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There are now more than 3,000 billionaires around the world, and they’re richer than ever, worth a combined $16.1 trillion. But the distribution of this extreme affluence is far from equal. Just three nations for more than 50% of all billionaires (and billionaire wealth), while 17 other countries each have just one citizen in the three-comma club.

Nearly a third of this year’s list hails from the United States, which remains the country with the most billionaire citizens by far. A record 902 American billionaires made the ranking (up from 813 last year), worth a record $6.8 trillion combined.

All but two of the world’s 15 centibillionaires are U.S. citizens, including Elon Musk (estimated net worth: $342 billion), who reclaimed the title of world’s richest person from Frenchman Bernard Arnault ($178 billion) of LVMH for the first time since the 2022 list.

American tech titans Mark Zuckerberg of Meta ($216 billion), Jeff Bezos of Amazon ($215 billion) and Larry Ellison of Oracle ($192 billion), who trails Arnault, round out the list’s top five.

China boasts the second-highest number of billionaires once again, with 450 on this year’s list, who are worth $1.7 trillion combined. That’s up from 406 Chinese billionaires last year—but still short of the record 495 that made the 2023 list with a combined net worth of $1.7 trillion, before a property market crash and stock market rout erased nearly $400 billion of Chinese wealth over the next year.

Despite the U.S. government’s attempts to force a sale of TikTok to an American owner, Zhang Yiming, who cofounded the social media app’s parent company ByteDance, overtook bottled water magnate Zhong Shanshan ($57.7 billion) to become China’s richest person in March, after ByteDance bought back shares at a $312 billion valuation, boosting Zhang’s fortune to an estimated $65.5 billion.

The world’s most populous country, India, still ranks third, with 205 billionaires (up from 200 last year) worth $941 billion combined, which is down from $954 billion last year. That’s because the country’s two richest people, Mukesh Ambani ($92.5 billion) and Gautam Adani ($56.3 billion), both saw their fortunes fall by more than $20 billion, as shares of their closely held conglomerates cratered.

And then there’s , which has the fourth most billionaires yet again, with 171 citizens on this year’s list (up from 132 last year). Altogether, they’re worth $793 billion, or about $150 billion more than in 2024, led by supermarket mogul Dieter Schwarz ($41 billion), who overtook shipping tycoon Klaus-Michael Kuehne ($39.6 billion) as ’s richest person.

Elsewhere in Europe, Albania has its first-ever billionaire this year in newcomer Samir Mane, who has built an estimated $1.4 billion fortune from investments in shopping malls, electronics stores and luxury real estate throughout the Balkans.

Meanwhile, Peru is back on the list after dropping off in 2024, thanks to mining mogul Eduardo Hochschild (estimated net worth: $2.4 billion) returning to the ranking. And there are 14 newcomers and one returnee from Saudi Arabia, which returns to the list for the first time since 2017.

Three countries that had at least one ten-figure fortune last year have now lost their billionaires: Uruguay, Panama and Bangladesh (whose sole billionaire last year, industrialist Muhammed Aziz Khan, gave up his Bangladeshi birth citizenship as part of the naturalization process in his current home country of Singapore).

In all, 78 countries and territories have at least one billionaire citizen in 2025. Here are the ten with the most.

NET WORTHS ARE AS OF MARCH 7, 2025

#10. United Kingdom
Total billionaires: 55 (same as last year)
Total net worth: $238 billion (vs. $225 billion)
Richest person: Michael Platt, estimated net worth: $18.8 billion

#9. Brazil
Total billionaires: 56 (vs. 69 last year)
Total net worth: $212 billion (vs. $231 billion)
Richest person: Eduardo Saverin, $34.5 billion

#8. Hong Kong*
Total billionaires: 66 (vs. 67 last year)
Total net worth: $335 billion (vs. $330 billion)
Richest person: Li Ka-shing, $38.9 billion

#7. Italy
Total billionaires: 74 (vs. 73 last year)
Total net worth: $339 billion (vs. $302 billion)
Richest person: Giovanni Ferrero, $38.2 billion

#6. Canada
Total billionaires: 76 (vs. 67 last year)
Total net worth: $359 billion (vs. $315 billion )
Richest person: Changpeng Zhao, $62.9 billion

#5. Russia
Total billionaires: 140 (vs. 120 last year)
Total net worth: $580 billion (vs. $537 billion)
Richest person: Vagit Alekperov, $28.7 billion

#4.
Total billionaires: 171 (vs. 132 last year)
Total net worth: $793 billion (vs. $644 billion)
Richest person: Dieter Schwarz, $41 billion

#3. India
Total billionaires: 205 (vs. 200 last year)
Total net worth: $941 billion (vs. $954 billion)
Richest person: Mukesh Ambani, $92.5 billion

#2. China
Total billionaires: 450 (vs. 406 last year)
Total net worth: $1.7 trillion (vs. $1.3 trillion)
Richest person: Zhang Yiming, $65.5 billion

#1. United States
Total billionaires: 902 (vs. 813 last year)
Total net worth: $6.8 trillion (vs. $5.7 trillion)
Richest person: Elon Musk, $342 billion

*Hong Kong is an autonomous territory of China.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sylvanlebrun/2025/04/01/the-countries-with-the-most-billionaires-2025/?utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter

11. Association of Chestbeaters in Nigeria.

Audio billionaires that can't even mk it into Nigeria richest list

-Nearly a third of this year’s list hails from the United States, which remains the country with the most billionaire citizens by far.

-A record 902 American billionaires made the ranking (up from 813 last year), worth a record $6.8 trillion combined.

All but two of the world’s 15 centibillionaires are U.S. citizens, including Elon Musk (estimated net worth: $342 billion)...

-American tech titans Mark Zuckerberg of Meta ($216 billion), Jeff Bezos of Amazon ($215 billion) and Larry Ellison of Oracle ($192 billion), who trails Arnault, round out the list’s top five.

This is completely fake list without at least minimum of 40 developers billionaires

Why is terry waya not on the list I taught he said his networth is 2.2 billion

With the virtue of Our brother billionaires, Nigeria should be on that list, Gosh Wata Bam Bam

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So poor all they have is dollars

Soon, it might tarry but it will come

Vision 2045

The list is the top nation's with the highest numbers of billionaires. The political billionaires in Nigeria today tends to make their monies via institutional corruption. It is good to be rich. A country of rich billionaires tends to have a good economy.

I go soon them... Very soon


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chiiraq802:
11. Association of Chestbeaters in Nigeria.

Audio billionaires that can't even mk it into Nigeria richest list

Many Igbo people get money. Forget it!

There are several rich igbo persons. The tribe is not a poor tribe.

But chest beating is not good. It is not good to worship money.

Racoon:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sylvanlebrun/2025/04/01/the-countries-with-the-most-billionaires-2025/?utm_source=ForbesMainTwitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflowForbesMainTwitter

US keeps leveraging on its USD. Smh.

The richest person in Canada is even a Chinese.

You must see India there. I don't know why Nigerians denigrate India

Nobody is dethroning the USA on that 1st spot anytime soon. 🇺🇸

incomplete list without dot Nation billionaires.

Racoon:
-Nearly a third of this year’s list hails from the United States, which remains the country with the most billionaire citizens by far.

-A record 902 American billionaires made the ranking (up from 813 last year), worth a record $6.8 trillion combined.

All but two of the world’s 15 centibillionaires are U.S. citizens, including Elon Musk (estimated net worth: $342 billion)...

-American tech titans Mark Zuckerberg of Meta ($216 billion), Jeff Bezos of Amazon ($215 billion) and Larry Ellison of Oracle ($192 billion), who trails Arnault, round out the list’s top five.

And some nonentities are here comparing Nigeria with USA because of gun violence and frequent Aircraft crashing

So all this Arab money no dey

Anambra alone has over 10k billionaires. The list is fake

Hisroyalbeat:
With the virtue of Our brother billionaires, Nigeria should be on that list, Gosh Wata Bam Bam

Must you prove them right?

They said that ffooolls are quick to attach Ndi Igbo to everything

FreeStuffsNG:
US keeps leveraging on its USD. Smh

You are blaming them? For what?
Somebody decided to create enabling environment for the most talented individuals on the planet to thrive

It is not their fault

For example Some person dare say Barack becoming president 8yrs + technically Biden 4 years was a fluke

Hahaha 🤣
I laff

chiiraq802:
11. Association of Chestbeaters in Nigeria.

Audio billionaires that can't even mk it into Nigeria richest list

Yet they are better than you and your entire generation. You can only envy them but unfortunately you will die iring them

chiiraq802:
11. Association of Chestbeaters in Nigeria.

Audio billionaires that can't even mk it into Nigeria richest list

When people are talking, poor people who still live in one room apartment will be talking.

Racoon:
The list is the top nation's with the highest numbers of billionaires. The political billionaires in Nigeria today tends to make their monies via institutional corruption. It is good to be rich. A country of rich billionaires tends to have a good economy.

Immediately you people lose out in anything, you come up with talks like this, if it was the other way round una no go let people hear word. 😂

Some of the Nigerian guys on the Forbes list didn't even make their money in Nigeria.

Racoon:
The list is the top nation's with the highest numbers of billionaires. The political billionaires in Nigeria today tends to make their monies via institutional corruption. It is good to be rich. A country of rich billionaires tends to have a good economy.

What’s the total billionaire in Africa self

The list is incomplete!

Obi Cubana them.......Ezeego! Money na water!

So them no reach 1000 Billionaires for SE?

BIAFRA nko ?

Hmmm

VeeVeeMyLuv:


You are blaming them? For what?
Somebody decided to create enabling environment for the most talented individuals on the planet to thrive

It is not their fault

For example Some person dare say Barack becoming president 8yrs + technically Biden 4 years was a fluke

Hahaha 🤣
I laff

Same US is now lamenting that others are ripping it off.

This is the reason I pointed out other ways the US is ripping off the world.