The chart above shows the value of various world currencies based the value of notes and coins in circulation.
Please note: This has been updated here.
At Bitcoin’s current price of $10,765, the total value of all Bitcoins now stands at $180 billion. This makes it the world’s 6th most valuable currency, with a greater value than all UK Pound Sterling notes and coins in circulation.
Here are some other interesting findings:
- The current value of all Bitcoins ($180 billion) is greater than the value of all banknotes and coin of most other countries/currencies including the UK ($103 billion), Canada ($59 billion) or Australia ($55 billion).
- Currently 54% of the world’s population live in countries with currencies in circulation worth less than the value of Bitcoin.
- If the price of Bitcoin rises to $15,000 it will overtake the value of all Indian Rupee banknotes and coins in circulation to become the 5th most valuable currency. Which given it’s recent growth rate it could do within the next month.
- However, Bitcoin’s price needs to increase to a staggering $72,300 to overtake the Euro and become the 2nd most value currency.
- And to beat the US Dollar, in terms of circulation value, it would need to increase in price to at least $85,160.
- Bitcoin is the only Cryptocurrency in the top 10 currencies worldwide, but both Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash are in the top 20.
- At a price of $458.82 the total market cap of Ethereum stands at $44 billion, making it the 17th most valuable currency, worth more than the value of all banknotes and coins in circulation of countries such as Turkey ($36 billion) and Singapore ($27 billion).
- Bitcoin Cash’s current price of $1,425.21 gives it a market cap of $24 billion, making it the 20th most valuable currency, worth more than all Swedish Krona ($9 billion) or South African rand ($6 billion) banknotes and coins.
- Ripple just misses the Top 20 with a value of $10 billion, but still puts it ahead of Krona or Rand.
Notes about the data: The data for current cryptocurrency prices and total market cap come from Coinmarketcap.com.
The data for the value of various currencies in circulation comes from the Bank for International Settlements’ Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPMI countries report, published in September 2016. The data is from 2015, so may no longer be 100% correct today. The value for China is an estimate only, and comes from Wikipedia.
It should also be noted that the value of banknotes and coins in circulation is only a small fraction of the total value of a currency. Depending on the country this can the same as the M0 Money Supply.
However, if you look at the much broader M2 money supply (M0 + plus all of the money held in checking accounts and other checkable accounts, as well as all of the money in travelers’ checks, all of the money held in money market funds, savings accounts and CDs under $100,000) in the US, then was $10.5 trillion in June 2013 according to the Federal Reserve. This is around 7.5X more than the simple value of banknotes and coins.
Notes about the visualisation: Map crated using Mapchart.net and graphs crated using Excel.
Full Data:
| Rank | Currency Name | Value of Banknotes and Coins in Circulation (Billion USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Dollar | $1,424 |
| 2 | Euro | $1,210 |
| 3 | Chinese Yuan | $1,000 |
| 4 | Japanese Yen | $856 |
| 5 | Bitcoin | $260 |
| 6 | Indian Rupee | $250 |
| 7 | Russian Ruble | $117 |
| 8 | Pound Sterling | $103 |
| 9 | Swiss Franc | $76 |
| 10 | South Korean Won | $74 |
| 11 | Mexican Peso | $72 |
| 12 | Canadian Dollar | $59 |
| 13 | Brazilian Real | $58 |
| 14 | Australian Dollar | $55 |
| 15 | Saudi Riyal | $53 |
| 16 | Hong Kong Dollar | $48 |
| 17 | Ethereum | $43 |
| 18 | Turkish Lira | $36 |
| 19 | Singapore Dollar | $27 |
| 20 | Bitcoin Cash | $22 |
| 21 | IOTA | $11 |
| 22 | Swedish Krona | $9 |
| 23 | Ripple | $9 |
| 24 | Litecoin | $8 |
| 25 | South African Rand | $6 |
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John A D says
This is misleading. Even though you are being explicit about the comparison against “notes and coins”, you are implying the value of the total of a country’s money (e.g. including bank deposits etc etc) to make it sound more dramatic. A more honest and significant comparison would be with other currency totals. The following article nicely explains measures of money and presents a great infographic comparing the value of bitcoin against other measures.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-how-much-money-exists-in-the-entire-world-in-one-chart-2015-12-18
Tony Austin says
At first glance it is difficult to quickly distinguish between this and the u[dated version of a week later.
I have a simple request, that you really should ensure that all your articles are datestamped. … This is simple to achieve. And be sure not to use the American date format, either!
eBitcoinPrice says
Impressive！Thanks for the post