The National Debt: 1791-1997

Year
Jan. 1 / National Debt

1791:
75,463,476.52

1792:
77,227,924.66

1793:
80,358,634.04

1794 :
78,427,404.77

1795 :
80,747,587.39

1796:
83,762,172.07

1797:
82,064,479.33

1798:
79,228,529.12

1799:
78,408,669.77

1800:
82,976,294.35

1801:
83,038,050.80

1802:
80,712,632.25

1803:
77,054,686.40

1804:
86,427,120.88

1805:
82,312,150.50

1806:
75,723,270.66

1807:
69,218,398.64

1808:
65,196,317.97

1809:
57,023,192.09

1810:
53,173,217.52

1811:
48,005,587.76

1812:
45,209,737.90

1813:
55,962,827.57

1814:
81,487,846.24

1815:
99,833,660.15

1816:
127,334,933.74

1817:
123,491,965.16

1818:
103,466,633.83

1819:
95,529,648.28

1820:
91,015,566.15

1821:
89,987,427.66

1822:
93,546,676.98

1823:
90,875,877.28

1824:
90,269,777.77

1825:
83,788,432.71

1826:
81,054,059.99

1827:
73,987,357.20

1828:
67,475,043.87

1829:
58,421,413.67

1830:
48,565,406.50

1831:
39,123,191.68

1832:
24,322,235.18

1833:
7,001,698.83

1834:
4,760,082.08

1835:
33,733.05

1836:
37,513.05

1837:
336,957.83

1838:
3,308,124.07

1839:
10,434,221.14

1840:
3,573,343.82

1841:
5,250,875.54

1842:
13,594,480.73

1843:
20,201,226.27

JULY (begining)

1843:
32,742,922.00

1844:
23,461,652.50

1845:
15,925,303.01

1846:
15,550,202.97

1847:
38,826,534.77

1848:
47,044,862.23

1849:
63,061,858.69

1850:
63,452,773.55

1851:
68,304,796.02

1852:
66,199,341.71

1853:
59,803,117.70

1854:
42,242,222.42

1855:
35,586,956.56

1856:
31,972,537.90

1857:
28,699,831.85

1858:
44,911,881.03

1859:
58,496,837.88

1860:
64,842,287.88

1861:
90,580,873.72

1862:
524,176,412.13

1863:
1,119,772,138.63

1864:
1,815,784,370.57

1865:
2,680,647,869.74

1866:
2,773,236,173.69

1867:
2,678,126,103.87

1868:
2,611,687,851.19

1869:
2,588,452,213.94

1870:
2,480,672,427.81

1871:
2,353,211,332.32

1872:
2,253,251,328.78

1873:
2,234,482,993.20

1874:
2,251,690,468.43

1875:
2,232,284,531.95

1876:
2,180,395,067.15

1877:
2,205,301,392.10

1878:
2,256,205,892.53

1879:
2,349,567,482.04

1880:
2,120,415,370.63

1881:
2,069,013,569.58

1882:
1,918,312,994.03

1883:
1,884,171,728.07

1884:
1,830,528,923.57

1885:
1,863,964,873.14

1886:
1,775,063,013.78

1887:
1,657,602,592.63

1888:
1,692,858,984.58

1889:
1,619,052,922.23

1890:
1,552,140,204.73

1891:
1,545,996,591.61

1892:
1,588,464,144.63

1893:
1,545,985,686.13

1894:
1,632,253,636.68

1895:
1,676,120,983.25

1896:
1,769,840,323.40

1897:
1,817,672,665.90

1898:
1,796,531,995.90

1899:
1,991,927,306.92

1900:
2,136,961,091.67

1901:
2,143,326,933.89

1902:
2,158,610,445.89

1903:
2,202,464,781.89

1904:
2,264,003,585.14

1905:
2,274,615,063.84

1906:
2,337,161,839.04

1907:
2,457,188,061.54

1908:
2,626,806,271.54

1909:
2,639,546,241.04

1910:
2,652,665,838.04

1911:
2,765,600,606.69

1912:
2,868,373,874.16

1913:
2,916,204,913.66

1914:
2,912,499,269.16

1915:
3,058,136,873.16

1916:
3,609,244,262.16

1917:
5,717,770,279.52

1918:
14,592,161,414.00

1919:
27,390,970,113.12

1920:
25,952,456,406.16

JUNE 30

1921:
23,977,450,552.54

1922:
22,963,381,708.31

1923:
22,349,707,365.36

1924:
21,250,812,989.49

1925:
20,516,193,887.90

1926:
19,643,216,315.19

1927:
18,511,906,931.85

1928:
17,604,293,201.43

1929:
16,931,088,484.10

1930:
16,185,309,831.43

1931:
16,801,281,491.71

1932:
19,487,002,444.13

1933:
22,538,672,560.15

1934:
27,053,141,414.48

1935:
28,700,892,624.53

1936:
33,778,543,493.73

1937:
36,424,613,732.29

1938:
37,164,740,315.45

1939:
40,439,532,411.11

1940:
42,967,531,037.68

1941:
48,961,443,535.71

1942:
72,422,445,116.22

1943:
136,696,090,329.90

1944:
201,003,387,221.13

1945:
258,682,187,409.93

1946:
269,422,099,173.26

1947:
258,286,383,108.67

1948:
252,292,246,512.99

1949:
252,770,359,860.33

1950:
257,357,352,351.04

1951:
255,221,976,814.93

1952:
259,105,178,785.43

DECEMBER (end)

1953:
266,071,061,638.57

1953:
275,168,120,129.39

1954:
278,749,814,391.33

1955:
280,768,553,188.96

1956:
276,627,527,996.11

1957:
274,897,784,290.72

1958:
282,922,423,583.87

1959:
290,797,771,717.63

1960:
290,216,815,241.68

1961:
296,168,761,214.92

1962:
303,470,080,489.27

1963:
309,346,845,059.17

1964:
317,940,472,718.38

1965:
320,904,110,042.04

1966:
329,319,249,366.68

1967:
344,663,009,745.18

1968:
358,028,625,002.91

1969:
368,225,581,254.41

1970:
389,158,403,690.26

1971:
424,130,961,959.95

1972:
449,298,066,119.00

1973:
469,898,039,554.70

1974:
492,665,000,000.00 *

1975:
576,649,000,000.00 *

1976:
653,544,000,000.00 *

1977:
718,943,000,000.00 *

1978:
789,207,000,000.00 *

1979:
845,116,000,000.00 *

1980:
930,210,000,000.00 *

1981:
1,028,729,000,000.00 *

1982:
1,197,073,000,000.00 *

1983:
1,410,702,000,000.00 *

1984:
1,662,966,000,000.00 *

1985:
1,945,941,616,459.88

SEPTEMER 30

1986:
2,125,302,616,658.42

1987:
2,350,276,890,953.00

1988:
2,602,337,712,041.16

1989:
2,857,430,960,187.32

1990:
3,233,313,451,777.25

1991:
3,665,303,351,697.03

1992:
4,064,620,655,521.66

1993:
4,411,488,883,139.38

1994:
4,692,749,910,013.32

1995:
4,973,982,900,709.39

1996:
5,224,810,939,135.73

1997:
5,413,146,011,397.34

* – rounded to the millions

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt