Which country really has the most crypto holders by population?

[zakservers]

What is the authenticity or the source of this data? and how did they compile it? I think its not fully accurate, also yes crypto currencies involve many other currencies than BTC too.

[charrles]

The countries listed in OP are concerning for me . These places have less taxes and thus it means that lot of illegal money might be invested in bitcoins through these two countries. It is not good thing for economy of normal countries because people are taking money out of their country in investing in bitcoin through tax heavens. It will make the economy of small countries more weak.

[taufik123]

I am shocked to see that the above country mentioned are the biggest crypto holder precisely Bitcoin.
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Why are you shocked that such rich countries are at the top? Those who have the most money invest the most, and surely El Salvador will not be on the first place of such a list when they have a poverty rate of over 30%. Anyway, I think that these kinds of studies are mostly exaggerating and that their goal is to encourage people to invest in cryptocurrencies, and the articles from shitytelegraph are mostly low-grade journalism.

At the end of the day, I guess everyone should care about how much they personally have, not what others have.

Just want to respond to this, El Salvador alone which is said to be a country with 30% poverty can only adopt Bitcoin?
how about the top countries with the highest crypto population level not fully adopt Bitcoin?

If major countries start mass adoption, this will be a milestone for bitcoin and an ever-increasing increase in usage.
And such data is indeed too exaggerated for more people to be interested in getting into crypto,
and we are always only looking at what others hold, not what we have and hold now.

[Lucius]

Just want to respond to this, El Salvador alone which is said to be a country with 30% poverty can only adopt Bitcoin?
how about the top countries with the highest crypto population level not fully adopt Bitcoin?

The people of that country didn't accept anything, in reality some of them only cared about the $30 they got when they installed the Chivo wallet - and the actual adoption of BTC in that country is actually less than 10%, especially since they repealed the law stating that BTC is legal tender.

If major countries start mass adoption, this will be a milestone for bitcoin and an ever-increasing increase in usage.
And such data is indeed too exaggerated for more people to be interested in getting into crypto,
and we are always only looking at what others hold, not what we have and hold now.

Why would any large and wealthy country one day say "we will no longer use our national currency but switch to Bitcoin"? Every country is as strong (economically) as its national currency is stable (and strong) and of course how strong the military force it has behind it.

People get into crypto for profit, not to use it as a currency - and states or big companies also only want profit and nothing more.

[stompix]

Not your keys, not your crypto!

There are right now just 50,154,420 addresses (not wallets, not persons) holding more than $1 of Bitcoin!

That's only 14.97% of the population of the US and only 0.62% of the world population.
Now assuming at least 2-3 addresses for every crypto true user, and that analysis by ApeX Protocol becomes toilet paper!

As for altcoins holders, who cares???

[Lucius]

Not your keys, not your crypto!

There are right now just 50,154,420 addresses (not wallets, not persons) holding more than $1 of Bitcoin!

That's only 14.97% of the population of the US and only 0.62% of the world population.
Now assuming at least 2-3 addresses for every crypto true user, and that analysis by ApeX Protocol becomes toilet paper!

As for altcoins holders, who cares???

As I would say, pumping numbers serves for some other things, and in my opinion primarily to convince people that they should buy cryptocurrencies because so many people have already bought them and profited from them. This 0.62% looks really sad, especially if we know that this number is even lower considering that many of us have hundreds of BTC addresses that we have generated over the years.

[JaredIbrahim]

I was reading a recent ranking that listed Singapore and UAE as the most “crypto-obsessed” countries. What stood out to me was not just the hype, but the actual percentage of people who hold crypto:

UAE → ~25.3% of the population
Singapore → ~24.4%
U.S. → ~15%
Turkey → ~14%
Canada → ~13%

When you look at it this way, it’s not about which country has the biggest market in raw numbers, but which one has the highest adoption relative to their population.
To make it clearer, I even made a simple graph for illustration:

https://www.talkimg.com/images/2025/09/30/UQbw0z.png

Curious to hear your thoughts: is percentage adoption in small countries more significant, or does sheer volume of holders in big countries carry more weight?

Yo, good post. Those numbers make sense.

The US/Canada having less % is crazy cuz they got the biggest bag in raw numbers. But yeah, the little guys like UAE and SG are saturated AF. High percentage means normies there are on it.

Both matter tbh. For price and hype, whales in the US move markets. But for the future of adoption and real-world use, seeing 1 in 4 people in a country hold some sats is a bigger vibe check.

Your graph is spot on. It’s the small countries showing us what mass adoption looks like first. Keep stacking.