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 (April 2023)

Rank	Rank per capita	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Number of billionaires per million people
		World	2,640	0.35
1	15	United States	735	1.853
2	51	China	495	0.253
3	61	India	169	0.103
4	19	Germany	126	1.460
5	28	Russia	105	0.856
6	6	Hong Kong	66	8.698
7	32	Italy	64	0.607
8	23	Canada	63	1.129
9	30	United Kingdom	52	0.715
	17	Taiwan	52	1.559
11	54	Brazil	51	0.211
12	22	Australia	47	1.229
13	35	France	43	0.579
14	8	Switzerland	41	4.044
15	55	Japan	40	0.207
16	12	Sweden	39	2.987
17	7	Singapore	35	4.573
18	11	Israel	30	3.158
	41	South Korea	30	0.395
20	69	Indonesia	29	0.056
21	48	Thailand	28	0.300
22	38	Spain	27	0.507
23	49	Turkey	26	0.298
24	42	Malaysia	18	0.388
25	63	Mexico	14	0.095
	58	Philippines	14	0.136
27	31	Netherlands	12	0.683
	14	Norway	12	2.226
29	24	Austria	11	1.007
	26	Czech Republic	11	0.913
31	16	Ireland	9	1.808
32	5	Cyprus	8	9.008
	20	Denmark	8	1.370
34	45	Chile	7	0.356
	56	Poland	7	0.183
	21	Finland	7	1.272
37	68	Egypt	6	0.059
	36	Greece	6	0.560
	47	Kazakhstan	6	0.318
	70	Vietnam	6	0.041
	27	Lebanon	6	0.886
42	64	South Africa	5	0.084
	57	Ukraine	5	0.144
	59	Argentina	5	0.109
45	40	United Arab Emirates	4	0.427
	46	Belgium	4	0.348
	65	Colombia	4	0.079
48	77	Nigeria	3	0.014
	33	New Zealand	3	0.587
	1	Monaco	3	78.740
51	50	Bulgaria	2	0.291
	67	Peru	2	0.061
	2	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	37.037
	60	Romania	2	0.104
	9	Malta	2	3.849
	44	Slovakia	2	0.366
	37	Georgia	2	0.537
	34	Uruguay	2	0.584
58	39	Portugal	1	0.497
	10	Barbados	1	3.559
	29	Estonia	1	0.751
	72	Nepal	1	0.033
	74	Morocco	1	0.028
	53	Oman	1	0.223
	71	Venezuela	1	0.035
	75	Algeria	1	0.022
	73	Angola	1	0.031
	25	Eswatini (Swaziland)	1	0.915
	4	Guernsey	1	15.834
	62	Hungary	1	0.103
	13	Iceland	1	2.713
	3	Liechtenstein	1	25.710
	18	Macau	1	1.464
	52	Kuwait	1	0.224
	76	Tanzania	1	0.017
	66	Zimbabwe	1	0.063
	43	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	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