List of countries by number of billionaires

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

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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.

Forbes

Further information: The World's Billionaires

Per Forbes (March 2021)

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Number of billionaires per million people
	World	2755	0.35
1	United States	724	1.853
2	China	698	0.276
3	India	177	0.129
4	Germany	136	1.553
5	Russia	117	0.677
6	Hong Kong	71	8.830
7	Brazil	65	0.211
8	Canada	64	1.147
9	United Kingdom	56	0.674
10	Italy	51	0.607
11	Japan	49	0.207
12	Taiwan	47	1.529
13	Australia	44	1.203
14	South Korea	43	0.540
15	France	42	0.579
16	Sweden	41	2.987
17	Switzerland	40	4.044
18	Thailand	31	0.300
19	Spain	30	0.507
20	Singapore	27	4.573
	Turkey	27	0.275
22	Israel	17	1.824
23	Indonesia	15	0.056
	Philippines	15	0.136
25	Mexico	12	0.095
	Norway	12	2.226
	Malaysia	12	0.366
28	Netherlands	11	0.626
29	Austria	9	1.007
	Ireland	9	1.808
31	Czech Republic	8	0.747
	Denmark	8	1.370
33	Chile	7	0.356
34	Egypt	6	0.059
	Finland	6	1.090
	Ukraine	6	0.144
	Lebanon	6	0.886
	Poland	6	0.157
39	Kazakhstan	4	0.212
	South Africa	4	0.067
	Argentina	4	0.087
	UAE	4	0.427
	Vietnam	4	0.041
44	Colombia	3	0.059
	Cyprus	3	3.378
	Greece	3	0.280
	Monaco	3	78.740
	Nigeria	3	0.014
49	Peru	2	0.061
	New Zealand	2	0.391
	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	37.037
	Romania	2	0.104
	Slovakia	2	0.366
54	Nepal	1	0.033
	Portugal	1	0.097
	Morocco	1	0.028
	Oman	1	0.223
	Belgium	1	0.087
	Venezuela	1	0.035
	Algeria	1	0.022
	Angola	1	0.031
	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1	0.915
	Georgia	1	0.269
	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)

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
	Taiwan	35
14	Australia	34

Hurun Global Rich List

Per Hurun Global Rich List (2021)

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires
1	China	1058
2	United States	696
3	India	177
4	Germany	141
5	United Kingdom	134
6	Switzerland	100
7	Russia	85
8	Hong Kong	82
9	France	68
10	Brazil	59
11	Taiwan	57
12	Thailand	52
13	Italy	45
14	Japan	44
15	Australia	43

See also

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