Number of millionaires by country
HNWIs (more than US$1 million in investable assets, in 2010)[14] | HNWIs (more than US$1 million in investable assets, in 2011)[14] | HNWI growth rate (%)2010-2011[14] | Percentage Of Population | ||
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Rank | Country | Number | Number | Number | Percent |
— | World | 10,900,000 | 11,000,000 | 0.9 | 0.15714 % |
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3,104,000 | 3,068,000 | -1.2 | 0.97769 % |
- According to www.ssa.gov, Social Security Online, Beneficiary Data; Number of Social Security recipients at the end of September 2010, 34.4 million retired workers receivesocial security benefits:
- Social Security benefits are paid from the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund
- Number receiving OASI Trust Fund benefits:
- All Retired workers: 34,389,661
- Male: 17,488,045 (50.9%)
- Female: 16,901,616 (49.1%)
- An additional 2,,892,298 spouses and children of retired workers also recieved benefits:
- Spouses: 2,325,139 (potential retirees)
- Children: 567,159 (probalby not retirees)
- All Retired workers: 34,389,661
- 34.4 million ÷ 310 million (current population) = 11%
- These 34 to 37 million Social Security recipients represent only a portion of the retirement population because not all retired persons qualify for Social Security benefits, for example self-employed workers who never paid into social security and retired persons who never worked.