List of countries by number of billionaires

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

No data or 0   1–5   6–10   11–50

51–100   101–500   >500

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 2025) ^[1]

Rank	Rank per capita	Country/Territory	Billionaires		Change	Rate
			2025	2024
	-	World	3,028	2,781	+247	0.343
1	11	United States	902	813	+89	2.420
2	53	China	450	406	+44	0.288
3	58	India	205	200	+5	0.144
4	17	Germany	171	132	+39	1.560
5	27	Russia	140	120	+20	0.821
6	16	Canada	76	67	+9	1.643
7	21	Italy	74	73	+1	1.239
8	-	Hong Kong	66	67	-1	8.936
9	45	Brazil	56	69	-13	0.340
10	29	United Kingdom	55	55	0	0.814
11	-	Taiwan	54	51	+3	2.178
12	31	France	52	53	-1	0.775
13	5	Singapore	49	39	+10	6.591
14	15	Australia	47	48	-1	1.790
15	7	Sweden	45	43	+2	4.075
16	6	Switzerland	42	41	+1	4.591
	47	Japan	42	41	+1	0.331
18	9	Israel	41	36	+5	3.649
19	36	Spain	34	29	+5	0.597
20	61	Indonesia	33	35	-2	0.125
21	48	Turkey	32	27	+5	0.316
22	35	South Korea	30	36	-6	0.702
23	43	Thailand	25	26	-1	0.381
24	57	Mexico	22	22	0	0.170
25	40	Malaysia	19	17	+2	0.509
26	13	Norway	17	12	+5	2.162
27	25	Greece	16	10	+6	0.960
28	59	Philippines	15	16	-1	0.142
		Saudi Arabia	15	0	+15
30	30	Netherlands	13	14	-1	0.780
31	23	Czech Republic	11	11	0	1.011
	14	Ireland	11	11	0	2.083
	26	Belgium	11	10	+1	0.847
34	4	Cyprus	10	10	0	10.892
	56	Poland	10	8	+2	0.213
36	24	Austria	9	9	0	0.983
	19	Denmark	9	9	0	1.510
38	20	Finland	7	7	0	1.256
	63	South Africa	7	6	+1	0.097
	60	Ukraine	7	5	+2	0.136
41	51	Chile	6	6	0	0.301
	52	Kazakhstan	6	6	0	0.299
	22	Lebanon	6	6	0	1.093
	49	Romania	6	6	0	0.315
	41	United Arab Emirates	6	4	+2	0.431
46	67	Vietnam	5	6	-1	0.060
	69	Egypt	5	5	0	0.048
	62	Argentina	5	5	0	0.107
	32	New Zealand	5	4	+1	0.754
50	39	Hungary	4	5	-1	0.521
	65	Colombia	4	4	0	0.076
	73	Nigeria	4	4	0	0.018
53	68	Morocco	3	2	+1	0.054
54	1	Monaco	2	3	-1	76.825
	50	Bulgaria	2	2	0	0.310
	33	Qatar	2	2	0	0.753
	42	Oman	2	2	0	0.391
	44	Slovakia	2	2	0	0.369
	38	Georgia	2	2	0	0.535
	34	Estonia	2	1	+1	0.732
	71	Nepal	2	1	+1	0.034
61	64	Portugal	1	1	0	0.096
	8	Barbados	1	1	0	3.734
	70	Venezuela	1	1	0	0.035
	72	Algeria	1	1	0	0.022
	28	Eswatini	1	1	0	0.817
	-	Guernsey	1	1	0	15.602
	10	Iceland	1	1	0	2.519
	2	Liechtenstein	1	1	0	25.174
	74	Tanzania	1	1	0	0.016
	66	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0.066
	46	Armenia	1	1	0	0.335
	12	Belize	1	1	0	2.265
	54	Croatia	1	1	0	0.259
	18	Luxembourg	1	1	0	1.513
		Albania	1	0	+1
-	37	Uruguay	0	2	-2	0.581
	3	St. Kitts & Nevis	0	1	-1	21.189
	75	Bangladesh	0	1	-1	0.006
	55	Panama	0	1	-1	0.246

Hurun Global Rich List

Per Hurun Global Rich List (2025) ^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Country/Territory	Number of billionaires	Major cities of residents
1	United States	870	New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Dallas
2	China	823	Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Ningbo
3	India	284	Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru
4	United Kingdom	150	London
5	Germany	141
6	Switzerland	116
7	Russia	89	Moscow
8	France	72	Paris
9	Italy	69	Milan
10	Brazil	67	São Paulo
11	Canada	65
12	Australia	49
13	Singapore	48	Singapore
14	Indonesia	44	Jakarta
15	Thailand	43	Bangkok
16	Japan	41	Tokyo
17	South Korea	38	Seoul
18	Israel	33	Tel Aviv
19	Turkey	31	Istanbul
20	Mexico	28
20	Sweden	28	Stockholm
22	Spain	27
23	United Arab Emirates	26	Dubai
24	Monaco	21
25	Netherlands	17
25	Malaysia	17
27	Denmark	16
27	Philippines	16
29	Austria	14
30	Norway	12

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

References

1. "Forbes 2025 Billionaires List - The Richest People In The World Ranked". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-04-13.
2. "Hurun Global 500". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
3. "Hurun Global Rich List 2025". www.hurun.net. Retrieved 2025-03-27.