According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2023, China housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2023. In detail, there were 969 billionaires living in China. By comparison, 691 billionaires resided in the United States.
The United States of America is home to 735 billionaires
The Forbes 2023 rich list reveals that 2,640 billionaires of the world hail from 77 countries or territories. The country with the highest number of billionaires is, unsurprisingly, the US.
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
Forbes' real-time data shows that as of April 2023, there are 50 Australian billionaires on the list of the world's richest people.
Hangzhou in China comes out on top of the list assessing the fastest-growing millionaire hotspots. The report found that between 2012 and 2022, the amount of individuals living there that have over $1 million worth of investable assets has soared by 105%.
New York City
It is the financial center of the USA and the wealthiest city in the world by several measures. It is also home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by market cap (the NYSE and the Nasdaq).
Our low tax and adaptive regulatory environment make us a business-friendly nation. For a small population, Australia is a rich consumer market. We have the highest median wealth in the world. We also have the sixth largest number of high-income households.
Australians are the richest people in the world, with a median wealth three times that of the average American, a new report has shown.
In 2019-20, a household at the 90th percentile of the distribution – that is, a household that is richer than 90 per cent of households – had a net worth of $2.26 million. A household at the 10th percentile was worth just $36,900, or 61 times less.
The worst performing states are Tasmania, with incomes 26% below the national income and wealth average, as well as South Australia which is 19% below the average household income and 20% below the national net wealth.
In the centre of Sydney's east, some of Sydney's most awe-inspiring properties are nestled within Bellevue Hill's green hills. It takes out the title as the most expensive suburb in Australia, and for good reason. A meander through the suburb's spectacular streets says it all.
Sydney has featured in the top ten of the world's wealthiest cities with 35 per cent growth of high-net-worth individuals in the past decade.
The American business magazine Forbes produces a global list of known U.S. dollar billionaires every year and updates an Internet version of this list in real-time. The American oil magnate John D. Rockefeller became the world's first confirmed U.S. dollar billionaire in 1916.
But old age is not a requirement for amassing great wealth. In fact, there are 15 people around the globe who boast a three-comma fortune despite being 30 years old or younger. The youngest of this mostly lucky bunch are Clemente Del Vecchio and Kim Jung-youn, neither of whom have hit their 20s yet.
A trillion is such a huge number, followed by twelve zeros. That is one thousand times a billion (nine zeros followed by 1). Do you know that only 6 trillionaires ever lived on the face of earth? As of today, there are no trillionaires who live on earth.
Australia is a highly developed country with a mixed economy. As of 2023, Australia was the 13th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product), the 19th-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the 22nd-largest goods exporter and 24th-largest goods importer.
According to Credit Suisse's latest global wealth report, the median net worth of an Australian adult increased by US$28,450 to reach more than US$273,000 in 2021. This put Australia ahead of Belgium's US$267,890 and New Zealand's US$231,260, which came in second and third in global median wealth.
Queensland has the best-performing economy in Australia, according to CommSec's latest State of the States report. The Sunshine State has been named the top-performing state economy, thanks to strong population growth, a solid job market and overseas demand for energy resources, such as coal and natural gas.
Australia and Canada have similar levels of GDP per capita (based on purchasing power parity, nominal GDP per capita was around US$ 7 000 for Australia and US$ 9 000 for Canada in 008). Since 1990, Australia's growth in real GDP per capita has been a little higher than Canada's.
A rich and diverse cultural history
Their diverse languages, philosophies and histories form the oldest surviving culture on earth, one that stretches back millennia.
Australia is considered a wealthy nation with a market-based economy that has a comparatively high gross domestic product and per capita income. Its economy is driven by the service sector and the export of commodities. [Explore the top universities in Australia.]
But according to the latest report by global wealth tracker New World Wealth and investment migration firm Henley & Partners, New York city is still the metropolis with the most wealth both in the U.S. and globally.
The UAE is the third-richest country in the world, below Luxembourg at number two and Qatar at number one, with a GDP per capita of $57,744. The bulk of its money comes from the production of goods and provision of services related to petroleum, petrochemicals, aluminium and cement.