The number of wealthy people is growing rapidly.
Some members of this group tend to be very 'status conscious'.
The percentage of wealth spent on taxes is difficult to calculate but I think its safe to say that many of the world's wealthy people likely will see even more income increases in the coming years and likely a great many will have the money to spend on space tourism. especially once the bugs are worked out and it becomes comfortable and fun.
Number of millionaires per country by Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse's "Global Wealth in 2018" measured the number of millionaires in the world. According to the report, the US has 17.3 million millionaires, highest in the world.[25]
Rank Country Number of
Millionaires % of world total
1 United States 17,350,000 41%
2 China 3,480,000 8%
3 Japan 2,809,000 7%
4 United Kingdom 2,433,000 6%
5 Germany 2,183,000 5%
6 France 2,147,000 5%
7 Italy 1,362,000 3%
8 Canada 1,289,000 3%
9 Australia 1,288,000 3%
10 Spain 852,000 2%
11 South Korea 754,000 2%
12 Switzerland 725,000 2%
13 Taiwan 521,000 1%
14 Netherlands 477,000 1%
15 Belgium 424,000 1%
Number of millionaires per country by various sources
Rank Country Number of Millionaires Source
India 330,000 [26]
UAE 55,700 [27]
Finland 50,000 [28]
Bangladesh 45,000 [29]
South Africa 43,600 [30]
Pakistan 19,200 [31]
Egypt 18,000 [32]
Nigeria 15,400 [33]
Bangladesh 10,600 [34]
Number of millionaire households per country by Boston Consulting Group
The following is a list of the countries with the most millionaire households in U.S. dollars worldwide according to the Boston Consulting Group's 2017 study.[35][36]
Rank Country Number of
US$ millionaire
households
1 United States 7,085,000
2 China 2,124,000
3 Japan 1,244,000
4 United Kingdom 821,000
5 Canada 485,000
6 Germany 473,000
7 Switzerland 466,000
8 France 439,000
9 Taiwan 370,000
10 Italy 307,000
11 Australia 263,000
12 Belgium 240,000
13 Saudi Arabia 236,000
14 Hong Kong 228,000
15 Netherlands 206,000
Number of millionaires per city
The following is a list of the cities with the most US$ millionaires. [37] [5] [38]
Rank City Number of
US$ millionaires
(2018)
1 London 357,200
2 New York City 339,200
3 Tokyo 279,800
4 Hong Kong Hong Kong 250,700
5 Singapore Singapore 239,000
6 San Francisco 220,000
7 Los Angeles 199,300
8 Chicago 150,200
9 Beijing Beijing 149,000
10 Shanghai 145,800
11 Frankfurt [39] 128,300
12 Osaka 117,700
13 Paris 110,900
14 Toronto 109,300
15 Zurich 109,200
16 Seoul 108,100
17 Geneva 104,300
18 Mexico City 86,700
19 Munich 78,900
20 India Mumbai 48,100
21 Istanbul[40] 27,300
22 Johannesburg 18,200
23 Cairo 8,900
24 Cape Town 8,200
25 Lagos 6,800
26 Nairobi 6,800
27 Casablanca 2,300
28 Alexandria 1,800