Number of Billionaires in the World Over Time
The number of billionaires on the Forbes list grew from 1,011 in 2010 to 3,428 in 2026.
The data
| Year | Billionaires |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,011 |
| 2011 | 1,210 |
| 2012 | 1,226 |
| 2013 | 1,426 |
| 2014 | 1,645 |
| 2015 | 1,826 |
| 2016 | 1,810 |
| 2017 | 2,043 |
| 2018 | 2,208 |
| 2019 | 2,153 |
| 2020 | 2,095 |
| 2021 | 2,755 |
| 2022 | 2,668 |
| 2023 | 2,640 |
| 2024 | 2,781 |
| 2025 | 3,028 |
| 2026 | 3,428 |
Source: Forbes World's Billionaires annual lists. 2010 to 2020: Forbes “A Decade of Billionaires”. 2021 to 2025: Forbes annual list reports (compiled in Wikipedia, “The World's Billionaires”), with 2022 to 2025 also from Forbes facts-and-figures articles. 2026: Forbes / Business Wire, Mar 10, 2026.
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