List of countries by the number of US dollar billionaires

Total US$ billionaires by country, 2015

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The following list of billionaires is compiled annually by Forbes magazine.^[1] It excludes heads of state and government, as their wealth is usually tied to their positions.

List of countries with 10 or more billionaires in 2015

Source Hurun

Rank	Country / Region	Number of billionaires	Richest of the Country / Region
1	United States	536	Bill Gates
2	China	213	Wang Jianlin
3	India	111	Mukesh Ambani
4	Germany	103	Georg Schaeffler
5	Russia	88	Vladimir Potanin
6	Hong Kong	55	Li Ka-shing
7	Brazil	54	Jorge Paulo Lemann
8	United Kingdom	53	Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
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	Saudi Arabia	10	Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
	Rest of the World	154	Pallonji Mistry, Ireland
	Total	1,826	Bill Gates

Billionaires by country

Africa

Total = 29

Rank	Nation/Region	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Egypt	8
2	South Africa	7
3	Nigeria	5
4	Morocco	3
5	Tanzania	2
6	Algeria	1
7	Angola	1
8	Swaziland	1
9	Uganda	1

Asia

Total = 578

Rank	Nation/Region	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	People's Republic of China	213
2	India	111
3	Hong Kong	55
4	Republic of China (Taiwan)	33
5	South Korea	30
6	Japan	24
7	Indonesia	23
8	Singapore	19
9	Israel	17
10	Thailand	16
11	Malaysia	12
12	Philippines	11
13	Saudi Arabia	10
14	Lebanon	7
15	Kuwait	5
16	Kazakhstan	5
17	United Arab Emirates	4
18	Oman	2
19	Vietnam	1
20	Nepal	1

Europe

Total = 514

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Germany	103
2	Russia	88
3	United Kingdom	53
4	France	47
5	Italy	39
6	Turkey	32
7	Switzerland	29
8	Sweden	23
9	Spain	21
10	Norway	10
11	Netherlands	9
12	Austria	7
13	Cyprus	5
14	Czech Republic	5
15	Denmark	5
16	Finland	5
17	Ireland	5
18	Poland	5
19	Ukraine	5
20	Portugal	3
21	Greece	3
22	Monaco	3
23	Belgium	3
24	Romania	3
25	Guernsey	1
26	Georgia	1
27	Iceland	1
28	Lithuania	1

North America

Total = 591

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	United States	536
2	Canada	39
3	Mexico	16

Oceania

Total = 29

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Australia	27
2	New Zealand	2

Central and South America

Total = 85

Rank	Nation	Number of billionaires 2015^[1]
1	Brazil	54
2	Chile	12
3	Peru	6
4	Argentina	5
5	Colombia	3
6	Venezuela	3
7	Guatemala	1
8	St. Kitts & Nevis	1

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The World's Billionaires: 2015 Ranking". Retrieved 2015-07-29.

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