Interesting Facts of the Day

Number of millionaires worldwide in 2006: 9,500,000

Number of millionaires in India in 2006: 100,000 (1 lakh)

Percent increase, Indian millionaires from 2005: 20.5%

Number of U.S. millionaires in 2006: 3,200,000 (32 lakhs)

Percent increase, American millionaires from 2005: 8.3%

Source: 2007 World Wealth Report

Read a Times of India article here and a WSJ article here.