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 2023)^[1]

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Number of billionaires per million people
	World	2,640	0.35
1	United States	735	1.853
2	China	495	0.253
3	India	169	0.103
4	Germany	126	1.460
5	Russia	105	0.856
6	Hong Kong	66	8.698
7	Italy	64	0.607
8	Canada	63	1.129
9	United Kingdom	52	0.715
	Taiwan	52	1.559
11	Brazil	51	0.211
12	Australia	47	1.229
13	France	43	0.579
14	Switzerland	41	4.044
15	Japan	40	0.207
16	Sweden	39	2.987
17	Singapore	35	4.573
18	Israel	30	3.158
	South Korea	30	0.395
20	Indonesia	29	0.056
21	Thailand	28	0.300
22	Spain	27	0.507
23	Turkey	26	0.298
24	Malaysia	18	0.388
25	Mexico	14	0.095
	Philippines	14	0.136
27	Netherlands	12	0.683
	Norway	12	2.226
29	Austria	11	1.007
	Czech Republic	11	0.913
31	Ireland	9	1.808
32	Cyprus	8	9.008
	Denmark	8	1.370
34	Chile	7	0.356
	Poland	7	0.183
	Finland	7	1.272
37	Egypt	6	0.059
	Greece	6	0.560
	Kazakhstan	6	0.318
	Vietnam	6	0.041
	Lebanon	6	0.886
42	South Africa	5	0.084
	Ukraine	5	0.144
	Argentina	5	0.109
45	United Arab Emirates	4	0.427
	Belgium	4	0.348
	Colombia	4	0.079
48	Nigeria	3	0.014
	New Zealand	3	0.587
	Monaco	3	78.740
51	Bulgaria	2	0.291
	Peru	2	0.061
	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	37.037
	Romania	2	0.104
	Malta	2	3.849
	Slovakia	2	0.366
	Georgia	2	0.537
	Uruguay	2	0.584
58	Portugal	1	0.497
	Barbados	1	3.559
	Estonia	1	0.751
	Nepal	1	0.033
	Morocco	1	0.028
	Oman	1	0.223
	Venezuela	1	0.035
	Algeria	1	0.022
	Angola	1	0.031
	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1	0.915
	Guernsey	1	15.834
	Hungary	1	0.103
	Iceland	1	2.713
	Liechtenstein	1	25.710
	Macau	1	1.464
	Kuwait	1	0.224
	Tanzania	1	0.017
	Zimbabwe	1	0.063
	Qatar	1	0.368

Knight Frank's Wealth Report

Per Knight Frank's Wealth Report (2018)^[2][3]

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

Hurun Global Rich List

Per Hurun Global Rich List (2022)^[4][5]

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Major cities of residents
1	China	846	Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Foshan, Suzhou
2	United States	691	New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas
3	India	187	Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore
4	Germany	144	Munich, Hamburg
5	United Kingdom	134	London, Liverpool
6	Switzerland	100	Geneva, Zurich
7	Hong Kong	77	Hong Kong
8	France	73	Paris
9	Russia	70	Moscow
10	Italy	58	Milan
11	Brazil	51	São Paulo
12	Taiwan	46	Taipei
12	Thailand	46	Bangkok
14	Canada	45
14	Australia	45	Sydney
16	Singapore	37	Singapore
17	Indonesia	35	Jakarta
18	South Korea	33	Seoul
19	Japan	32	Tokyo
20	Sweden	27	Stockholm
21	Spain	26
22	Turkey	20
22	United Arab Emirates	20	Dubai
22	Israel	20
25	Mexico	19

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 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
2. "Knight Frank Wealth report". latonas.com. 2020-11-23.
3. Ankel, Sophia. "The 15 top countries for billionaires, ranked by how many live there". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. "Hurun Report - Info - Hurun Global Rich List 2022". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
5. "Hurun Global Rich List 2022". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2022-04-07.