Karen Gilchrist. There were an estimated 46.8 million people with a fortune of $1 million plus around the world in mid-2019, according to the latest edition of That pace of growth is higher than the additions in the next nine countries combined - Japan, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Spain, Canada and Switzerland. The statistic shows the 25 countries with the most millionaires in 2019. Adult population: 245 million. United States. In fact, I love to write about all trending topics, illustrating patterns and trends in a quick, clear and meaningful way. The U.S. has 18.6M millionaires, more than any other country in the world. Keep in mind our map doesn’t adjust for the size of a country’s population. Russia is tiny (246K). Despite maintaining fourth position in the global league, the UK's millionaire population fell by 27,000, primarily due to the decline in the pound's value caused by Brexit. Thanks for your interest in purchasing a high-quality poster of this visualization. we can issue a permission document, granting non-exclusive rights to reproduce, store, publish, & distribute. China is in second place with 2,124,000 households while Japan comes in third with 1,244,000 households.
Number of millionaires: 18,614,000. Number of millionaires (thousands) Share of millionaires (in % of adult population) - World: 46,792 0.9 1 Northern America: 19,946 7.3 2 Europe: 13,290 2.3 3 Asia-Pacific (excluding China and India) 7,505 0.6 4 China: 4,447 0.4 5 India: 759 0.1 6 Latin America: 673 0.2 7 Africa: 171 0.0 Even though the U.S. dominates the millionaire league, Credit Suisse found that the number of wealthy Chinese people has now overtaken the number of wealthy Americans for the first time. And just like how millionaires tend to come from some countries and not others, they also tend to live in some states, especially That being said, there’s no shortage of millionaires in Europe and Asia. South America only has a few countries appearing on the map, Brazil (259K), Colombia (27K), and Chile (64K). If you'd like to use our visualization in books, magazines, reports, educational materials, etc. ?
Even though the U.S. dominates the millionaire league, Credit Suisse found that the number of wealthy Chinese people has now overtaken the number of wealthy Americans for the first time. Median wealth per … Brexit and the decline of the pound's value contributed to a fall in the UK's millionaire population which contracted by 27,000 since last year. Japan came third overall with a millionaire population of 3.03 million with 187,000 newcomers. In fact, an enormous portion of the world’s population still lives in Why do you think the U.S. has so many rich people? Japan (3,025K), South Korea (741K), Taiwan (528K) and Hong Kong (516K) therefore appear much bigger than they do on a physical map, indicating just how wealthy these developed countries have made some people.There are two continents almost entirely missing. The U.K. (2,460K) is home to more millionaires than any other country in Europe, followed closely by Germany (2,187K) and France (2,071K). China (4.4M) is home to the most millionaires in Asia, followed by Japan (3.1M). Number of millionaires in selected countries in 2019. Published Wed, Jan 16 2019 4:00 AM EST Updated Wed, Jan 16 2019 6:18 AM EST. Europe has more millionaires than Asia, with the U.K. (2.5M) leading the continent followed closely by Germany (2.2M) and France (2.1M). China has the second highest millionaire population with 4.45 million individuals with 158,000 added since last year. These countries are set to see their millionaire populations skyrocket in the next 5 years. Let us know in the comments. I am a Statista data journalist, covering technological, societal and media topics through visual representation. Our work at Statista has been featured in publications including Mashable, the Wall Street Journal and Business Insider.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.Data journalist covering technological, societal and media topics
Do you want to republish our data visualizations and/or articles?More millionaires live in the U.S. than any other country in the world, and it’s not even close. Those gains were not seen everywhere, however, and some countries did experience a decline. That’s more than four times as many as second-place China. Countries With The Most Millionaires According to the Boston Consulting Group, the United States leads the pack with around 7,085,000 households being millionaires in 2017.