List of countries by the number of billionaires - wikipedia List of countries by the number of billionaires 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 + This is a list of countries by the number of billionaires by net worth ( USD ) based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine. This list obviously excludes rich list compiled and published by Business Insider, Challenges, Hurun Report, The Sunday Times, UBS and other sources. Contents 1 Billionaires by continent 2 Billionaires by country or dependency 3 Countries and dependencies without any billionaires yet 4 See also 5 References Billionaires by continent World rank Continent Number of billionaires Richest in the continent Net worth in billions ( USD ) Date updated -- World 2,208 Jeff Bezos 132.8 May 2018 Asia 719 Ma Huateng 51.1 April 2018 North America 631 Jeff Bezos 132.8 May 2018 Europe 559 Bernard Arnault 83.7 May 2018 South America 85 Jorge Paulo Lemann 29.7 January 2018 5 Oceania 35 Gina Rinehart 17.40 2018 6 Africa 25 Aliko Dangote 14.1 March 2018 Billionaires by country or dependency Continents each country resides in : Asia North America Europe South America Oceania Africa Transcontinental World rank Country Number of billionaires Richest in the country Richest in the country 's net worth in billions USD ( year ) United States 585 Jeff Bezos 132.8 ( 2018 ) China 476 Ma Huateng 51.1 ( 2018 ) India 131 Mukesh Ambani 40.5 ( 2018 ) Germany 114 Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. 31.1 ( 2017 ) 5 Russia 96 Leonid Mikhelson 18.4 ( 2017 ) 6 Hong Kong 67 Li Ka - shing 37.7 ( 2018 ) 7 United Kingdom 54 Hinduja family 19.8 ( 2018 ) 8 Brazil 43 Jorge Paulo Lemann 29.7 ( 2018 ) 9 Italy 42 Maria Franca Fissolo 2.2 ( 2018 ) 10 Canada 39 David Thomson 27.2 ( 2017 ) 11 France 38 Bernard Arnault 83.5 ( 2018 ) South Korea 38 Lee Kun - hee 20.6 ( 2018 ) 13 Switzerland 36 Ernesto Bertarelli 9 ( 2017 ) 14 Australia 33 Gina Rinehart 17.40 ( 2018 ) Japan 33 Masayoshi Son 23 ( 2018 ) 16 Sweden 31 Stefan Persson 18.9 ( 2017 ) Taiwan 31 Terry Gou 10.6 ( 2017 ) 18 Turkey 29 Murat Ülker 3.9 ( 2017 ) 19 Spain 25 Amancio Ortega 68.4 ( 2018 ) 20 Singapore 21 Robert and Philip Ng 9.7 ( 2017 ) 21 Indonesia 20 Robert Budi Hartono 12.6 ( 2018 ) Thailand 20 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi 19.9 ( 2018 ) 23 Israel 18 Eyal Ofer 9.7 ( 2018 ) 24 Mexico 15 Carlos Slim Helú 70.5 ( 2018 ) 25 Philippines 14 Henry Sy 19.8 ( 2018 ) Norway 14 Odd Reitan 4.19 ( 2017 ) 27 Chile 12 Iris Fontbona 16.3 ( 2018 ) Malaysia 12 Robert Kuok 15.4 ( 2018 ) 29 Netherlands 10 Charlene de Carvalho - Heineken 16.1 ( 2018 ) Saudi Arabia 10 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 18.7 31 Austria 8 Dietrich Mateschitz 21.2 ( 2018 ) Ireland 8 Pallonji Mistry 18.7 ( 2018 ) South Africa 8 Nicky Oppenheimer 7 ( 2017 ) 34 Argentina 7 Alejandro Bulgheroni 3.5 ( 2017 ) Egypt 7 Nassef Sawiris 5.3 ( 2016 ) Finland 7 Antti Herlin 4.2 ( 2016 ) UAE 7 Al Ghurair Family 5.9 ( 2018 ) 37 Cyprus 6 John Fredriksen 7.4 ( 2018 ) Czech Republic 6 Petr Kellner 11.4 Denmark 6 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen 5.5 ( 2018 ) Ukraine 6 Rinat Akhmetov 4.5 41 Kazakhstan 5 Bulat Utemuratov 2.3 ( 2015 ) Peru 5 Carlos Rodriguez - Pastor 2.6 ( 2017 ) 43 Greece Spiros Latsis 3.2 ( 2018 ) Kuwait Bassam and Kutayba Alghanim 1.4 ( 2018 ) Lebanon Najib and Taha Mikati 2.7 ( 2018 ) Monaco Tatiana Casiraghi 2.3 ( 2017 ) Poland Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk 3.8 ( 2018 ) Portugal Américo Amorim 4.8 ( 2017 ) Vietnam Pham Nhat Vuong 6.9 ( 2018 ) 49 Colombia Luis Carlos Sarmiento 11.3 ( 2017 ) Morocco Othman Benjelloun 1.67 ( 2018 ) Nigeria Aliko Dangote 14.1 ( 2018 ) Oman Suhail Bahwan 3.4 ( 2018 ) 54 Belgium Albert Frère 5.2 ( 2017 ) New Zealand Graeme Hart 10.3 ( 2018 ) St. Kitts & Nevis Wu Xu 1.6 ( 2018 ) Venezuela Juan Carlos Escotet 4.4 ( 2018 ) 59 Algeria Issad Rebrab 4.31 ( 2017 ) Angola Isabel dos Santos 3.5 ( 2017 ) Bangladesh Salman F Rahman 8.5 Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili 4.5 ( 2017 ) Guernsey Stephen Lansdown 2.4 ( 2018 ) Hungary Sandor Csanyi 1.14 ( 2018 ) Iceland Thor Björgólfsson 1.99 ( 2018 ) Jordan Ziyad Manasir 1.1 ( 2015 ) Liechtenstein Christoph Zeller 2.5 ( 2016 ) Macau Hoi Kin Hong 1.58 ( 2018 ) Nepal Binod Chaudhary 1.5 ( 2018 ) Romania Ion Țiriac 1.19 ( 2018 ) Slovakia Ivan Chrenko 1.31 ( 2018 ) Swaziland Nathan Kirsh 3.9 ( 2017 ) Tanzania Mohammed Dewji 1.52 ( 2018 ) Zimbabwe Strive Masiyiwa 1.65 ( 2018 ) Countries and dependencies without any billionaires yet Updated on 22 May 2017 Continents each country resides in : Asia North America Europe South America Oceania Africa Country / dependency Richest in the country Comments Abkhazia Afghanistan Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belarus Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Christmas Island Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Curaçao Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Federated States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Gabon Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea - Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Iran Iraq Isle of Man Ivory Coast Jamaica Jersey Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Mozambique Myanmar Nagorno - Karabakh Republic Namibia Nauru New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger Niue Norfolk Island North Korea Northern Cyprus Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Pitcairn Islands Puerto Rico Q Qatar Republic of the Congo Rwanda Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Lucia Saint - Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Ossetia South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Syria São Tomé and Príncipe Tajikistan The Gambia Togo Tokelau Tonga Transnistria Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu U Uganda United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan V Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Y Yemen Z Zambia See also List of cities by number of billionaires The World 's Billionaires Millionaire List of wealthiest families References ^ The World 's Billionaires List, forbes.com ^ Hurun Global Rich List 2016 Archived 2016 - 04 - 30 at the Wayback Machine., hurun.net ^ `` India climbs back to third spot in billionaires list ''. The Financial Express. 2018 - 03 - 01. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 07. ^ VnExpress. `` Vietnam 's billionaire count doubles to 4 on Forbes ' rich list - VnExpress International ''. ^ `` The World 's Billionaires ''. 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Question: how many billionaires are there in the us
Answer: 585