Based on a comparison of 148 countries in 2022, USA ranked the highest in number of banks with 4,200 banks followed by Russia and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Lesotho with 4.00 banks, Papua New Guinea with 4.00 banks and Comoros with 4.00 banks.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Banks indicator page.
| Number of Banks | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Brazil | banks | ... | ... | ... | 123 | 122 | 121 | 119 | 118 | ... | ||||||||||||
| China | banks | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 190 | 190 | 190 | 192 | 193 | ... | ||||||||||
| France | banks | 269 | 276 | 258 | 259 | 259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | banks | 271 | 263 | 263 | 267 | 259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | banks | ... | ... | ... | 157 | 156 | 155 | 152 | 164 | |||||||||||||
| India | banks | ... | ... | ... | 157 | 157 | 162 | 161 | 161 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Italy | banks | 278 | 270 | 249 | 237 | 229 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | banks | 117 | 117 | 117 | 117 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | banks | 143 | 141 | 139 | 135 | 127 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | banks | ... | ... | ... | 681 | 575 | 517 | 440 | 402 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Singapore | banks | ... | ... | ... | 123 | 126 | 127 | 131 | 132 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Spain | banks | 154 | 144 | 144 | 137 | 135 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | banks | 266 | 261 | 253 | 248 | 246 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | banks | 5,304 | 5,080 | 4,886 | 4,686 | 4,488 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | banks | 311 | 312 | 313 | 321 | 311 | ... |
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