List of countries by number of billionaires

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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.

Per Forbes (2020)^[1]
Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires
1	United States	614
2	China	389
3	Germany	107
4	India	102
5	Russia	99
6	Hong Kong	66
7	Brazil	45
7	United Kingdom	45
8	Canada	44
9	France	39
10	Italy	36
10	Taiwan	36
11	Switzerland	35
12	Australia	31
12	Sweden	31
13	South Korea	28
14	Japan	26
14	Singapore	26
15	Spain	24
16	Turkey	23
17	Thailand	20
18	Israel	17
19	Indonesia	15
19	Philippines	15
20	Mexico	12
	Norway	12
	Malaysia	12
21	Netherlands	11
22	Austria	9
22	Ireland	9
23	Czech Republic	8
23	Denmark	8
24	Chile	7
25	Egypt	6
	Finland	6
	Ukraine	6
	Lebanon	6
	Poland	6
26	Kazakhstan	4
	South Africa	4
	Argentina	4
	UAE	4
	Vietnam	4
27	Colombia	3
	Cyprus	3
	Greece	3
	Monaco	3
	Nigeria	3
28	Peru	2
	New Zealand	2
	St. Kitts & Nevis	2
	Romania	2
	Slovakia	2
29	Nepal	1
	Portugal	1
	Morocco	1
	Oman	1
	Belgium	1
	Venezuela	1
	Algeria	1
	Angola	1
	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1
	Georgia	1
	Guernsey	1
	Hungary	1
	Iceland	1
	Liechtenstein	1
	Macau	1
	Kuwait	1
	Tanzania	1
	Zimbabwe	1
	Qatar	1

Per Business Insider (2020)^[2]
Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires
1	United States	585
2	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
13	Taiwan	35
14	Australia	34

References

^ "Forbes Billionaires 2020". Forbes. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ Ankel, Sophia. "The 15 top countries for billionaires, ranked by how many live there". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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Other	Billionaire space race

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People	Billionaire Captain of industry High-net-worth individual UHNWI Magnate Business Millionaire Oligarch Business Russian Ukrainian Robber baron
Wealth	Concentration Distribution Dynastic Effect Geography Inherited Management National Paper Religion Tax

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Other	Cities by number of billionaires Countries by number of billionaires Countries by total wealth Countries by wealth inequality Wealth inequality in the United States Income inequality in the United States Most expensive items by category Wealthiest animals

Diseases of affluence Affluenza Acquired situational narcissism Argumentum ad crumenam Prosperity theology
Philanthropy	Gospel of Wealth The Giving Pledge Philanthrocapitalism Venture philanthropy
Sayings	The rich get richer and the poor get poorer Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor Too big to fail
Media	Das Kapital Plutus Greek god of wealth Superclass List The Theory of the Leisure Class Wealth The Wealth of Nations

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References