List of countries by the number of billionaires
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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+ |
This is a list of countries by the number of billionaires by net worth (USD) based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine.[1] This list excludes lists compiled and published by Business Insider, Challenges, Hurun Report,[2] The Sunday Times, UBS and other sources.
Contents
Billionaires by continent
| World rank |
Continent | Number of billionaires [1] |
Richest in the continent | Net worth in billions (USD) | Date updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | World | 2,208 | Jeff Bezos | 132.8 | May 2018 |
| 1 | Asia | 719 | Ma Huateng | 51.1 | April 2018 |
| 2 | North America | 631 | Jeff Bezos | 132.8 | May 2018 |
| 3 | Europe | 559 | Bernard Arnault | 83.7 | May 2018 |
| 4 | South America | 85 | Jorge Paulo Lemann | 29.7 | January 2018 |
| 5 | Oceania | 35 | Gina Rinehart | 17.40 | 2018 |
| 6 | Africa | 25 | Aliko Dangote | 14.1 | March 2018 |
Billionaires by country or dependency
| Continents each country resides in:
Asia North America Europe South America Oceania Africa Transcontinental
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See also
- List of cities by number of billionaires
- The World's Billionaires
- Millionaire
- List of wealthiest families
References
- ^ a b The World's Billionaires List, forbes.com
- ^ Hurun Global Rich List 2016 Archived 2016-04-30 at the Wayback Machine., hurun.net
- ^ "Communist China has 104 billionaires leading the country while Xi Jinping promises to lift millions out of poverty" https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaires-in-china-xi-jinping-parliament-income-inequality-2018-3
- ^ "India climbs back to third spot in billionaires list". The Financial Express. 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
- ^ VnExpress. "Vietnam's billionaire count doubles to 4 on Forbes' rich list - VnExpress International".
- ^ "The World's Billionaires".
