credit suisse: Number of millionaires in India to double by 2026: Credit Suisse

With the Indian economy growing at a rapid pace, the number of US dollar millionaires in India is expected to more than double by the year 2026, according to Credit Suisse‘s Global Wealth Report 2022.

In 2021, India had 7.96 lakh millionaires, which is expected to grow 105 per cent to 16.32 lakh.

During the period till 2026, the number of millionaires in China is expected to grow by 97 per cent and 13 per cent in the world’s largest economy, the US.

According to the estimates by the financial behemoth, the number of global millionaires will exceed 87 million in 2026, i.e. a rise of 25 million from 2021.

The US tops the world millionaire table, still far ahead of China in second place. While India is home to about 1 per cent of the world’s millionaires, the US has 39 per cent.

“We expect little or no change in the millionaire rankings of the countries with the next highest numbers of millionaires, i.e. Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Australia. However, some…