List of countries by number of billionaires

This is a list of countries by their number of billionaire residents, based on annual assessments of the net worth in United States Dollars of wealthy individuals worldwide.

Countries by the number of billionaires by net worth (USD) in 2017

No data or 0   1–5   6–10   11–50

51–100   101–500   501+

Forbes

Further information: The World's Billionaires

Per Forbes (April 2024)^[1]

Rank	Rank per capita	Country/Territory	Billionaires	Rate
	-	World	2,781	0.343
1	11	United States	813	2.420
2	53	China	406	0.288
3	58	India	200	0.144
4	17	Germany	132	1.560
5	27	Russia	120	0.821
6	21	Italy	73	1.239
7	45	Brazil	69	0.340
8	-	Hong Kong	67	8.936
	16	Canada	67	1.643
10	29	United Kingdom	55	0.814
11	31	France	53	0.775
12	-	Taiwan	51	2.178
13	15	Australia	48	1.790
14	7	Sweden	43	4.075
15	6	Switzerland	41	4.591
	47	Japan	41	0.331
17	5	Singapore	39	6.591
18	9	Israel	36	3.649
	35	South Korea	36	0.702
20	61	Indonesia	35	0.125
21	36	Spain	29	0.597
22	48	Turkey	27	0.316
23	43	Thailand	26	0.381
24	57	Mexico	22	0.170
25	40	Malaysia	17	0.509
26	59	Philippines	16	0.142
27	30	Netherlands	14	0.780
28	13	Norway	12	2.162
29	23	Czech Republic	11	1.011
	14	Ireland	11	2.083
31	4	Cyprus	10	10.892
	25	Greece	10	0.960
	26	Belgium	10	0.847
34	24	Austria	9	0.983
	19	Denmark	9	1.510
36	56	Poland	8	0.213
37	20	Finland	7	1.256
38	51	Chile	6	0.301
	52	Kazakhstan	6	0.299
	67	Vietnam	6	0.060
	22	Lebanon	6	1.093
	63	South Africa	6	0.097
	49	Romania	6	0.315
44	69	Egypt	5	0.048
	60	Ukraine	5	0.136
	62	Argentina	5	0.107
	39	Hungary	5	0.521
48	41	United Arab Emirates	4	0.431
	65	Colombia	4	0.076
	73	Nigeria	4	0.018
	32	New Zealand	4	0.754
52	1	Monaco	3	76.825
53	50	Bulgaria	2	0.310
	33	Qatar	2	0.753
	42	Oman	2	0.391
	44	Slovakia	2	0.369
	38	Georgia	2	0.535
	37	Uruguay	2	0.581
	68	Morocco	2	0.054
60	64	Portugal	1	0.096
	8	Barbados	1	3.734
	34	Estonia	1	0.732
	71	Nepal	1	0.034
	70	Venezuela	1	0.035
	72	Algeria	1	0.022
	28	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1	0.817
	-	Guernsey	1	15.602
	10	Iceland	1	2.519
	2	Liechtenstein	1	25.174
	74	Tanzania	1	0.016
	66	Zimbabwe	1	0.066
	3	St. Kitts & Nevis	1	21.189
	46	Armenia	1	0.335
	75	Bangladesh	1	0.006
	12	Belize	1	2.265
	54	Croatia	1	0.259
	18	Luxemburg	1	1.513
	55	Panama	1	0.246

Hurun Global Rich List

Per Hurun Global Rich List (2024)^[2][3]

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Major cities of residents
1	China	814	Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Foshan, Suzhou
2	United States	800	New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas
3	India	271	Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore
4	United Kingdom	146	London, Liverpool
5	Germany	140	Munich, Hamburg
6	Switzerland	106	Geneva, Zurich
7	Russia	76	Moscow
8	Italy	69	Milan
9	France	68	Paris
10	Brazil	64	São Paulo
11	Canada	53
12	Thailand	49	Bangkok
13	Indonesia	47	Jakarta
14	Australia	45	Sydney
15	Japan	44	Tokyo
16	Singapore	42	Singapore
17	South Korea	37	Seoul
18	Israel	29
19	Spain	27
20	Sweden	25	Stockholm
21	Turkey	25
22	United Arab Emirates	24	Dubai
23	Mexico	22
24	Malaysia	19
25	Philippines	18
26	Monaco	18
27	Netherlands	17
28	Austria	16
29	Denmark	16
30	Norway	13

cities

Hurun Global Rich List Cities (2024)^[2][3]

Rank	cities of residents	Number of billionaires	Country/Territory
1	New York	119	United States
2	London	97	United Kingdom
3	Mumbai	92	India
4	Beijing	91	China
5	Shanghai	87	China
6	Shenzhen	84	China
7	Hongkong	65	China
8	Moscow	59	Russia
9	New Delhi	57	India
10	San Francisco	52	United States
11	Bangkok	49	Thailand
12	Taipei	45	Taiwan
13	Paris	44	France
14	Hangzhou	43	China
14	Singapore	43	Singapore
16	Guangzhou	39	China
17	Jakarta	37	Indonesia
17	Sao Paulo	37	Brazil
19	Los Angeles	31	United States
19	Seoul	31	South Korea
21	Tokyo	30	Japan
22	Milan	28	Italy
23	Bengaluru	27	India
24	Dallas	23	United States
24	Palm Beach	23	United States
26	Istanbul	22	Turkey
26	Ningbo	22	China
28	Dubai	21	United Arab Emirates
29	Stockholm	19	Sweden
30	Sydney	18	Australia
30	Mexico city	18	Mexico
30	Suzhou	18	China

Knight Frank's Wealth Report

Per Knight Frank's Wealth Report (2018)^[4][5]

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires
	World	3,381
1	United States	585
2	Mainland China	373
3	Germany	123
4	India	119
5	Russia	101
6	Hong Kong	64
7	United Kingdom	54
8	Canada	46
9	South Korea	44
10	Italy	43
11	France	40
12	Switzerland	36
13	Japan	35
	Taiwan	35
14	Australia	34

See also

• List of cities by number of billionaires
• List of countries by number of millionaires
• List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent
• The World's Billionaires
• Millionaire
• List of wealthiest families

References

1. "Forbes Billionaires 2024". Forbes. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
2. "Hurun Global 500". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
3. "Hurun Global Rich List 2024". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
4. "Knight Frank Wealth report". latonas.com. 2020-11-23.
5. Ankel, Sophia. "The 15 top countries for billionaires, ranked by how many live there". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 May 2020.