Based on a comparison of 157 countries in 2018, USA ranked the highest in number of banks with 4,686 banks followed by Russia and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Central African Republic with 4.00 banks, Comoros with 4.00 banks and Papua New Guinea with 4.00 banks.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Banks indicator page.
Number of Banks | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Brazil | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 129 | 124 | 122 | 123 | 122 | ||||||||||
China | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 203 | 204 | 192 | 190 | 190 | ||||||||
France | banks | 278 | 280 | 269 | 269 | 276 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | banks | 273 | 277 | 276 | 271 | 263 | ||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 155 | 156 | 159 | 157 | 156 | ||||||||||
India | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 173 | 157 | 151 | 157 | 157 | ||||||||||
Italy | banks | 325 | 315 | 321 | 278 | 270 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | banks | 121 | 118 | 117 | 117 | 117 | ||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | banks | 142 | 147 | 148 | 143 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 897 | 859 | 783 | 681 | 575 | ||||||||||
Singapore | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 123 | 124 | 125 | 123 | 126 | ||||||||||
Spain | banks | 190 | 176 | 161 | 154 | 144 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | banks | 297 | 283 | 275 | 266 | 261 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | banks | 6,026 | 5,807 | 5,568 | 5,304 | 5,080 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | banks | 311 | 311 | 317 | 311 | 312 |