to think we are not the 6th richest nation in the world

[amispartacus]

Keep seeing it a lot on here.
Yes - our GDP is impressive. $2800 billion (so that's altered with the change in the value of the $ to £)

BUT - there are a lot of people in the country. So that's a lot of money 'to go between a lot of people'

Per capita - I think we are number 22.

www.tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/gdp-per-capita

There are many countries who have a higher GDP per capita than us.

Are they richer?

Yes.

Wealth should only ever be measured per capita.

Yes, they are richer.

It's somewhat immaterial, anyway, as we will be slipping a lot further down the table after Brexit.

It's just something you hear a lot. G8, G20.