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Re: Which country really has the most crypto holders by population?
by
henry_of_skalitz
on 30/09/2025, 09:21:12 UTC
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%
I was expecting to see El Salvador as the number one country since Bitcoin is legalized there but unfortunately, they are no where to be found and I don't know if poverty is the reason or not. I rather found it surprising to see UAE and Singapore at the top with such huge percentages which means one in every 4 persons is holding cryptocurrency, that is very shocking to me. I don't know how they were able to track the data and I was expecting to see Nigeria there because a huge percentage of Nigerians also hold cryptocurrency.

As of 2023, I can see that there were 46,15 ATMs for 100,000 adults in El Sal, and this number would be bigger now (as its population is around 6 mil people), however, even if it's bigger, that wouldn't be the numbers like in the reports we are talking about..

So that may be the case of why it wasn't on the lists at least there.