Tonegawa, Physiology or Medicine, 1987
Kenichi Fukui, Chemistry, 1981
Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Physics, 1965
Hideki Yukawa, Physics, 1949
South Korea
Kim Dae-jung, Peace, 2000
Charles J. Pedersen*, Chemistry, 1987
Myanmar (Burma)
Aung San Suu Kyi, Peace, 1991
Pakistan
Abdus Salam, Physics, 1979
Taiwan
Yuan T. Lee*, Chemistry, 1986
Tibet
Tenzin Gyatso (The 14th Dalai Lama), Peace, 1989
Vietnam
Lê Ðức Thọ, Peace, 1973 (declined)
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There are very good maps of the distribution of awards at the following site: http://www.labnol.org/internet/nobel-prize-winners-by-country/10570/
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They are:
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1. Le Duc Tho - 1973
2. Eisaku Sato - 1974
3. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso - 1989
4. Aung San Suu Kyi - 1991
5. Yasser Arafat - 1994
6. Shimon Peres - 1994
7. Yitzhak Rabin - 1994
8. Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo - 1996
9. José Ramos-Horta - 1996
10. Kim Dae-jung - 2000
11. Shirin Ebadi - 2003
12. Muhammad Yunus - 2006
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This totals 74 from Asian countries. Hope this helps.
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