List of countries by the number of billionaires
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The following is a list of billionaires in 2006, listed by nationality, and grouped by continent.
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[edit] Africa
Total = 5
- Egypt - 2
- South Africa - 3
[edit] Asia
Total = 140
- China - 8
- Hong Kong - 17
- India - 27
- Indonesia - 2
- Israel - 8
- Japan - 27
- Kazakhstan - 2
- Kuwait - 4
- Lebanon - 3
- Malaysia - 8
- Nepal - 1
- Philippines - 3
- Saudi Arabia - 11
- Singapore - 4
- South Korea - 4
- Taiwan - 5
- Thailand - 3
- United Arab Emirates - 5
[edit] Europe
Total = 196
- Austria - 3
- Belgium - 2
- Czech Republic -
- Denmark - 2
- France - 14
- Germany - 55
- India - 1
- Iceland - 1
- Ireland - 4
- Italy - 14
- Malta - 1 [1]
- Monaco - 1
- Netherlands - 4
- Norway - 4
- Poland - 3
- Portugal - 1
- Russia - 33
- Spain - 10
- Sweden - 8
- Switzerland - 8
- Ukraine - 3
- United Kingdom - 24
[edit] North America
Total = 427
- Canada - 46
- Mexico - 10
- United States - 371
[edit] Oceania
Total = 9
- Australia - 7
- New Zealand - 2
[edit] South America
Total - 23
[edit] Notes
- The definition of 'billionaire' is a person who owned at least $1,000,000,000 USD in February 2006
- There may be people who probably own more than $1 billion but are not included on the list because the figure is not verified
- The list also excludes heads of state whose wealth is tied to their position (see list of heads of government and state by net worth)
