Owning a full Bitcoin in 2025 is a rare feat. It is estimated that fewer than 1 million people on Earth hold a full Bitcoin . This means that less than 0.02% of the global population owns a whole Bitcoin .
According to blockchain data, around 827,000-900,000 addresses currently hold at least 1 Bitcoin . However, many of these wallets are controlled by exchanges, institutions or individuals who split holdings across multiple addresses . The real number of unique people who own 1 Bitcoin is likely closer to 800,000-850,000 .
This means that owning 1 BTC applies to just 0.01%-0.02% of the global population . It's unequally distributed, too . In 2025, about 0.18% of cryptocurrency owners actually hold a full Bitcoin or more , meaning fewer than two in every 1,000 crypto participants have reached the 1-BTC milestone .
With the Bitcoin price today above $120,000, owning a single coin costs more than many people can afford to risk . There are around 16 million millionaires globally, yet fewer than 900,000 people actually hold 1 BTC or more . Owning 1 Bitcoin, then, is rarer than millionaire status .
Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is believed to hold between 750,000 and 1.1 million BTC, valued at an estimated $92 billion-$135 billion in mid-2025 .
The uneven distribution of Bitcoin is evident, with just four addresses holding between 100,000 and 1 million BTC collectively owning 14% of all coins . The top 100 addresses hold over 58% .
Given that more than 19.8 million BTC has already been mined, leaving less than 1.2 million yet to be created .
Overall, approximately 4% of the world's population owns Bitcoin directly in 2025 . While about 6.8% of people globally own some form of cryptocurrency , only a small subset holds enough BTC to reach whole-coin status .