World Population In 2024 In Billionaires. Their combined worth equals $14.2 trillion — up by $2 trillion in 2023. The seventh edition of this unique report analyzes the status of the world’s billionaire population, a modest number of individuals who hold immense wealth and significant influence over the global economy.

There are now more billionaires than ever: But between 2020 and 2021 alone, that rate accelerated still further, with the richest one percent getting 63 percent of all new wealth, leaving 99 percent of the world.