List of countries by number of billionaires

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.

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+

Forbes

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
	United Kingdom	45
8	Canada	44
9	France	39
10	Italy	36
	Taiwan	36
11	Switzerland	35
12	Australia	31
	Sweden	31
13	South Korea	28
14	Japan	26
	Singapore	26
15	Spain	24
16	Turkey	23
17	Thailand	20
18	Israel	17
19	Indonesia	15
	Philippines	15
20	Mexico	12
	Norway	12
	Malaysia	12
21	Netherlands	11
22	Austria	9
	Ireland	9
23	Czech Republic	8
	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

Knight Frank's Wealth Report

Per Knight Frank's Wealth Report (2018)[2][3]

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 (2020)[4]

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires
1	China	669
2	United States	626
3	India	137
4	Germany	122
5	United Kingdom	119
6	Russia	91
7	Switzerland	88
8	Hong Kong	70
9	Brazil	69
10	Thailand	57
11	Taiwan	51
	France	51
13	Japan	44
14	Italy	43
15	Canada	41

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

References

1. "Forbes Billionaires 2020". Forbes. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
2. "Knight Frank Wealth report". latonas.com. 2020-11-23.
3. Ankel, Sophia. "The 15 top countries for billionaires, ranked by how many live there". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. "Shimao Shenkong International Center·Hurun Global Rich List 2020". Hurun Report. 2020-02-26.