India Has More Billionaires Than Switzerland, Hong Kong And France

SINGAPORE/DELHI: India has retained its sixth position in terms of number of billionaires with 100 such people collectively having U.S. $175 billion in networth, while globally the number of uber-rich has reached a record high of 2,325 persons.

According to the Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014, released on Wednesday, though the number of billionaires in the country has decreased over last year (in 2013 there were 103 billionaires) India still enjoys a decent 6th position (same as last year) in the top 10 league.

Interestingly, the country has a higher number of billionaires than Switzerland, Hong Kong and France among others.

Moreover Mumbai, the country's financial capital, with 28 billionaires is among the top 20 'billionaire cities' globally, which was topped by New York - home to 103 billionaires.

According to the the report, which looks at the global billionaire population from July 2013 to June 2014, India's billionaire population has decreased by 3 per cent to 100 and the total billionaire wealth has fallen by US $5 billion to US $175 billion.

However, the world's population of billionaires continues to grow.

On the top 40 billionaire countries/territories list, the United States maintained its position as the world's top billionaire country with a population of 571 billionaires in 2014, followed by China (190) and the United Kingdom (130) in the second and third position respectively.

The global billionaire population reached a record 2,325 with the addition of 155 new billionaires in 2014, registering a rise of 7 per cent from 2013.

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