GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Here are two different charts on nominal GDP, each from a different source. The
first is more authorative; I include the second because it goes back to 1930.
Year GDP (billions, current dollars) 1946 $211.9 1947 234.3 1948 260.3 1949 259.3 1950 287.1 1951 331.6 1952 349.7 1953 370.0 1954 370.9 1955 404.3 1956 426.2 1957 448.6 1958 454.7 1959 494.2 1960 513.4 1961 531.8 1962 571.6 1963 603.1 1964 648.0 1965 702.7 1966 769.8 1967 814.3 1968 889.3 1969 959.5 1970 1,010.7 1971 1,097.2 1972 1,207.0 1973 1,349.6 1974 1,458.6 1975 1,585.9 1976 1,768.4 1977 1,974.1 1978 2,232.7 1979 2,488.7 1980 2,708.1 1981 3,030.6 1982 3,149.6 1983 3,405.1 1984 3,777.2 1985 4,038.7 1986 4,268.6 1987 4,539.9 1988 4,900.4 1989 5,250.8 1990 5,546.1 1991 5,724.8 1992 6,020.3 1993 6,343.3 1994 6,738.4 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Income and Product Accounts Year GDP (billions, current dollars) 1930 $96.8 1931 83.1 1932 66.9 1933 56.8 1934 60.4 1935 68.7 1936 77.5 1937 86.8 1938 87.8 1939 87.8 1940 95.4 1941 112.5 1942 141.8 1943 175.4 1944 201.7 1945 212.0 1946 212.5 1947 222.9 1948 247.3 1949 262.7 1950 265.8 1951 313.5 1952 340.5 1953 363.8 1954 368.0 1955 384.7 1956 416.3 1957 438.3 1958 448.1 1959 480.2 1960 504.6 1961 517.0 1962 555.2 1963 584.5 1964 625.3 1965 671.0 1966 735.4 1967 793.3 1968 847.2 1969 925.7 1970 985.4 1971 1,050.9 1972 1,147.8 1973 1,274.0 1974 1,403.6 1975 1,509.8 1976 1,684.2 TQ 445.0 1977 1,917.2 1978 2,155.0 1979 2,429.5 1980 2,644.1 1981 2,964.4 1982 3,122.2 1983 3,316.5 1984 3,695.0 1985 3,967.7 1986 4,219.0 1987 4,452.4 1988 4,808.4 1989 5,173.3 1990 5,481.5 1991 5,676.4 1992 5,921.5 1993 6,258.6 1994 6,633.6 1995 7,004.5 1996e 7,336.0 1997e 7,707.6 1998e 8,101.4 1999e 8,516.8 2000e 8,945.8 2001e 9,405.0 2002e 9,880.6 Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 1997, Historical Table 1.2
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