Based on the latest widely cited sources, the United States currently has the most billionaires, with Forbes listing about 900 individuals as of 2025, far ahead of other countries like China and India.
Key takeaways
- United States leads globally in billionaire count and total wealth, driven by tech, finance, and large consumer sectors.
- China and India follow, with China having the next-highest number of billionaires, buoyed by tech and manufacturing, and India seeing rapid growth in wealth for its entrepreneurs.
- The distribution remains highly concentrated: a small set of countries (notably the U.S., China, India) account for the majority of billionaires and aggregate net worth.
If you’d like, I can pull the most recent Forbes tallies or provide a country- by-country table with counts and approximate total net worth for 2024–2025.
