DIVIDENDS BY REGION 2013
- North America - 37%
- Europe excluding UK - 22%
- Emerging markets - 14%
- UK - 11%
- Asia Pacific - 11%
- Japan - 5%
The City investment management firm said worldwide dividend payments grew very slowly in 2013, at just 2.8%.
But there has been a 43% rise in the value of global dividends since 2009.
Shareholder payouts have risen fastest in the past four years in the emerging markets, including China, though they have slowed down recently.
A third of all dividends were paid by firms listed on US stock markets, with European-listed companies in second place.
Andrew Formica, chief executive of Henderson, said the trillion-dollar dividend was a "huge milestone" for investors in shares, and highlighted just how important dividends were to investors' returns.
"The search for income is more than just a response to rock-bottom interest rates in recent years," he said.
"It marks a generational shift as ageing populations must increasingly rely less on state pensions and more on their own savings to provide for retirement.
"This demand for equity income is a trend we see continuing through 2014 and beyond," he added.
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