If you use 'national capital' as a measure then Norway is by far the richest country. It's sovereign wealth fund has more than 1.3 trillion dollars, and owns "a

If you use 'national capital' as a measure then Norway is by far the richest country. It's sovereign wealth fund has more than 1.3 trillion dollars, and owns "about a 1.4% stake in all the world’s public listed companies."[1] I don't think many Norwegians would say they feel like they're the richest people on Earth though. EDIT: According to Wikipedia the wealth fund is worth 2.3 trillion now. That's for a country with a population of 5 million people. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/04/07/norways-sovereign-wealth-fund-makes-first-investment-in-renewable-energy-infrastructure/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/04/07/norways-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sovereign_wealth_funds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sovereign...