TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - In 2026, 80 countries and territories have at least one billionaire on the global rankings, slightly up from 78 the previous year according to Forbes.
While many of the world’s largest fortunes remain held by men, several women also appear as the richest person in each country, building wealth across industries from mining and shipping to cosmetics and banking.
In Chile, Iris Fontbona controls the copper giant Antofagasta plc. Meanwhile, shipping leader Rafaela Aponte-Diamant co-founded Mediterranean Shipping Company with her husband, building one of the world’s largest shipping firms.
Regionally, the Asia-Pacific leads with 1,229 billionaires, followed by the Americas with 1,186, Europe with 875, and the Middle East & Africa with 138. The United States continues to dominate the billionaire landscape with a record 989 billionaires worth a combined $8.4 trillion, including 15 of 20 richest people in the world (note: masih dalam bentuk gdocs) such as Elon Musk.
China ranks second globally with 539 billionaires worth about $2.2 trillion, the highest number the country has recorded to date. India follows with 229 billionaires worth roughly $1 trillion, fueled by a strong year for the country’s stock market.
Richest People in Each Country
To better understand the global landscape of the billionaire list, below is the full snapshot of the richest people in each country, as cited from Forbes’ 2026 edition per March:
Afghanistan — Mirwais Azizi, $1.4B
Albania — Samir Mane, $1.9B
Algeria — Issad Rebrab & family, $3.6B
Argentina — Marcos Galperin, $7.2B
Armenia — Ruben Vardanyan & family, $1.3B
Australia — Gina Rinehart, $25.5B
Austria — Mark Mateschitz, $45.8B
Barbados — Rihanna, $1B
Belgium — Eric Wittouck, $9B
Belize — Kenneth Dart, $4B
Brazil — Eduardo Saverin, $35.9B
Bulgaria — Georgi Domuschiev, $2.9B
Canada — Changpeng Zhao, $110B
Chile — Iris Fontbona & family, $52.6B
China — Zhang Yiming, $69.3B
Colombia — Jaime Gilinski Bacal, $14.7B
Croatia — Vasily Anisimov, $2.1B
Cyprus — John Fredriksen, $21.2B
Czech — Michal Strnad, $31.1B
Denmark — Anders Holch Povlsen, $16.9B
Egypt — Nassef Sawiris, $9.6B
Estonia — Kristo Käärmann, $2.2B
Eswatini — Nathan Kirsh, $9.1B
Finland — Antti Herlin, $4.8B
France — Bernard Arnault & family, $171B
Georgia — Mikhail Lomtadze, $6B
Germany — Dieter Schwarz, $67.2B
Greece — Vicky Safra & family, $27.1B
Guernsey — Stephen Lansdown, $3.2B
Hong Kong — Robin Zeng, $53.2B
Hungary — Lorinc Meszaros, $5.2B
Iceland — Thor Bjorgolfsson, $1B
India — Mukesh Ambani, $99.7B
Indonesia — Prajogo Pangestu, $28.6B
Ireland — John Collison, $17.5B
Israel — Idan Ofer, $34.6B
Italy — Giancarlo Devasini, $89.3B
Japan — Tadashi Yanai & family, $61.8B
Kazakhstan — Vyacheslav Kim, $7.8B
Lebanon — Najib Mikati, $3.8B
Liechtenstein — Christoph Zeller, $1.3B
Luxembourg — Michael Gans & family, $1.2B
Malaysia — Robert Kuok, $14.2B
Mexico — Carlos Slim Helú & family, $125B
Monaco — Stefano Pessina, $6.3B
Morocco — Othman Benjelloun & family, $1.7B
Nepal — Binod Chaudhary, $2.1B
Netherlands — Jean-Louis van der Velde, $38B
New Zealand — Graeme Hart, $10.2B
Nigeria — Aliko Dangote, $28.5B
Norway — Torstein Hagen, $18.4B
Oman — P.N.C. Menon, $3.9B
Pakistan — Sualeh Asif, $1.3B
Peru — Eduardo Hochschild, $5.2B
Philippines — Enrique Razon Jr., $16.5B
Poland — Michal Solowow, $15.9B
Portugal — Maria Fernanda Amorim & family, $7.6B
Qatar — Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, $5.2B
Romania — Ion Tiriac, $5B
Russia — Alexey Mordashov & family, $37B
Saudi Arabia — Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, $19.9B
Singapore —Jason Chang, $14.2B
Slovakia — Jaroslav Hascak & family, $2.2B
South Africa — Johann Rupert & family, $16.1B
South Korea — Jay Y. Lee, $27B
Spain — Amancio Ortega, $148B
St. Kitts and Nevis — Justin Sun, $8.5B
Sweden — Stefan Persson & family, $24.2B
Switzerland — Gianluigi Aponte, $44.5B
Taiwan — Terry Gou, $15.3B
Tanzania — Mohammed Dewji, $2.1B
Thailand — Dhanin Chearavanont, $19.9B
Turkey — Hamdi Ulukaya, $13.5B
Ukraine — Rinat Akhmetov, $7.8B
United Arab Emirates — Hussain Sajwani, $15.3B
United Kingdom — Michael Platt, $20.9B
United States — Elon Musk, $839B
Venezuela — Juan Carlos Escotet, $11.3B
Vietnam — Pham Nhat Vuong, $27.7B
Zimbabwe — Strive Masiyiwa, $2.1B
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