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 2022)

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Number of billionaires per million people
	World	2,668	0.35
1	United States	735	1.853
2	Mainland China	539	0.276
3	India	166	0.101
4	Germany	134	1.553
5	Russia	83	0.677
6	Hong Kong	67	8.830
7	Canada	64	1.147
8	Brazil	62	0.211
9	Italy	52	0.607
10	Taiwan	51	1.529
11	United Kingdom	49	0.674
12	Australia	46	1.203
13	Sweden	45	2.987
14	France	43	0.579
15	Switzerland	41	4.044
	South Korea	41	0.540
17	Japan	40	0.207
18	Indonesia	30	0.056
	Israel	30	3.158
20	Thailand	28	0.300
21	Spain	27	0.507
22	Singapore	26	4.573
23	Turkey	24	0.275
24	Philippines	20	0.136
25	Malaysia	17	0.366
26	Mexico	15	0.095
27	Norway	13	2.226
28	Austria	11	1.007
	Netherlands	11	0.626
30	Czech Republic	9	0.747
	Ireland	9	1.808
	Denmark	9	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
35	Portugal	5	0.497
40	Kazakhstan	4	0.212
	South Africa	4	0.067
	Argentina	4	0.087
	United Arab Emirates	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	Bulgaria	2
	Peru	2	0.061
	New Zealand	2	0.391
	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	37.037
	Romania	2	0.104
	Slovakia	2	0.366
	Georgia	2	0.537
	Uruguay	2
56	Barbados	1
	Estonia	1
	Nepal	1	0.033
	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
	Guernsey	1	15.834
	Hungary	1	0.103
	Iceland	1	2.713
	Liechtenstein	1	25.710
	Macau (China)	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
	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)

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Major cities of residents
1	Mainland China	1,002	Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Foshan, Suzhou, Ningbo, Changsha, Nanjing
2	United States	716	New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Dallas, Chicago
3	India	215	Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata
4	United Kingdom	150	London, Manchester, Liverpool
5	Germany	145	Munich, Hamburg
6	Switzerland	107	Geneva, Zurich
7	Hong Kong	85	Hong Kong
8	France	73	Paris
9	Russia	72	Moscow
10	Brazil	54	São Paulo
11	Italy	52	Milan
12	Canada	46
12	Taiwan	46	Taipei
14	Thailand	44	Bangkok
15	Australia	43	Sydney
16	Japan	41	Tokyo
17	Indonesia	40	Jakarta
18	Singapore	36	Singapore
19	Sweden	31	Stockholm
20	South Korea	30	Seoul
21	Spain	29
22	Turkey	26	Istanbul

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