Top 15 regions with most millionaire households

By Lin Liyao
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There are more than 1 million millionaires in China till the end of 2010, putting the country on the third place in the world's millionaire households, behind the 5.22 million in the U.S. and Japan's 1.53 million, according to the 2011 Global Wealth Report published by global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on May 31 this year.

This year’s report, titled Shaping a New Tomorrow, is BCG’s eleventh annual report on global wealth situation.

The report also shows that in 2010, the number of world’s millionaire households increased by 12.2 percent to about 12.5 million. The United States, Japan and the Chinese mainland are the top three regions which had the most millionaire households. While Singapore, Switzerland, and Qatar had the highest proportion of millionaire households around the world.

Here are the top 15 regions with most millionaire households:

Rank

Country/Region

Number (thousands)

Proportion Rank

1

United States

5,220

7

2

Japan

1,530

11

3

Chinese mainland

1,110

15+

4

United Kingdom

570

15

5

Germany

400

15+

6

Switzerland

330

2

7

Taiwan

280

8

8

Italy

270

15+

9

France

210

15+

10

Hong Kong

200

4

11

India

190

15+

12

Canada

180

15+

13

Singapore

170

1

14

Netherlands

170

14

15

Spain

160

15+

 

 

 

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