Of these, 1,035 were in North America, the most of any region. The US accounted for 975 of these wealthy North Americans and there were 60 in Canada.
American billionaires were worth $4.45 trillion, while the Canadian cohort’s wealth was $131 billion.
Globally, China took second spot behind the US with 400 billionaires with a combined fortune of $1.45 trillion, followed by Germany with 176 people holding a combined $602 billion.
India ($384 billion) and the UK ($266 billion) complete the top 5, while Russian billionaires were already losing ground before the invasion of Ukraine and slipped from 4th to 8th in the rankings with a $475 billion fortune.
