Data behind: Forbes World's Billionaires: combined net worth and headcount

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Forbes World's Billionaires: combined net worth and headcount

How it's computed: Forbes annual list (snapshot each March/April), transcribed from the Forbes-cited table on Wikipedia (revision 1381326652). Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source: Forbes World's Billionaires list, via Wikipedia table · link [2]
As of: 2026 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

27 rows

Year / date	Combined net worth (US$ tn) (US$ trillions / people)	Number of billionaires (US$ trillions / people)
2000	0.898	470
2001	1.8	538
2002	1.5	497
2003	1.4	476
2004	1.9	587
2005	2.2	691
2006	2.6	793
2007	3.5	946
2008	4.4	1,125
2009	2.4	793
2010	3.6	1,011
2011	4.5	1,210
2012	4.6	1,226
2013	5.4	1,426
2014	6.4	1,645
2015	7.1	1,826
2016	6.5	1,810
2017	7.7	2,043
2018	9.1	2,208
2019	8.7	2,153
2020	8	2,095
2021	13.1	2,755
2022	12.7	2,668
2023	12.2	2,640
2024	14.2	2,781
2025	16.1	3,028
2026	20.1	3,428