Countries having the maximum number of Billionaires
Who doesn’t want to be a billionaire? But, in the population of 7.6 billion, there are only 2,473 billionaires in the world according to research firm Wealth-X, which releases an annual Billionaire Census.
Almost one-fourth of the billionaires are from the USA only. The total number of billionaires in the USA is 585. Here, we provide a list of top 11 countries which have the maximum number of billionaires.
USA
The United States of America has topped the list. There are 585 billionaires in the USA.
China
In the list of global billionaires, China has the 2nd position along with 260 billionaires.
Germany
Germany has secured the 3rd place in the list of having the most number of billionaires in a country. There are more than 130 billionaires in Germany.
Russia
Russia has secured the 4th position having the 118 numbers of billionaires.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has 106 billionaires.
Switzerland
Switzerland has 95 billionaires
India
India is having more than 90 billionaires. According to Forbes annual list of 2018, India has 122 billionaires.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong has 79 billionaires.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arebia has 59 billionaires.
Brazil
Bazil also has 59 billionaires according to this list.
France
France has 52 billionaires.
Note: The number of billionaires may be changed according to the other business magazines. This is not an official data given by any government.
| Position | Country | Number of billionaires | Total wealth held by billionaires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States of America | 585 | $2.466 trillion |
| 2 |  China | 260 | $675 billion |
| 3 |  Germany | 130 | $423 billion |
| 4 |  Russia | 118 | $348 billion |
| 5 |  United Kingdom | 106 | $295 billion |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 95 | $235 billion |
| 7 |  India | 90 | $206 billion |
| 8 |  Hong Kong | 79 | $291 billion |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia | 59 | $181 billion |
| 10 |  Brazil | 59 | $186 billion |
| 11 |  France | 52 | $206 billion |
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