U.S. National Debt, 1790-2008

U.S. National Debt, 1790-2008 $12,000,000,000,000.00 $10,000,000,000,000.00 $8,000,000,000,000.00 USD $6,000,000,000,000.00 $4,000,000,000,000.00 $2,000,000,000,000.00 $0.00 1790 1798 1806 1814 1822 1830 1838 1846 1854 1862 1870 1878 1886 1894 1902 1910 1918 1926 1934 1942 1950 1958 1966 1974 1982 1990 1998 2006 Year U.S. National Debt, 1790-2008 $100,000,000,000,000.00 $10,000,000,000,000.00 $1,000,000,000,000.00 $100,000,000,000.00 $10,000,000,000.00 $1,000,000,000.00 $100,000,000.00 USD $10,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00 $100,000.00 $10,000.00 $1,000.00 $100.00 $10.00 $1.00 1790 1798 1806 1814 1822 1830 1838 1846 1854 1862 1870 1878 1886 1894 1902 1910 1918 1926 1934 1942 1950 1958 1966 1974 1982 1990 1998 2006 Year Percent 120.00 140.00 100.00 20.00 60.00 80.00 40.00 0.00 1790 1797 1804 1811 1818 1825 1832 1839 1846 1853 1860 1867 1874 1881 1888 1895 Year 1902 1909 1916 1923 1930 1937 1944 1951 1958 1965 1972 1979 1986 1993 2000 2007 U.S. National Debt as a Percentage of Output USD $100,000.00 $10,000.00 $1,000.00 $100.00 $10.00 $0.01 $0.10 $0.00 1790 1797 1804 1811 1818 1825 1832 1839 1846 1853 1860 1867 1874 1881 1888 1895 Year 1902 1909 1916 1923 1930 1937 1944 1951 1958 1965 1972 1979 1986 1993 2000 2007 $1.00 Debt Per Capita Year Output 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 Population $240,000,000.00 $250,000,000.00 $270,000,000.00 $300,000,000.00 $350,000,000.00 $420,000,000.00 $470,000,000.00 $450,000,000.00 $460,000,000.00 $500,000,000.00 $520,000,000.00 $580,000,000.00 $540,000,000.00 $560,000,000.00 $620,000,000.00 $700,000,000.00 $690,000,000.00 $700,000,000.00 $660,000,000.00 $750,000,000.00 $810,000,000.00 $810,000,000.00 $830,000,000.00 $970,000,000.00 $1,120,000,000.00 $1,150,000,000.00 $1,150,000,000.00 $1,150,000,000.00 $1,140,000,000.00 $1,000,000,000.00 $860,000,000.00 $820,000,000.00 $910,000,000.00 $890,000,000.00 $920,000,000.00 $1,040,000,000.00 $990,000,000.00 $1,010,000,000.00 $1,050,000,000.00 $1,080,000,000.00 $1,090,000,000.00 $1,160,000,000.00 $1,240,000,000.00 $1,340,000,000.00 $1,360,000,000.00 $1,600,000,000.00 $1,840,000,000.00 $1,800,000,000.00 $1,820,000,000.00 $1,950,000,000.00 $1,730,000,000.00 3,930,000 4,050,000 4,170,000 4,300,000 4,430,000 4,560,000 4,700,000 4,840,000 4,990,000 5,140,000 5,310,000 5,490,000 5,680,000 5,870,000 6,070,000 6,260,000 6,450,000 6,640,000 6,840,000 7,030,000 7,220,000 7,460,000 7,700,000 7,940,000 8,180,000 8,420,000 8,660,000 8,900,000 9,100,000 9,300,000 9,600,000 9,900,000 10,270,000 10,600,000 10,920,000 11,250,000 11,580,000 11,910,000 12,240,000 12,570,000 12,900,000 13,300,000 13,700,000 14,100,000 14,500,000 15,000,000 15,420,000 15,840,000 16,260,000 16,680,000 17,120,000 National Debt Debt/Output $75,463,476.52 $77,227,924.66 $80,358,634.04 $78,427,404.77 $80,747,587.39 $83,762,172.07 $82,064,479.33 $79,228,529.12 $78,408,669.77 $82,976,294.35 $83,038,050.80 $80,712,632.25 $77,054,686.40 $86,427,120.88 $82,312,150.50 $75,723,270.66 $69,218,398.64 $65,196,317.97 $57,023,192.09 $53,173,217.52 $48,005,587.76 $45,209,737.90 $55,962,827.57 $81,487,846.24 $99,833,660.15 $127,334,933.74 $123,491,965.16 $103,466,633.83 $95,529,648.28 $91,015,566.15 $89,987,427.66 $93,546,676.98 $90,875,877.28 $90,269,777.77 $83,788,432.71 $81,054,059.99 $73,987,357.20 $67,475,043.87 $58,421,413.67 $48,565,406.50 $39,123,191.68 $24,322,235.18 $7,001,698.83 $4,760,082.08 $33,733.05 $37,513.05 $336,957.83 $3,308,124.07 $10,434,221.14 $3,573,343.82 $5,250,875.54 31.44 30.89 29.76 26.14 23.07 19.94 17.46 17.61 17.05 16.60 15.97 13.92 14.27 15.43 13.28 10.82 10.03 9.31 8.64 7.09 5.93 5.58 6.74 8.40 8.91 11.07 10.74 9.00 8.38 9.10 10.46 11.41 9.99 10.14 9.11 7.79 7.47 6.68 5.56 4.50 3.59 2.10 0.56 0.36 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.18 0.57 0.18 0.30 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 $1,760,000,000.00 $1,640,000,000.00 $1,610,000,000.00 $1,730,000,000.00 $1,890,000,000.00 $2,010,000,000.00 $2,310,000,000.00 $2,130,000,000.00 $2,250,000,000.00 $2,540,000,000.00 $2,610,000,000.00 $2,760,000,000.00 $3,150,000,000.00 $3,500,000,000.00 $3,870,000,000.00 $4,080,000,000.00 $4,470,000,000.00 $4,070,000,000.00 $4,400,000,000.00 $4,490,000,000.00 $4,590,000,000.00 $5,240,000,000.00 $6,560,000,000.00 $9,270,000,000.00 $9,140,000,000.00 $8,880,000,000.00 $8,510,000,000.00 $8,490,000,000.00 $8,280,000,000.00 $8,490,000,000.00 $8,770,000,000.00 $8,900,000,000.00 $9,270,000,000.00 $8,950,000,000.00 $9,020,000,000.00 $8,780,000,000.00 $8,910,000,000.00 $8,710,000,000.00 $9,490,000,000.00 $11,100,000,000.00 $11,400,000,000.00 $12,400,000,000.00 $12,300,000,000.00 $12,000,000,000.00 $11,800,000,000.00 $12,100,000,000.00 $12,700,000,000.00 $12,800,000,000.00 $13,600,000,000.00 $13,500,000,000.00 $13,900,000,000.00 $14,400,000,000.00 17,730,000 18,350,000 18,960,000 19,570,000 20,180,000 20,790,000 21,410,000 22,020,000 22,630,000 23,260,000 24,090,000 24,910,000 25,740,000 26,560,000 27,390,000 28,210,000 29,040,000 29,860,000 30,690,000 31,510,000 32,350,000 33,190,000 34,030,000 34,860,000 35,700,000 36,540,000 37,380,000 38,210,000 39,500,000 39,910,000 40,940,000 41,970,000 43,010,000 44,040,000 45,070,000 46,110,000 47,140,000 48,170,000 49,210,000 50,260,000 51,540,000 52,820,000 54,100,000 55,300,000 56,600,000 57,900,000 59,200,000 60,500,000 61,700,000 63,000,000 64,300,000 65,600,000 $13,594,480.73 $20,201,226.27 $32,742,922.00 $23,461,652.50 $15,925,303.01 $15,550,202.97 $38,826,534.77 $47,044,862.23 $63,061,858.69 $63,452,773.55 $68,304,796.02 $66,199,341.71 $59,803,117.70 $42,242,222.42 $35,586,956.56 $31,972,537.90 $28,699,831.85 $44,911,881.03 $58,496,837.88 $64,842,287.88 $90,580,873.72 $524,176,412.13 $1,119,772,138.63 $1,815,784,370.57 $2,680,647,869.74 $2,773,236,173.69 $2,678,126,103.87 $2,611,687,851.19 $2,588,452,213.94 $2,480,672,427.81 $2,353,211,332.32 $2,253,251,328.78 $2,234,482,993.20 $2,251,690,468.43 $2,232,284,531.95 $2,180,395,067.15 $2,205,301,392.10 $2,256,205,892.53 $2,349,567,482.04 $2,120,415,370.63 $2,069,013,569.58 $1,918,312,994.03 $1,884,171,728.07 $1,830,528,923.57 $1,863,964,873.14 $1,775,063,013.78 $1,657,602,592.63 $1,692,858,984.58 $1,619,052,922.23 $1,552,140,204.73 $1,545,996,591.61 $1,588,464,144.63 0.77 1.23 2.03 1.36 0.84 0.77 1.68 2.21 2.80 2.50 2.62 2.40 1.90 1.21 0.92 0.78 0.64 1.10 1.33 1.44 1.97 10.00 17.07 19.59 29.33 31.23 31.47 30.76 31.26 29.22 26.83 25.32 24.10 25.16 24.75 24.83 24.75 25.90 24.76 19.10 18.15 15.47 15.32 15.25 15.80 14.67 13.05 13.23 11.90 11.50 11.12 11.03 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 $14,500,000,000.00 $13,300,000,000.00 $14,600,000,000.00 $14,300,000,000.00 $15,300,000,000.00 $15,800,000,000.00 $17,900,000,000.00 $18,600,000,000.00 $22,300,000,000.00 $24,100,000,000.00 $25,900,000,000.00 $25,700,000,000.00 $28,800,000,000.00 $31,000,000,000.00 $33,900,000,000.00 $30,100,000,000.00 $32,200,000,000.00 $33,400,000,000.00 $34,300,000,000.00 $37,400,000,000.00 $39,100,000,000.00 $36,500,000,000.00 $38,700,000,000.00 $49,600,000,000.00 $59,700,000,000.00 $75,800,000,000.00 $78,300,000,000.00 $88,400,000,000.00 $73,600,000,000.00 $73,400,000,000.00 $85,400,000,000.00 $86,900,000,000.00 $90,600,000,000.00 $96,900,000,000.00 $95,500,000,000.00 $97,400,000,000.00 $103,600,000,000.00 $91,200,000,000.00 $76,500,000,000.00 $58,700,000,000.00 $56,400,000,000.00 $66,000,000,000.00 $73,300,000,000.00 $83,800,000,000.00 $91,900,000,000.00 $86,100,000,000.00 $92,200,000,000.00 $101,400,000,000.00 $126,700,000,000.00 $161,900,000,000.00 $198,600,000,000.00 $219,800,000,000.00 66,900,000 68,200,000 69,500,000 70,800,000 72,100,000 73,400,000 74,800,000 76,090,000 77,584,000 79,163,000 80,632,000 82,166,000 83,822,000 85,450,000 87,008,000 88,710,000 90,490,000 92,407,000 93,863,000 95,335,000 97,225,000 99,111,000 100,546,000 101,961,000 103,414,000 104,550,000 105,063,000 106,461,000 108,538,000 110,049,000 111,947,000 114,109,000 115,829,000 117,397,000 119,035,000 120,509,000 121,878,000 123,188,000 124,149,000 124,949,000 125,690,000 126,485,000 127,362,000 128,181,000 128,961,000 129,969,000 131,028,000 132,122,000 133,402,000 134,860,000 136,739,000 138,397,000 $1,545,985,686.13 $1,632,253,636.68 $1,676,120,983.25 $1,769,840,323.40 $1,817,672,665.90 $1,796,531,995.90 $1,991,927,306.92 $2,136,961,091.67 $2,143,326,933.89 $2,158,610,445.89 $2,202,464,781.89 $2,264,003,585.14 $2,274,615,063.84 $2,337,161,839.04 $2,457,188,061.54 $2,626,806,271.54 $2,639,546,241.04 $2,652,665,838.04 $2,765,600,606.69 $2,868,373,874.16 $2,916,204,913.66 $2,912,499,269.16 $3,058,136,873.16 $3,609,244,262.16 $5,717,770,279.52 $14,592,161,414.00 $27,390,970,113.12 $25,952,456,406.16 $23,977,450,552.54 $22,963,381,708.31 $22,349,707,365.36 $21,250,812,989.49 $20,516,193,887.90 $19,643,216,315.19 $18,511,906,931.85 $17,604,293,201.43 $16,931,088,484.10 $16,185,309,831.43 $16,801,281,491.71 $19,487,002,444.13 $22,538,672,560.15 $27,053,141,414.48 $28,700,892,624.53 $33,778,543,493.73 $36,424,613,732.29 $37,164,740,315.45 $40,439,532,411.11 $42,967,531,037.68 $48,961,443,535.71 $72,422,445,116.22 $136,696,090,329.90 $201,003,387,221.13 10.66 12.27 11.48 12.38 11.88 11.37 11.13 11.49 9.61 8.96 8.50 8.81 7.90 7.54 7.25 8.73 8.20 7.94 8.06 7.67 7.46 7.98 7.90 7.28 9.58 19.25 34.98 29.36 32.58 31.29 26.17 24.45 22.64 20.27 19.38 18.07 16.34 17.75 21.96 33.20 39.96 40.99 39.16 40.31 39.64 43.16 43.86 42.37 38.64 44.73 68.83 91.45 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 $223,100,000,000.00 $222,300,000,000.00 $244,200,000,000.00 $269,200,000,000.00 $267,300,000,000.00 $293,800,000,000.00 $339,300,000,000.00 $358,300,000,000.00 $379,400,000,000.00 $380,400,000,000.00 $414,800,000,000.00 $437,500,000,000.00 $461,100,000,000.00 $467,200,000,000.00 $506,600,000,000.00 $526,400,000,000.00 $544,700,000,000.00 $585,600,000,000.00 $617,700,000,000.00 $663,600,000,000.00 $719,100,000,000.00 $787,800,000,000.00 $832,600,000,000.00 $910,000,000,000.00 $984,600,000,000.00 $1,038,500,000,000.00 $1,127,100,000,000.00 $1,238,300,000,000.00 $1,382,700,000,000.00 $1,500,000,000,000.00 $1,638,300,000,000.00 $1,825,300,000,000.00 $2,030,900,000,000.00 $2,294,700,000,000.00 $2,563,300,000,000.00 $2,789,500,000,000.00 $3,128,400,000,000.00 $3,255,000,000,000.00 $3,536,700,000,000.00 $3,933,200,000,000.00 $4,220,300,000,000.00 $4,462,800,000,000.00 $4,739,500,000,000.00 $5,103,800,000,000.00 $5,484,400,000,000.00 $5,803,100,000,000.00 $5,995,900,000,000.00 $6,337,700,000,000.00 $6,657,400,000,000.00 $7,072,200,000,000.00 $7,397,700,000,000.00 $7,816,900,000,000.00 139,928,000 141,389,000 144,126,000 146,631,000 149,188,000 151,684,000 154,287,000 156,954,000 159,565,000 162,391,000 165,275,000 168,221,000 171,274,000 174,141,000 177,130,000 180,760,000 183,742,000 186,590,000 189,300,000 191,927,000 194,347,000 196,599,000 198,752,000 200,745,000 202,736,000 205,089,000 207,692,000 209,924,000 211,939,000 213,898,000 215,981,000 218,086,000 220,289,000 222,629,000 225,106,000 227,726,000 230,008,000 232,218,000 234,333,000 236,394,000 238,506,000 240,683,000 242,843,000 245,061,000 247,387,000 250,181,000 253,530,000 256,922,000 260,282,000 263,455,000 266,588,000 269,714,000 $258,682,187,409.93 $269,422,099,173.26 $258,286,383,108.67 $252,292,246,512.99 $252,770,359,860.33 $257,357,352,351.04 $255,221,976,814.93 $259,105,178,785.43 $266,071,061,638.57 $275,168,120,129.39 $278,749,814,391.33 $280,768,553,188.96 $276,627,527,996.11 $274,897,784,290.72 $282,922,423,583.87 $290,797,771,717.63 $290,216,815,241.68 $296,168,761,214.92 $303,470,080,489.27 $309,346,845,059.17 $317,940,472,718.38 $320,904,110,042.04 $329,319,249,366.68 $344,663,009,745.18 $358,028,625,002.91 $368,225,581,254.41 $389,158,403,690.26 $424,130,961,959.95 $449,298,066,119.00 $469,898,039,554.70 $492,665,000,000.00 $576,649,000,000.00 $653,544,000,000.00 $718,943,000,000.00 $789,207,000,000.00 $845,116,000,000.00 $930,210,000,000.00 $1,028,729,000,000.00 $1,197,073,000,000.00 $1,410,702,000,000.00 $1,662,966,000,000.00 $1,945,941,616,459.88 $2,125,302,616,658.42 $2,350,276,890,953.00 $2,602,337,712,041.16 $2,857,430,960,187.32 $3,233,313,451,777.25 $3,665,303,351,697.03 $4,064,620,655,521.66 $4,411,488,883,139.38 $4,692,749,910,013.32 $4,973,982,900,709.39 115.95 121.20 105.77 93.72 94.56 87.60 75.22 72.32 70.13 72.34 67.20 64.18 59.99 58.84 55.85 55.24 53.28 50.58 49.13 46.62 44.21 40.73 39.55 37.88 36.36 35.46 34.53 34.25 32.49 31.33 30.07 31.59 32.18 31.33 30.79 30.30 29.73 31.60 33.85 35.87 39.40 43.60 44.84 46.05 47.45 49.24 53.93 57.83 61.05 62.38 63.44 63.63 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 $8,304,300,000,000.00 $8,747,000,000,000.00 $9,268,400,000,000.00 $9,817,000,000,000.00 $10,128,000,000,000.00 $10,469,600,000,000.00 $10,960,800,000,000.00 $11,685,900,000,000.00 $12,421,900,000,000.00 $13,178,400,000,000.00 $13,807,500,000,000.00 $13,807,500,000,000.00 272,958,000 $5,224,810,939,135.73 276,154,000 $5,413,146,011,397.34 279,328,000 $5,526,193,008,897.62 282,433,000 $5,656,270,901,615.43 285,372,000 $5,674,178,209,886.86 288,215,000 $5,807,463,412,200.06 290,964,000 $6,228,235,965,597.16 293,644,000 $6,783,231,062,743.62 296,373,000 $7,379,052,696,330.32 299,199,000 $7,932,709,661,723.50 302,087,000 $9,229,172,659,218.31 305,800,603 $10,698,308,000,000.00 62.92 61.89 59.62 57.62 56.02 55.47 56.82 58.05 59.40 60.19 66.84 77.48 Debt/Population $19.20 $19.07 $19.27 $18.24 $18.23 $18.37 $17.46 $16.37 $15.71 $16.14 $15.64 $14.70 $13.57 $14.72 $13.56 $12.10 $10.73 $9.82 $8.34 $7.56 $6.65 $6.06 $7.27 $10.26 $12.20 $15.12 $14.26 $11.63 $10.50 $9.79 $9.37 $9.45 $8.85 $8.52 $7.67 $7.20 $6.39 $5.67 $4.77 $3.86 $3.03 $1.83 $0.51 $0.34 $0.00 $0.00 $0.02 $0.21 $0.64 $0.21 $0.31 $0.77 $1.10 $1.73 $1.20 $0.79 $0.75 $1.81 $2.14 $2.79 $2.73 $2.84 $2.66 $2.32 $1.59 $1.30 $1.13 $0.99 $1.50 $1.91 $2.06 $2.80 $15.79 $32.91 $52.09 $75.09 $75.90 $71.65 $68.35 $65.53 $62.16 $57.48 $53.69 $51.95 $51.13 $49.53 $47.29 $46.78 $46.84 $47.75 $42.19 $40.14 $36.32 $34.83 $33.10 $32.93 $30.66 $28.00 $27.98 $26.24 $24.64 $24.04 $24.21 $23.11 $23.93 $24.12 $25.00 $25.21 $24.48 $26.63 $28.08 $27.63 $27.27 $27.32 $27.55 $27.14 $27.35 $28.24 $29.61 $29.17 $28.71 $29.46 $30.09 $29.99 $29.39 $30.42 $35.40 $55.29 $139.57 $260.71 $243.77 $220.91 $208.67 $199.65 $186.23 $177.12 $167.32 $155.52 $146.08 $138.92 $131.39 $135.33 $155.96 $179.32 $213.88 $225.35 $263.52 $282.45 $285.95 $308.63 $325.21 $367.02 $537.02 $999.69 $1,452.37 $1,848.68 $1,905.54 $1,792.09 $1,720.59 $1,694.31 $1,696.67 $1,654.20 $1,650.84 $1,667.48 $1,694.48 $1,686.58 $1,669.05 $1,615.12 $1,578.59 $1,597.26 $1,608.75 $1,579.48 $1,587.27 $1,603.12 $1,611.79 $1,635.94 $1,632.28 $1,656.94 $1,716.92 $1,765.98 $1,795.44 $1,873.73 $2,020.40 $2,119.94 $2,196.83 $2,281.06 $2,644.14 $2,966.76 $3,229.33 $3,505.93 $3,711.11 $4,044.25 $4,430.01 $5,108.43 $5,967.59 $6,972.43 $8,085.08 $8,751.76 $9,590.58 $10,519.30 $11,421.45 $12,753.18 $14,266.21 $15,616.22 $16,744.75 $17,603.01 $18,441.69 $19,141.45 $19,601.91 $19,783.88 $20,026.95 $19,883.44 $20,149.76 $21,405.52 $23,100.19 $24,897.86 $26,513.16 $30,551.37 $34,984.59