The social fund announced the number of registered pensioners as of September 1, there were about 40.5 million people. Statistics are published without taking into account information for the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Harson regions. The information is included in the state statistical database, TASS reports. It should be noted that the number of non-working pensioners decreased during the year from 33.21 million to 32.09 million. There are more elderly people who continue to work.