Shown here are three interactive maps created using Google Fusion Tables. The first map shows a gradient map of the world’s billionaires based on residency and aggregated by country. The second map shows a heat map of the world’s billionaire’s based on their place of residence (aggregated by location). The third map shows the individual locations of the residence listed. All data was compiled from The Forbes World’s Billionaires 2012 list.
These interactive maps are a companion piece to the article Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and Residency, which provides descriptive statistics and cartogram maps about the geography of the world’s billionaires. The aggregate data by country and by residency location can be accessed after the interactive maps on this page.
Aggregate map showing the number of resident billionaires by country
Aggregative map showing the number of resident billionaires by location
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Interactive Map showing the residential locations (city, country) of the world’s billionaires in 2012
Geography of Billionaires: Total Counts of the World’s Billionaires by Country for Residency and Citizenship, and by City
Listed below are the tables covering the statistics used in the Geography of Billionaires: Mapping Nationalities and Residency. All data has been tabulated from Forbes’ The World’s Billionaires List, March 2012.
Visualization of this data can viewed on the page containing interactive maps of billionaires created using Google Fusion Tables showing aggregate data of billionaire residency by country, location, and the individual locations based on residency.
| Country | Total Billionaire Residents |
Total Billionaire Citizens |
Percent of Citizens Living Within Own Country |
Number of Billionaire Citizens Living Within Own Country |
Total Number of Different Foreign Nationalities Living Within Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 6 | 4 | 66.700 | 4 | 2 |
| Australia | 17 | 18 | 94.100 | 16 | 1 |
| Austria | 4 | 6 | 100.000 | 4 | |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1 | |||
| Belgium | 1 | 2 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Belize | 0 | 1 | |||
| Brazil | 30 | 33 | 100.000 | 30 | |
| Canada | 23 | 27 | 100.000 | 23 | |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1 | |||
| Chile | 5 | 5 | 100.000 | 5 | |
| China | 102 | 94 | 90.200 | 92 | 5 |
| Colombia | 1 | 3 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Cyprus | 1 | 2 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 3 | 100.000 | 2 | |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | |||
| Egypt | 6 | 7 | 100.000 | 6 | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| France | 15 | 15 | 86.700 | 13 | 2 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Germany | 45 | 55 | 100.000 | 45 | |
| Greece | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hong Kong | 41 | 38 | 75.600 | 31 | 8 |
| India | 44 | 46 | 97.700 | 43 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 14 | 100.000 | 11 | |
| Ireland | 4 | 5 | 100.000 | 4 | |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1 | |||
| Israel | 10 | 12 | 100.000 | 10 | |
| Italy | 13 | 16 | 100.000 | 13 | |
| Japan | 22 | 22 | 95.500 | 21 | 1 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 80.000 | 4 | 1 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 5 | 100.000 | 4 | |
| Lebanon | 3 | 6 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| Macao | 1 | ||||
| Malaysia | 8 | 9 | 100.000 | 8 | |
| Mexico | 10 | 11 | 100.000 | 10 | |
| Monaco | 5 | 2 | 20.000 | 1 | 3 |
| Morocco | 3 | 3 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 6 | 100.000 | 4 | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 3 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 100.000 | 2 | |
| Norway | 5 | 5 | 100.000 | 5 | |
| Peru | 2 | 2 | 100.000 | 2 | |
| Philippines | 6 | 6 | 100.000 | 6 | |
| Poland | 4 | 4 | 100.000 | 4 | |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| Romania | 1 | 1 | 100.000 | 1 | |
| Russia | 91 | 96 | 100.000 | 91 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 8 | 88.900 | 8 | 1 |
| Singapore | 10 | 5 | 50.000 | 5 | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 4 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| South Korea | 19 | 20 | 100.000 | 19 | |
| Spain | 14 | 16 | 100.000 | 14 | |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 1 | |||
| Sweden | 6 | 11 | 100.000 | 6 | |
| Switzerland | 35 | 9 | 20.000 | 7 | 14 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 18 | 100.000 | 17 | |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 100.000 | 3 | |
| Turkey | 34 | 34 | 100.000 | 34 | |
| Ukraine | 9 | 8 | 88.900 | 8 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 4 | 66.700 | 4 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 48 | 35 | 58.300 | 28 | 15 |
| United States | 422 | 425 | 97.900 | 413 | 9 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 2 | 100.000 | 1 |
| Residence | Number of Billionaires |
|---|---|
| Moscow, Russia | 78 |
| New York, NY | 58 |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 40 |
| London, United Kingdom | 39 |
| Istanbul, Turkey | 31 |
| Sao Paulo, Brazil | 20 |
| Mumbai, India | 20 |
| San Francisco, CA | 18 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 16 |
| Taipei, Taiwan | 15 |
| Beijing, China | 15 |
| Seoul, South Korea | 14 |
| Paris, France | 14 |
| Shenzhen, China | 13 |
| Tokyo, Japan | 12 |
| Houston, TX | 12 |
| Dallas, TX | 11 |
| Chicago, IL | 11 |
| Beverly Hills, CA | 11 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 9 |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 9 |
| Hamburg, Germany | 9 |
| Palm Beach, FL | 8 |
| Greenwich, CT | 8 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 8 |
| Woodside, CA | 7 |
| Singapore, Singapore | 7 |
| Montreal, Canada | 7 |
| Kiev, Ukraine | 7 |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | 7 |
| Geneva, Switzerland | 7 |
| Atherton, CA | 7 |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 6 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 6 |
| Shanghai, China | 6 |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 6 |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 6 |
| Perth, Australia | 6 |
| New Delhi, India | 6 |
| Madrid, Spain | 6 |
| Hangzhou, China | 6 |
| Guangzhou, China | 6 |
| Dallas,Tx | 6 |
| Cairo, Egypt | 6 |
| Bangalore, India | 6 |
| Atlanta, GA | 6 |
| Zug, Switzerland | 5 |
| Toronto, Canada | 5 |
| Sydney, Australia | 5 |
| Seoul,South Korea | 5 |
| Santiago, Chile | 5 |
| San Antonio, TX | 5 |
| Monte Carlo, Monaco | 5 |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 5 |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 5 |
| Treviso, Italy | 4 |
| Racine, WI | 4 |
| Potomac, MD | 4 |
| Oslo, Norway | 4 |
| Newport Beach, CA | 4 |
| Nanjing, China | 4 |
| Milan, Italy | 4 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 4 |
| Kuwait City, Kuwait | 4 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 4 |
| Delhi, India | 4 |
| Changsha, China | 4 |
| Almaty, Kazakhstan | 4 |
| Zurich, Switzerland | 3 |
| Vienna, Austria | 3 |
| Tulsa, OK | 3 |
| St. Petersburg, Russia | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 |
| Seattle, WA | 3 |
| Portola Valley, CA | 3 |
| Philippines | 3 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 3 |
| Munich, Germany | 3 |
| Manila, Philippines | 3 |
| Langfang, China | 3 |
| La Coruna, Spain | 3 |
| Kyoto, Japan | 3 |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Jackson, WY | 3 |
| Foshan, China | 3 |
| Denver, CO | 3 |
| Chengdu, China | 3 |
| Casablanca, Morocco | 3 |
| Calgary, Canada | 3 |
| Beirut, Lebanon | 3 |
| Ankara, Turkey | 3 |
| Xiamen, China | 2 |
| Westchester County, NY | 2 |
| Vero Beach, FL | 2 |
| Vancouver, Canada | 2 |
| Tegernsee, Germany | 2 |
| Stuttgart, Germany | 2 |
| St. Louis, MO | 2 |
| Short Hills, NJ | 2 |
| Quebec, Canada | 2 |
| Pune, India | 2 |
| Portage, MI | 2 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 2 |
| Paradise Valley, AZ | 2 |
| Osaka, Japan | 2 |
| Omaha, NE | 2 |
| North Palm Beach, FL | 2 |
| Ningbo, China | 2 |
| Netanya, Israel | 2 |
| Nashville, TN | 2 |
| Naples, FL | 2 |
| Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany | 2 |
| Miami Beach, FL | 2 |
| Melbourne, Australia | 2 |
| McLean, VA | 2 |
| Malibu, CA | 2 |
| Los Altos, CA | 2 |
| Long Lake, MN | 2 |
| Lima, Peru | 2 |
| Lake Forest, IL | 2 |
| Lagos, Nigeria | 2 |
| Kudus, Indonesia | 2 |
| Jinjiang, China | 2 |
| Hunts Point, WA | 2 |
| Heidelberg, Germany | 2 |
| Gstaad, Switzerland | 2 |
| Grosse Pointe Shores, MI | 2 |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 2 |
| Ekaterinburg, Russia | 2 |
| Dublin, Ireland | 2 |
| Dalian, China | 2 |
| Columbia, MO | 2 |
| Cisco, TX | 2 |
| Chevy Chase, MD | 2 |
| Cary, NC | 2 |
| Boston, MA | 2 |
| Boca Raton, FL | 2 |
| Berlin, Germany | 2 |
| Bentonville, AR | 2 |
| Basel, Switzerland | 2 |
| Bangkok,Thailand | 2 |
| Bad Homburg, Germany | 2 |
| Austin, TX | 2 |
| Ahmedabad, India | 2 |
| Zurichsee, Switzerland | 1 |
| Zhuji, China | 1 |
| Zhangjiagang, China | 1 |
| Youngstown, OH | 1 |
| Yekaterinburg, Russia | 1 |
| Yanzhou, China | 1 |
| Xuzhou, China | 1 |
| Wynnewood, PA | 1 |
| Wujiang, China | 1 |
| Wuhan, China | 1 |
| Wroclaw, Poland | 1 |
| Worcester, MA | 1 |
| Winnetka, IL | 1 |
| Wichita, KS | 1 |
| West Chester, PA | 1 |
| Wenzhou, China | 1 |
| Weinheim, Germany | 1 |
| Weifang, China | 1 |
| Weiden, Germany | 1 |
| Wee, Malaysia | 1 |
| Wayzata, MN | 1 |
| Washington, DC | 1 |
| Warsaw, Poland | 1 |
| Waldorf, Germany | 1 |
| Wadhurst, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Vrane nad Vltavou, Czech Republic | 1 |
| Vorden, Netherlands | 1 |
| Virginia Beach, VA | 1 |
| Vienna, VA | 1 |
| Verkhniaya Pyshma, Russia | 1 |
| Vaud, Switzerland | 1 |
| Valencia, Spain | 1 |
| Urumqi, China | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Ulm, Germany | 1 |
| Tula, Russia | 1 |
| Toorak, Australia | 1 |
| Tonghua, China | 1 |
| Tombolo, Italy | 1 |
| Thurgau, Switzerland | 1 |
| The Woodlands, TX | 1 |
| The Plains, VA | 1 |
| Temple, TX | 1 |
| Tefen, Israel | 1 |
| Tampa, FL | 1 |
| Taizhou, China | 1 |
| Taipai | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Suzhou, China | 1 |
| Surgut, Russia | 1 |
| Surabaya, Indonesia | 1 |
| Sun Valley , ID | 1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Stockton, CA | 1 |
| St. Wendel, Germany | 1 |
| St. Paul, MN | 1 |
| St. Ignatius, MT | 1 |
| Spring Hill, KS | 1 |
| Somerset County, NJ | 1 |
| Solikamsk, Russia | 1 |
| Sleepy Hollow, NY | 1 |
| Sinaloa State, Mexico | 1 |
| Silkeborg, Denmark | 1 |
| Sibu, Malaysia | 1 |
| Shijiazhuang, China | 1 |
| Sheridan, WY | 1 |
| Shaoxing, China | 1 |
| Shanghei, China | 1 |
| Shanghai,China | 1 |
| Scottsdale, AZ | 1 |
| Scone, Australia | 1 |
| Schindellegi, Switzerland | 1 |
| Santander, Spain | 1 |
| Sant” Elpidio A Mare, Italy | 1 |
| Sands Point, NY | 1 |
| San Juan Islands, WA | 1 |
| San Jose, CA | 1 |
| San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argenti | 1 |
| San Diego, CA | 1 |
| San Anselmo, CA | 1 |
| Saint John, Canada | 1 |
| Sagaponack, NY | 1 |
| Rye, NY | 1 |
| Ruschlikon, Switzerland | 1 |
| Rome, Italy | 1 |
| Rolling Hills, CA | 1 |
| Regensburg, Germany | 1 |
| Redlands, CA | 1 |
| Redding, CA | 1 |
| Rancho Santa Fe, CA | 1 |
| Puning, China | 1 |
| Providence, RI | 1 |
| Prague, Czech Republic | 1 |
| Poznan, Poland | 1 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1 |
| Paso Robles, CA | 1 |
| Palma de Majorca, Spain | 1 |
| Pacific Palisades, CA | 1 |
| Oyster Bay, NY | 1 |
| Oporto, Portugal | 1 |
| Okayama, Japan | 1 |
| Oconomowoc, WI | 1 |
| Ocala, FL | 1 |
| Oakville, Canada | 1 |
| Oak Brook, IL | 1 |
| Norway, Norway | 1 |
| North York, Canada | 1 |
| Newton, MA | 1 |
| Newport Coast, CA | 1 |
| New Orleans, LA | 1 |
| New Albany, OH | 1 |
| Natal, Brazil | 1 |
| Nantong, China | 1 |
| Nanping, China | 1 |
| Montabaur, Germany | 1 |
| Missoula, MT | 1 |
| Minneapolis, MN | 1 |
| Milton, MA | 1 |
| Millersville, MD | 1 |
| Miami, FL | 1 |
| Mercer Island, WA | 1 |
| Menlo Park, CA | 1 |
| Memphis, TN | 1 |
| Melbourne, Autralia | 1 |
| Meggen, Switzerland | 1 |
| Medina, WA | 1 |
| Marin County, CA | 1 |
| Mankato, MN | 1 |
| Manaus, Brazil | 1 |
| Magnitogorsk, Russia | 1 |
| Maeth, Ireland | 1 |
| Madrir, Spain | 1 |
| Madison, WI | 1 |
| Macau | 1 |
| Lyon, France | 1 |
| Luzerne, Switzerland | 1 |
| Lugano, Switzerland | 1 |
| Lucerne, Switzerland | 1 |
| Los Altos Hills, CA | 1 |
| Longkou, China | 1 |
| Long Island, NY | 1 |
| Livingston, NJ | 1 |
| Livingston, MT | 1 |
| Little Rock, AR | 1 |
| Lisbon, Portugal | 1 |
| Lighthouse Point, FL | 1 |
| Liberty, NY | 1 |
| Liaoyang, China | 1 |
| Lianyungang, China | 1 |
| Lexington, KY | 1 |
| Lewisburg, WV | 1 |
| Lefkosa, Cyprus | 1 |
| Leawood, KS | 1 |
| Lausanne,Switzerland | 1 |
| Landsberg am Lech, Germany | 1 |
| La Romana,Dominican Republic | 1 |
| La Jolla, CA | 1 |
| Kuenzelsau, Germany | 1 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1 |
| Krasnodar, Russia | 1 |
| Kolkata, India | 1 |
| Kohler, WI | 1 |
| Koenigstein, Germany | 1 |
| Klosters, Switzerland | 1 |
| Kirkkonummi, Finland | 1 |
| Kielce, Poland | 1 |
| Kenilworth, IL | 1 |
| Kemerovo, Russia | 1 |
| Katonah, NY | 1 |
| Kanton Schwyz, Switzerland | 1 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | 1 |
| Jupiter Island, FL | 1 |
| Jona, Switzerland | 1 |
| Johannesburg,South Africa | 1 |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 1 |
| Jeram, Malaysia | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Isle of Man, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Islamorada, FL | 1 |
| Irvine, CA | 1 |
| Indonesia,Indonesia | 1 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1 |
| Indian Hills, CO | 1 |
| Hyderabad, India | 1 |
| Humlebaek, Denmark | 1 |
| Hsinchu | 1 |
| Honolulu, HI | 1 |
| Hollis, NH | 1 |
| Holland, MI | 1 |
| Hokkaido, Japan | 1 |
| Hisar, India | 1 |
| Hillsborough, CA | 1 |
| Hillsboro, OR | 1 |
| Highland Park, IL | 1 |
| Herzogenaurach, Germany | 1 |
| Hertfordshire, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Henderson, NV | 1 |
| Hampton, GA | 1 |
| Hampshire, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Haiger, Germany | 1 |
| Haicheng, China | 1 |
| Gumna, Japan | 1 |
| Guetersloh, Germany | 1 |
| Gstaad,Switzerland | 1 |
| Grijo, Portugal | 1 |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 1 |
| Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Glencoe, IL | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Ganzhou, China | 1 |
| Fuzhou, China | 1 |
| Fuschl am See, Austria | 1 |
| Franklin, TN | 1 |
| Franklin, MI | 1 |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 1 |
| Fortaleza, Brazil | 1 |
| Fort Collins, CO | 1 |
| Fisher Island, FL | 1 |
| Fayetteville, AR | 1 |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 1 |
| Far Hills, NJ | 1 |
| Essen, Germany | 1 |
| Elizabeth, CO | 1 |
| Edmonton, Canada | 1 |
| Edina, MN | 1 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 1 |
| East Setauket, NY | 1 |
| East Aurora, NY | 1 |
| Duisburg, Germany | 1 |
| Dublin , Ireland | 1 |
| Dubai , UAE | 1 |
| Dongguan, China | 1 |
| Donetsk, Ukraine | 1 |
| Dneptopetrovsk, Ukraine | 1 |
| Darmstadt, Germany | 1 |
| Darien, CT | 1 |
| Danbury, CT | 1 |
| Dalian, India | 1 |
| Crown Point, IN | 1 |
| Croton-on-Hudson, NY | 1 |
| Crocetta del Montello, Italy | 1 |
| Cotswold, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Coconut Grove, FL | 1 |
| Coatesville, PA | 1 |
| Chorvila, Georgia | 1 |
| Chongqing, China | 1 |
| Chiba, Japan | 1 |
| Chester, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Chennai, India | 1 |
| Charlotte, NC | 1 |
| Charleston, SC | 1 |
| Charleroi, Belgium | 1 |
| Changshu, China | 1 |
| Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands | 1 |
| Casette D’ete, Italy | 1 |
| Carmel, IN | 1 |
| Caracas, Venezuela | 1 |
| Burlingame, CA | 1 |
| Bucharest, Romania | 1 |
| Brookville, OH | 1 |
| Brookline, MA | 1 |
| Bristol, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Brisbane, Australia | 1 |
| Brecqhou, Channel Islands | 1 |
| Branford, CT | 1 |
| Brackenfell, Cape Town, South Afr | 1 |
| Bozeman, MT | 1 |
| Bonn, Germany | 1 |
| Bogota, Colombia | 1 |
| Bloomington, IN | 1 |
| Bloomfield Hills, MI | 1 |
| Blaricum, Netherlands | 1 |
| Blackhawk, CA | 1 |
| Birmingham, MI | 1 |
| Birchwood, WI | 1 |
| Binzhou, China | 1 |
| Bingham Farms, MI | 1 |
| Billund, Denmark | 1 |
| Big Horn, WY | 1 |
| Bethesda, MD | 1 |
| Belspring, VA | 1 |
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1 |
| Bel Air, CA | 1 |
| Beit Yanay, Israel | 1 |
| Bedford, NY | 1 |
| Barcelona, Spain | 1 |
| Baoding, China | 1 |
| Bangkok, Thailand | 1 |
| Baltimore, MD | 1 |
| Bal Harbour, FL | 1 |
| Baarn, Netherlands | 1 |
| Aurora, Canada | 1 |
| Aurich, Germany | 1 |
| Auckland, New Zealand | 1 |
| Astana, Kazakhstan | 1 |
| Aspen, CO | 1 |
| Arosa, Switzerland | 1 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1 |
| Allendorf, Germany | 1 |
| Albany, Bahamas | 1 |
| Afton, WI | 1 |
