10 Countries with the Highest Number of Billionaires and Richest Citizens Named

10. Brazil

51 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $160 billion. Decrease from last year by 11 billion and network went down by $27 billion

Vicky Safra & family

Richest citizen with net worth: $16.7 billion

9. United Kingdom (tie)

52 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $202 billion. Increased from last year by 2 billionaires and net worth went up by $2 billion.

James Ratcliffe

Richest citizen with net worth: $22.9 billion

9. Taiwan (tie)

52 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $136 billion. Increased from last year by 1 billionaire and net worth went down by $15 billion.

Lin Shu-hong & Zhang Congyuan

Richest citizen with net worth: $7.8 billion each

8. Canada

63 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $245 billion. Decreased from last year by 1 billionaire and net worth went down by $63 billion.

David Thomson & family

Richest citizen with net worth: $54.4 billion

7. Italy

64 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $216 billion. Increased from last year by 12 billionaires and net worth went up by $21 billion.

Giovanni Ferrero

Richest citizen with net worth: Giovanni Ferrero, $38.9 billion

6. China's Hong Kong Region

66 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $350 billion. Decreased from last year by 1 billionaire and net worth went down by $33 billion.

Li Ka-Shing

Richest citizen with net worth: $38 billion

5. Russia

105 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $474 billion. Increased from last year by 22 billionaires and net worth went up by $154 billion.

Andrey Melnichenko

Richest citizen with net worth: $25.2 billion

4. Germany

126 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $585 billion. Decreased from last year by 8 billionaires and net worth went down by $23 billion.

Dieter Schwarz

Richest citizen with net worth: $42.9 billion

3. India

169 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $675 billion. Increased from last year by 3 billionaires and net worth went down by $75 billion.

Mukesh Ambani

Richest citizen with net worth: $83.4 billion

2. China

495 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $1.67 trillion. Decreased from last year by 44 billionaires and net worth went down by $300 billion.

Zhong Shanshan

Richest citizen with net worth: $68 billion

1. United States

735 Billionaires, Total Net Worth: $4.5 trillion. The same number of billionaires as last year and net worth went down by $200 billion.

Elon Musk

Richest citizen with net worth: $180 billion