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US Leads Global Wealth Boom With 1,000 New Millionaires Daily in 2024

Projections show over 5 million additional millionaires by 2029 with growth driven by the US, Greater China

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The One World Trade Center building stands amid the Manhattan skyline in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo

Overview

  • The United States added 379,000 new U.S.-dollar millionaires in 2024—an average of more than 1,000 each day—bringing its total to nearly 24 million and almost 40% of the global millionaire population.
  • Private individuals’ net worth climbed 4.6% worldwide to $226.47 trillion in 2024, led by an 11% expansion in the Americas powered by a stable dollar and robust financial markets.
  • Global millionaire ranks reached about 60 million in 2024, holding combined assets of $226.47 trillion and accounting for roughly 1.6% of adults in UBS’s 56-market sample.
  • The UK lost nearly 438,000 millionaires and saw mean household wealth drop 3.6% in 2024, while Switzerland and Luxembourg topped per-capita millionaire density with more than one in seven adults holding at least $1 million.
  • Mainland China added about 141,000 new millionaires in 2024, Australia counts around 2 million millionaires (10% of adults), and South Korea ranked 10th with 1.3 million, underscoring regional disparities.