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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