In 2023, there were estimated to be approximately ***** dollar millionaires among the adult population of the United Kingdom (UK), compared to ***** in the previous year.

As of 2022, from the almost ** million people living in the United Kingdom (UK), ***** people were considered to be U.S. dollar millionaires. ***** UK citizens were thought to be in the top one percent of global wealth holders.

In 2024, the number of individuals living in the United Kingdom (UK) with a net worth of over *** million U.S. dollars, excluding the value of their primary residence, was roughly around **** million. This was a decline compared to the previous year, as the UK had over ***** million HNWI.

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In 2023, the number of individuals living in the United Kingdom (UK) with a net worth of over ** million U.S. dollars excluding the value of their primary residence was more than ****** people. This number is expected to grow to over ****** by 2028.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, the United States housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2025. In detail, there were *** billionaires living in the United States as of January that year. By comparison, *** billionaires resided in China. India, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also the homes of a significant number of billionaires that year. United States has regained its first place As the founder and exporter of consumer capitalism, it is no surprise that the United States is home to a large number of billionaires. Although China had briefly overtaken the U.S. recently, the United States has reclaimed its position as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Moreover, North America leads the way in terms of the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals – those with a net worth of more than ***** million U.S. dollars. The prominence of Europe and North America is a reflection of the higher degree of economic development in those states. However, this may also change as China and other emerging economies continue developing. Female billionaires Moreover, the small proportion of female billionaires does little to counter critics claiming the global economy is dominated by an elite comprised mainly of men. On the list of the richest people in the world, only *** were women. Moreover, recent political discourse has put a great amount of attention on the wealth held by the super-rich, with the wealth distribution of the global population being heavily unequal.

In 2024, there were nearly 24 million people with a net worth of over one million U.S. dollars in the United States, which put the country on the top of the ranking. China was ranked second in that year, with more than six million individuals with wealth exceeding one million U.S. dollars. France followed in third with around three million millionaires.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the wealthiest one percent of people in the United Kingdom controlled 71 percent of net personal wealth, while the top ten percent controlled 93 percent. The share of wealth controlled by the rich in the United Kingdom fell throughout the twentieth century, and by 1990 the richest one percent controlled 16 percent of wealth, and the richest ten percent just over half of it.

As of 2025, the GDP per capita or gross domestic product per person was almost ****** U.S. dollars per person. The GDP per capita is derived from the country's total GDP divided by the population. The average or mean wealth per person in the United Kingdom (UK) was higher than the median or middle value of wealth per person living in the UK.

Dieter Schwarz, according to Forbes, was the wealthiest person in Germany as of 2025, with assets amounting to around 47.8 billion U.S. dollars. Dieter Schwarz is the owner of the Schwarz Gruppe, which owns both the supermarket chains Kaufland and Lidl. Reinhold Würth & Family follows in second place. Reinhold Würth is no longer involved in daily operations, but he remains an influential figure as honorary chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group. Who are the richest people in Germany? Dieter Schwarz is the owner of the Schwarz Gruppe, which owns both the supermarket chains Kaufland and Lidl. In 2024, the Schwarz Gruppe recorded around 56.16 million euros in revenue. Karl Albrecht Jr. is the owner of the popular discount grocery store chain Aldi Süd. As of 2024, there were over 2,000 Aldi Süd stores in Germany. This, of course, does not include all the stores in other countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Australia, just to name a few. German salaries Germany currently has the highest GDP in Europe. However, this does not mean that everyone in Germany is a billionaire. The average salary is, in fact, around 48,380 euros. Although the trend is that German salaries have been on the rise since 2000, there has been a dip since 2019. This is probably due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the inflation of 2022.

Harry Styles was the richest young musician in the United Kingdom in 2024. The English singer songwriter topped the list with a total worth of *** million British pounds. Dua Lipa followed in second position, with a total worth of *** million, while Lewis Capaldi, ranking third, stood at more than ** million. Golden oldies A young musician is defined here as being under 30 years of age. Ed Sheeran was the only young musician on this list who made it onto the overall list of richest musicians in the United Kingdom, topped by Andrew Lloyd-Webber who had a total worth of *** million British pounds in 2020.  Musicians’ worth heading in one direction The young musician with the second highest total worth in 2020 was Harry Styles. The singer had the leading celebrity Twitter account in the UK in 2019, with over ** million followers. Harry Styles was not the only One Direction singer to make the young musicians rich list, in fact, all five members of the boy band made the top ten. 

In 2023, ******* individuals with net assets of at least ** million U.S. dollars were residing in the *************, by far the highest number of any country. By comparison, *****, which had the second highest number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), had less than 100,000 individuals with assets amounting to ** million U.S. dollars or more.Place of residence of ultra high net worth individuals The residency of almost half of the world’s ultra high net worth individuals in the United States explains the dominance of North America in regard to the number of ultra high net worth individuals by region. Hong Kong was the city with the most UHNWIs in 2022, followed by New York, London, and Los Angeles. Source of wealth and gender differences A majority of the world's UHNWIs are self-made. However, looking at billionaires, there is a clear difference between men and women; whereas a majority of billionaire men were self-made, a majority of the women had inherited their fortune.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly earned around 6.4 million pounds from the beginning of the 2019 parliamentary sitting. Another former Prime Minister, Theresa May, earned approximately 3.5 million pounds, making her the MP with the second-highest external income since the 2019 election. Keir Starmer, the current Prime Minister, and leader of the Labour Party at the time, earned approximately 899,600 pounds, the highest among MPs outside the Conservative Party. Speaking engagement earnings Eight of the top ten earnings spots are occupied by members of the Conservative Party, and includes the three former Prime Ministers, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, and Liz Truss. While it has been the precedent of many former Prime ministers to take-on speaking engagements since leaving office, the two top spots, Theresa May and Liz Truss were still serving as MP's until the calling of the 2024 General Election. Although he resigned as an MP in June 2023, Johnson had reportedly earned more than a million pounds from four speaking engagements at the end of 2022. These four speaking engagements occurred in the two months after he left office, despite a rule from the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments that members should wait three months after leaving office to take up paid employment. Members of Parliament and second jobs The discussion around external methods of MP income generation beyond that of their annual salary has come and gone from public discourse. It made a roaring comeback however after the “Owen Patterson scandal” in October 2021, in which a minister (Owen Patterson) had been found to have broken lobbying rules on paid advocacy. The Prime minister at the time, Boris Johnson, initially tried to save Patterson from a parliamentary suspension but had to U-turn after substantial backlash. The scandal was referred to as the “beginning of the end” of Johnson’s premiership, and raised questions surrounding the ethics around MP’s taking on secondary employment, particularly as parliamentary strategists, advisors, and consultants to major firms.

By 2030, the middle-class population in Asia-Pacific is expected to increase from **** billion people in 2015 to **** billion people. In comparison, the middle-class population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase from *** million in 2015 to *** million in 2030. Worldwide wealth While the middle-class has been on the rise, there is still a huge disparity in global wealth and income. The United States had the highest number of individuals belonging to the top one percent of wealth holders, and the value of global wealth is only expected to increase over the coming years. Around ** percent of the world’s population had assets valued at less than 10,000 U.S. dollars, while less than *** percent had assets of more than one million U.S. dollars. Asia had the highest percentage of investable assets in the world in 2018, whereas Oceania had the highest percentage of non-investable assets. The middle-class The middle class is the group of people whose income falls in the middle of the scale. China accounted for over half of the global population for middle-class wealth in 2017. In the United States, the debate about the middle class “disappearing” has been a popular topic due to the increase in wealth among the top billionaires in the nation. Due to this, there have been arguments to increase taxes on the rich to help support the middle class.