List of countries by the number of US dollar billionaires

The following lists of billionaires are listed by number, nationality, and continent. The lists, compiled annually by Forbes magazine, exclude heads of state and government by net worth, as their wealth is tied to their positions.

List of countries with 10 or more billionaires in 2015

Source

Rank	Country / Region	Number of billionaires	Richest of the Country / Region
1	United States	536	Bill Gates
2	China	213	Wang Jianlin
3	Germany	103	Georg Schaeffler
4	India	90	Mukesh Ambani
5	Russia	88	Vladimir Potanin
6	Hong Kong	55	Li Ka-shing
7	Brazil	54	Jorge Paulo Lemann
8	United Kingdom	53	Hinduja Brothers
9	France	47	Liliane Bettencourt and family
10	Canada	39	David Thomson and family
11	Italy	39	Maria Franca Fissolo and family
12	Taiwan	33	Tsai Eng-Meng
13	Turkey	32	Murat Ülker
14	South Korea	30	Lee Kun-Hee
15	Switzerland	29	Ernesto Bertarelli and family
16	Australia	27	Gina Rinehart
17	Japan	24	Tadashi Yanai and family
18	Sweden	23	Stefan Persson
19	Indonesia	22	R. Budi Hartono
20	Spain	21	Amancio Ortega
21	Singapore	19	Robert Ng and Philip Ng
22	Thailand	17	Dhanin Chearavanont and family
23	Israel	17	Eyal Ofer
24	Mexico	16	Carlos Slim Helu and family
25	Chile	12	Iris Fontbona and family
26	Malaysia	12	Robert Kuok
27	Philippines	11	Henry Sy and family
28	Norway	10	Odd Reitan
29	Saudi Arabia	10	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
	Rest of the World	154	Pallonji Mistry, Ireland
	Total	1,826	Bill Gates

Billionaires by continent

Africa

Total = 13

Rank	Nation/Region	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Egypt	8
2	South Africa	7
3	Nigeria	5
4	Morocco	3

Asia

Total = 412

Rank	Nation/Region	Number of billionaires 2013^[1]
1	People's Republic of China	122
2	India	55
3	Hong Kong	39
4	Republic of China (Taiwan)	26
5	Indonesia	25
6	South Korea	24
7	Japan	22
8	Israel	17
9	Philippines	11
10	Malaysia	10
11	Singapore	10
12	Thailand	10
13	Saudi Arabia	8
14	Lebanon	6
15	Kuwait	5
16	Kazakhstan	5
17	United Arab Emirates	4
18	Vietnam	1
19	Nepal	1
20	Pakistan	1

Europe

Total = 390

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Russia	110
2	Germany	58
3	Turkey	43
4	United Kingdom	37
5	France	24
6	Italy	23
7	Spain	20
8	Sweden	14
9	Switzerland	13
10	Ukraine	10
11	Austria	8
12	Netherlands	6
12	Norway	6
12	Denmark	6
13	Ireland	5
14	Poland	4
14	Czech Republic	4
15	Portugal	3
15	Greece	3
15	Monaco	3
16	Romania	1
16	Guernsey	1
16	Georgia	1

North America

Total = 486

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires^[1]^[2]
1	United States	442
2	Canada	29
3	Mexico	15

Oceania

Total = 21

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Australia	18
2	New Zealand	3

South America

Total = 51

Rank	Per capita rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	2	Brazil	37
2	1	Chile	5
3	5	Argentina	4
4	6	Colombia	3
5	4	Venezuela	2

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The World's Billionaires". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
↑ "How NAFTA Helped The Mexican Billionaires' Club - npr". Carrie Kahn. Retrieved 2014-01-05.

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