US National Debt
Outstanding 1791-Date
The following information lists the Public Debt Outstanding from 1791 to 1984. This information came from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Daily Statements of the United States and the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt.
Public Debt Outstanding
Date Amount
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01/01/1791 75,463,476.52
01/01/1792 77,227,924.66
01/01/1793 80,358,634.04
01/01/1794 78,427,404.77
01/01/1795 80,747,587.39
01/01/1796 83,762,172.07
01/01/1797 82,064,479.33
01/01/1798 79,228,529.12
01/01/1799 78,408,669.77
01/01/1800 82,976,294.35
01/01/1801 83,038,050.80
01/01/1802 80,712,632.25
01/01/1803 77,054,686.40
01/01/1804 86,427,120.88
01/01/1805 82,312,150.50
01/01/1806 75,723,270.66
01/01/1807 69,218,398.64
01/01/1808 65,196,317.97
01/01/1809 57,023,192.09
01/01/1810 53,173,217.52
01/01/1811 48,005,587.76
01/01/1812 45,209,737.90
01/01/1813 55,962,827.57
01/01/1814 81,487,846.24
01/01/1815 99,833,660.15
01/01/1816 127,334,933.74
01/01/1817 123,491,965.16
01/01/1818 103,466,633.83
01/01/1819 95,529,648.28
01/01/1820 91,015,566.15
01/01/1821 89,987,427.66
01/01/1822 93,546,676.98
01/01/1823 90,875,877.28
01/01/1824 90,269,777.77
01/01/1825 83,788,432.71
01/01/1826 81,054,059.99
01/01/1827 73,987,357.20
01/01/1828 67,475,043.87
01/01/1829 58,421,413.67
01/01/1830 48,565,406.50
01/01/1831 39,123,191.68
01/01/1832 24,322,235.18
01/01/1833 7,001,698.83
01/01/1834 4,760,082.08
01/01/1835 33,733.05
01/01/1836 37,513.05
01/01/1837 336,957.83
01/01/1838 3,308,124.07
01/01/1839 10,434,221.14
01/01/1840 3,573,343.82
01/01/1841 5,250,875.54
01/01/1842 13,594,480.73
01/01/1843 20,201,226.27
07/01/1843 32,742,922.00
07/01/1844 23,461,652.50
07/01/1845 15,925,303.0l
07/01/1846 15,550,202.97
07/01/1847 38,826,534.77
07/01/1848 47,044,862.23
07/01/1849 63,061,858.69
07/01/1850 63,452,773.55
07/01/1851 68,304,796.02
07/01/1852 66,199,341.71
07/01/1853 59,803,117.70
07/01/1854 42,242,222.42
07/01/1855 35,586,956.56
07/01/1856 31,972,537.90
07/01/1857 28,699,831.85
07/01/1858 44,911,881.03
07/01/1859 58,496,837.88
07/01/1860 64,842,287.88
07/01/1861 90,580,873.72
07/01/1862 524,176,412.13
07/01/1863 1,119,772,138.63
07/01/1864 1,815,784,370.57
07/01/1865 2,680,647,869.74
07/01/1866 2,773,236,173.69
07/01/1867 2,678,126,103.87
07/01/1868 2,611,687,851.19
07/01/1869 2,588,452,213.94
07/01/1870 2,480,672,427.81
07/01/1871 2,353,211,332.32
07/01/1872 2,253,251,328.78
07/01/1873 2,234,482,993.20
07/01/1874 2,251,690,468.43
07/01/1875 2,232,284,531.95
07/01/1876 2,180,395,067.15
07/01/1877 2,205,301,392.10
07/01/1878 2,256,205,892.53
07/01/1879 2,349,567,482.04
07/01/1880 2,120,415,370.63
07/01/1881 2,069,013,569.58
07/01/1882 1,918,312,994.03
07/01/1883 1,884,171,728.07
07/01/1884 1,830,528,923.57
07/01/1885 1,863,964,873.14
07/01/1886 1,775,063,013.78
07/01/1887 1,657,602,592.63
07/01/1888 1,692,858,984.58
07/01/1889 1,619,052,922.23
07/01/1890 1,552,140,204.73
07/01/1891 1,545,996,591.61
07/01/1892 1,588,464,144.63
07/01/1893 1,545,985,686.13
07/01/1894 1,632,253,636.68
07/01/1895 1,676,120,983.25
07/01/1896 1,769,840,323.40
07/01/1897 1,817,672,665.90
07/01/1898 1,796,531,995.90
07/01/1899 1,991,927,306.92
07/01/1900 2,136,961,091.67
07/01/1901 2,143,326,933.89
07/01/1902 2,158,610,445.89
07/01/1903 2,202,464,781.89
07/01/1904 2,264,003,585.14
07/01/1905 2,274,615,063.84
07/01/1906 2,337,161,839.04
07/01/1907 2,457,188,061.54
07/01/1908 2,626,806,271.54
07/01/1909 2,639,546,241.04
07/01/1910 2,652,665,838.04
07/01/1911 2,765,600,606.69
07/01/1912 2,868,373,874.16
07/01/1913 2,916,204,913.66
07/01/1914 2,912,499,269.16
07/01/1915 3,058,136,873.16
07/01/1916 3,609,244,262.16
07/01/1917 5,717,770,279.52
07/01/1918 14,592,161,414.00
07/01/1919 27,390,970,113.12
07/01/1920 25,952,456,406.16
06/30/1921 23,977,450,552.54
06/30/1922 22,963,381,708.31
06/30/1923 22,349,707,365.36
06/30/1924 21,250,812,989.49
06/30/1925 20,516,193,887.90
06/30/1926 19,643,216,315.19
06/30/1927 18,511,906,931.85
06/30/1928 17,604,293,201.43
06/29/1929 16,931,088,484.10
06/30/1930 16,185,309,831.43
06/30/1931 16,801,281,491.71
06/30/1932 19,487,002,444.13
06/30/1933 22,538,672,560.15
06/30/1934 27,053,141,414.48
06/29/1935 28,700,892,624.53
06/30/1936 33,778,543,493.73
06/30/1937 36,424,613,732.29
06/30/1938 37,164,740,315.45
06/30/1939 40,439,532,411.11
06/29/1940 42,967,531,037.68
06/30/1941 48,961,443,535.71
06/30/1942 72,422,445,116.22
06/30/1943 136,696,090,329.90
06/30/1944 201,003,387,221.13
06/30/1945 258,682,187,409.93
06/28/1946 269,422,099,173.26
06/30/1947 258,286,383,108.67
06/30/1948 252,292,246,512.99
06/30/1949 252,770,359,860.33
06/30/1950 257,357,352,351.04
06/29/1951 255,221,976,814.93
06/30/1952 259,105,178,785.43
06/30/1953 266,071,061,638.57
12/31/1953 275,168,120,129.39
12/31/1954 278,749,814,391.33
12/30/1955 280,768,553,188.96
12/31/1956 276,627,527,996.11
12/31/1957 274,897,784,290.72
12/31/1958 282,922,423,583.87
12/31/1959 290,797,771,717.63
12/30/1960 290,216,815,241.68
12/29/1961 296,168,761,214.92
12/31/1962 303,470,080,489.27
12/31/1963 309,346,845,059.17
12/31/1964 317,940,472,718.38
12/31/1965 320,904,110,042.04
12/30/1966 329,319,249,366.68
12/29/1967 344,663,009,745.18
12/31/1968 358,028,625,002.91
12/31/1969 368,225,581,254.41
12/31/1970 389,158,403,690.26
12/31/1971 424,130,961,959.95
12/29/1972 449,298,066,119.00
12/31/1973 469,898,039,554.70
12/31/1974 492,665,000,000.00 *
12/31/1975 576,649,000,000.00 *
12/31/1976 653,544,000,000.00 *
12/30/1977 718,943,000,000.00 *
12/29/1978 789,207,000,000.00 *
12/31/1979 845,116,000,000.00 *
12/31/1980 930,210,000,000.00 *
12/31/1981 1,028,729,000,000.00 *
12/31/1982 1,197,073,000,000.00 *
12/31/1983 1,410,702,000,000.00 *
12/31/1984 1,662,966,000,000.00 *
* Rounded to Millions
Last Updated Jun 21, 1996
Source: US Treasury
