MoneyJul 27, 2024
🇺🇸America’s Millionaires Are Equal to Ireland's Population🇮🇪
What We’re Showing
This graphic lists the 10 countries with the most millionaires, and the equivalent country population to match their millionaire counts. Data sourced from Henley & Partners and the World Bank, current to 2024.
Who is a Millionaire?
A millionaire is someone with liquid investable wealth of USD 1 million or more. The worth of assets such as houses do not count towards millionaire status.
Key Takeaways
- The U.S. boasts of nearly 5.5M millionaires—more than the entire population of Ireland
- While no other country has such a high millionaire count, it’s interesting to contextualize just how many millionaires there are all over the world
- In Switzerland, for example, nearly 5% of the 8 million population, or one in twenty people, is a millionaire
Dataset
Country | Millionaires | Equivalent Country | Population |
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🇺🇸 U.S. | 5.4M | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 5.2M |
🇨🇳 China | 862K | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 814K |
🇩🇪 Germany | 806K | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 787K |
🇯🇵 Japan | 755K | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 669K |
🇬🇧 UK | 603K | 🇲🇹 Malta | 553K |
🇫🇷 France | 506K | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 453K |
🇨🇠Switzerland | 428K | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 394K |
🇦🇺 Australia | 383K | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 335K |
🇨🇦 Canada | 371K | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 282K |
Data sources
A millionaire is someone with liquid investable wealth of $1 million or more. All figures rounded. As of 2024.
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