The number of Europeans with assets exceeding $30 million increased by 632 over the past year to 54,170 from 53,538, and their number is estimated to increase 31% in the next decade.
Germany has the largest number of wealthy people (16,192). It is followed by the United Kingdom (10,373) and Switzerland (5,657).
Among the 22 European states included in the analysis, Romania has the fewest wealthy people. The Czech Republic has 237 rich people and their number is seen to rise to 367 by 2022. The number of wealthy people in Poland is estimated to increase to 1.128 in the next decade from 799.
There are 708 billionaires in Europe, of whom 149 live in Germany, 149 in the UK and 102 in Russia.
Worldwide, the number of billionaires increased by 8,700 (5%) last year. Their number is estimated to increase by 95,830 people (or 50%) in the next ten years to 285,666. Most of them (65,579) live in North America.
The survey was conducted by Knight Frank and includes 15,000 people whose total income exceeds $1 trillion.