Top 3 Latin American countries among the top 30 world countries by the number of billionaires

[curupira]

Brazil comes in first place with 65. Then Mexico with 16. And then Chile with 12.

Rank Country / Region Number of billionaires
1 United States 492
2 China 152
3 Russia 111
4 Germany 85
5 Brazil 65
6 India 56
7 United Kingdom 47
8 Hong Kong 45
9 France 43
10 Italy 35
11 Canada 32
12 Australia 29
13 Taiwan 28
14 Japan 27
14 South Korea 27
16 Spain 26
17 Turkey 24
18 Switzerland 21
19 Indonesia 19
19 Sweden 19
21 Israel 18
22 Mexico 16
22 Singapore 16
24 Malaysia 13
25 Chile 12
26 Thailand 11
27 Austria 10
27 Philippines 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...f_billionaires

[zhaoyun]

Brazil and Mexico are no brainers, because of their huge populations.

But Chile really punches well above its belt, considering its small population. I thought Argentina might be 3rd.

[Han Cholo]

Nothing to be really proud about, though. Most of these belong to harmful monopolies.

[curupira]

It is not really about being "proud" or not. It is a valuable information. It shows where one can amass a fortune more easily. One can certainly become a millionaire more easily in Brazil than in most other places in Latin America, just by the sheer size of this country and its resources.

Nothing to be really proud about, though. Most of these belong to harmful monopolies.

[Brighton]

OMG.. very high for such a small country

[curupira]

Sure, Chile is doing very well. But Chile isn't exactly a small country, having a total area of around 756,096 km2. Its population is lower though.

OMG.. very high for such a small country

[Brighton]

Sure, Chile is doing very well. But Chile isn't exactly a small country, having a total area of around 756,096 km2. Its population is lower though.

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[Lurker]

Brazil ahead of Mexico? That surprised me. I mean, everyone knows Carlos Slim.

[Han Cholo]

Brazil ahead of Mexico? That surprised me. I mean, everyone knows Carlos Slim.

He's the billionarie with most money. But that doesn't specifically give much insight into the total number of other billionaire persons living there.

[curupira]

Someone generated a list of the billionaires per 1 million people in the top 30 countries listed above:

Hong Kong 6.232945967
Singapore 2.963401985
Switzerland 2.58089889
Israel 2.203263278
Sweden 1.965475695
United States 1.546440358
Australia 1.233423217
Taiwan 1.197453803
Austria 1.175799691
Germany 1.053074979
Canada 0.905362411
Russia 0.772442589
United Kingdom 0.737775685
Chile 0.681044268
France 0.65244439
Italy 0.58311996
Spain 0.557823801
South Korea 0.535459783
Malaysia 0.431334815
Brazil 0.320750062
Turkey 0.313038589
Japan 0.212431157
Thailand 0.170657201
Mexico 0.13365276
China 0.111370814
Philippines 0.100343979
Indonesia 0.076791072
India 0.044983533