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How Rich is Jeff Bezos


How rich is Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com?  Well, the latest data gives his worth to be about $105 billion.  That is a lot, and it make him the richest man on earth.  Here is one data point to illustrate his worth in terms of the GDP of the eight  Least Developed Countries, which are Nepal, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, Niger, and Malawi.  For them, the total GDP is about $101 billion.  The combined population of these countries is 235,240,000.

It is one thing to be the richest person on the planet; it is another to understand his relative worth in comparison with the poorest countries.  Not just one poor country, but eight of them combined!

Table of actual values from nationmaster.com.
COUNTRY
GDP (billions)
GDP per capita
POPULATION (million)
 LAND AREA (sq km)
Bangladesh
$115.61
$1,384.53
163.65
                       130,170
Angola
$114.20
$5,979.46
18.57
                    1,250,000
Ethiopia
$43.13
$1,057.44
93.88
                    1,000,000
Yemen
$35.65
$2,529.85
25.41
 -
Tanzania
$28.25
$1,440.68
48.26
                       885,800
Uganda
$19.88
$1,311.32
34.76
                       197,100
Nepal
$19.41
$1,013.43
30.43
                       143,350
Afghanistan
$18.03
$949.00
31.11
                       652,230
Democratic Republic of the Congo
$17.87
$347.45
75.51
                    2,270,000
Mozambique
$14.59
$989.88
24.1
                       786,380
Burkina Faso
$10.44
$1,275.19
17.81
                       273,600
Madagascar
$9.98
$1,000.77
22.6
                       581,540
Niger
$6.57
$687.02
16.9
                    1,270,000
Malawi
$4.26
$906.65
16.78
                         94,080


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