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Number of millionaires in Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2026 (in thousands)

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March 2017

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Sri Lanka

Survey time period

2006 to 2016

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Millionaire is defined as someone owning one million U.S. dollars or more.

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In 2016, there were five thousand millionaires in Sri Lanka. This figure was estimated to reach ** thousand by 2026. In comparison, the country had ** ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWI) and ** centa-millionaires in that year. In 2018, there were about **** million millionaires, also called high net worth individuals (HNWI), in the Asia Pacific region.

Richest people in Sri Lanka

One of Sri Lankan’s richest people is Dhammika Pereras, a businessman who is owning about ** companies in various sectors and whose estimated fortune amounts to *** million U.S. dollars. He is followed by Sohli and Rusi captain, a family that is the largest shareholder of John Keells Holdings and Chemical Industries Colombo with a fortune of around *** million U.S. dollars.

Sri Lanka

The population in Sri Lanka amounted to approximately **** million in 2017. Sri Lanka’s economy has been developing in the past years, with a GDP growing at **** percent in 2017. Sri Lanka’s largest sector in terms of GDP contribution is the services sector. About percent of the employees were active in the services sector in 2018. The government was able to reduce the poverty level in the past years. Nevertheless, the country’s GDP per capita is still only relatively moderate compared to other Asia Pacific countries.