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 4 See also 5 References Billionaires by continent Updated on 27 July 2017 World rank Continent Number of billionaires ( 2017 ) Richest in the continent -- World 2043 Bill Gates Asia 719 Wang Jianlin North America 631 Bill Gates Europe 559 Amancio Ortega South America 85 Jorge Paulo Lemann 5 Oceania 35 Gina Rinehart 6 Africa 25 Nicky Oppenheimer Billionaires by country or dependency Updated on 22 May 2017 Continents each country resides in : Asia North America Europe South America Oceania Africa Transcontinental World rank Country Number of billionaires ( 2017 ) Richest in the country United States 565 Bill Gates China 319 Wang Jianlin Germany 114 Beate Heister and Karl Albrecht Jr. India 101 Mukesh Ambani 5 Russia 96 Leonid Mikhelson 6 Hong Kong 67 Li Ka - shing 7 United Kingdom 54 Hinduja family 8 Brazil 43 Jorge Paulo Lemann 9 Italy 42 Maria Franca Fissolo 10 Canada 39 David Thomson 11 France 38 Bernard Arnault South Korea 38 Lee Kun - hee 13 Switzerland 36 Ernesto Bertarelli 14 Australia 33 Gina Rinehart Japan 33 Masayoshi Son 16 Sweden 31 Stefan Persson Taiwan 31 Terry Gou 18 Turkey 29 Murat Ülker 19 Spain 25 Amancio Ortega 20 Singapore 21 Robert and Philip Ng 21 Indonesia 20 Robert Budi Hartono Thailand 20 Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi 23 Israel 18 Eyal Ofer 24 Mexico 15 Carlos Slim Helú 25 Philippines 14 Henry Sy Norway 14 Odd Reitan 27 Chile 12 Iris Fontbona Malaysia 12 Robert Kuok 29 Netherlands 10 Charlene de Carvalho - Heineken Saudi Arabia 10 Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud 31 Austria 8 Dietrich Mateschitz Ireland 8 Pallonji Mistry South Africa 8 Nicky Oppenheimer 34 Argentina 7 Alejandro Bulgheroni Egypt 7 Nassef Sawiris Finland 7 Antti Herlin 37 Cyprus 6 John Fredriksen Czech Republic 6 Petr Kellner Denmark 6 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen Ukraine 6 Rinat Akhmetov 41 Kazakhstan 5 Bulat Utemuratov Peru 5 Carlos Rodriguez - Pastor United Arab Emirates 5 Majid Al Futtaim 44 Kuwait Bassam and Kutayba Alghanim Lebanon Najib and Taha Mikati Monaco Tatiana Casiraghi Poland Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk Portugal Américo Amorim 49 Colombia Luis Carlos Sarmiento Greece Philip Niarchos Morocco Othman Benjelloun Nigeria Aliko Dangote Oman Suhail Bahwan 54 Belgium Albert Frère New Zealand Graeme Hart St. Kitts & Nevis Jacky Xu Venezuela Juan Carlos Escotet Vietnam Pham Nhat Vuong 59 Algeria Issad Rebrab Angola Isabel dos Santos Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili Guernsey Stephen Lansdown Iceland Thor Björgólfsson Jordan Ziyd al manaseer Liechtenstein Christoph Zeller Macau Hoi Kin Hong Nepal Binod Chaudhary Romania Ion Țiriac Slovakia Ivan Chrenko Swaziland Nathan Kirsh Tanzania Mohammed Dewji Countries and dependencies without any billionaires 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 Bangladesh 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 Hungary 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 Zimbabwe See also The World 's Billionaires List of countries by number of millionaires List of wealthiest families References ^ The World 's Billionaires List, forbes.com ^ Hurun Global Rich List 2016, hurun.net Lists of people by net worth By citizenship Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada China ( PRC ) Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Mexico Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan ( ROC ) Tanzania Thailand Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Venezuela By region Arab League South Asia South East Asia Africa Forbes lists 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Forbes 400 members In history List of wealthiest historical figures List of richest Americans in history Other Countries by the number of US dollar billionaires Forbes Fictional 15 Royals Sunday Times Rich List ( UK ) Financial Review Rich List ( Australia ) Women Lists of countries by population statistics World population Current population Current population ( United Nations ) Continental Asia Africa Europe North America Oceania South America Regional Americas Arab world Caribbean Commonwealth of Nations Eurasia European Union Islands Latin America Middle East Cities National capitals Cities proper Metropolitan areas Urban areas Megacities Megalopolises Past and future population Past population ( United Nations ) Past and future population 1000 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 1907 1939 2000 2005 Future population Population density Current density Current real density based on food growing capacity Growth indicators Population growth rate Natural increase Birth rate Mortality rate Fertility rate Other demographics Age at first marriage Divorce rate Domestic citizens Ethnic and cultural diversity level Foreign - 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Question: how many billionaires are there in the united states of america
Answer: 565