🇺🇸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