Compound Interest Calculator

Compound Interest Calculator

Calculating Compounding Interest

Use our compound interest calculator to estimate how your savings will grow over time through compound interest. Enter your initial investment amount, rate of return, compounding frequency, and years of growth to see how your savings increases over time.

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How to Use our Compound Interest Calculator

You only need to enter four simple numbers in our compound interest calculator to find how an investment would grow over time using compound interest. 

1. Your initial deposit:

Enter your initial investment amount.

2. Years to save

The number of years you intend to keep your money invested.

3. Rate of return

Annual interest rate. You can find today’s best CD rates or guaranteed annuity rates here.

4. Compounding Frequency

Select either daily compounding, monthly compounding, or annual. 

Click the Calculate Button

Your results display immediately below the calculator. The amount is how much money you will have at the end of the period you selected. 

NOTE: Compounding frequency is how often the bank or insurance company credits interest to your account.

Compounded daily means that if you earn interest one day that interest starts earning interest the very next day. Monthly or annual compounding interest takes a little longer for the interest you’ve earned to start earning additional interest.

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t … pays it.” ― Albert Einstein

What is Compound Interest?

Compound interest is the financial term used to describe the process of earning interest on interest and can help your savings grow more quickly over time. The power of compound interest is greater the longer you keep your money invested.

The way interest is credited to investment has a significant impact on how your investment grows. Compound interest is often calculated on retirement savings, certificates of deposits (CD), and fixed annuities.

On the other hand, simple interest only credits interest on your initial investment. If you earned 6% simple interest on a $100,000 investment you would earn $6,000 each year. You would have $106,000 at the end of the first year, $112,000 at end of two years, and $118,000 at the end of year three.

If a $100,000 investment earned 6% compounded annually you would have $106,167.78 after one year, $112,715.98 after two years, and $119,668.05 after three years.

Compounding Interest Graph

The graph above shows how a $10,000 savings account earning 15% interest compounded annually would grow over a 40-year period of time. You can see in the table below the $10,000 grew to $123,755 after 20 years and to $2,329,248 at the end of 40 years.

Compound Interest Example Graph Showing $10,000 investment growing at 15% compound for 20 years.
YearPrincipalAnnual 15% interestPrincipal after interest
1$10,000 $1,500 $11,500
2$11,500 $1,725 $13,225
3$13,225 $1,984 $15,209
4$15,209 $2,281 $17,490
5$17,490 $2,624 $20,114
6$20,114 $3,017 $23,131
7$23,131 $3,470 $26,600
8$26,600 $3,990 $30,590
9$30,590 $4,589 $35,179
10$35,179 $5,277 $40,456
11$40,456 $6,068 $46,524
12$46,524 $6,979 $53,503
13$53,503 $8,025 $61,528
14$61,528 $9,229 $70,757
15$70,757 $10,614 $81,371
16$81,371 $12,206 $93,576
17$93,576 $14,036 $107,613
18$107,613 $16,142 $123,755
19$123,755 $18,563 $142,318
20$142,318 $21,348 $163,665
21$163,665 $24,550 $188,215
22$188,215 $28,232 $216,447
23$216,447 $32,467 $248,915
24$248,915 $37,337 $286,252
25$286,252 $42,938 $329,190
26$329,190 $49,378 $378,568
27$378,568 $56,785 $435,353
28$435,353 $65,303 $500,656
29$500,656 $75,098 $575,755
30$575,755 $86,363 $662,118
31$662,118 $99,318 $761,435
32$761,435 $114,215 $875,651
33$875,651 $131,348 $1,006,998
34$1,006,998 $151,050 $1,158,048
35$1,158,048 $173,707 $1,331,755
36$1,331,755 $199,763 $1,531,519
37$1,531,519 $229,728 $1,761,246
38$1,761,246 $264,187 $2,025,433
39$2,025,433 $303,815 $2,329,248
40$2,329,248 $349,387 $2,678,635

Compound Interest Formula

A compound interest calculator makes calculating compound interest an easy task but you can also calculate compounding interest in Excel or by hand using a simple compound interest formula.

This calculator uses the compound interest formula to find principal plus interest. 

A = P(1 + r/n)nt

In the formula

A = Accrued amount (principal + interest)
P = Principal amount
r = Annual nominal interest rate as a decimal
R = Annual nominal interest rate as a percent
r = R/100
n = number of compounding periods per unit of time
t = time in decimal years; e.g., 6 months is calculated as 0.5

APY vs. Interest Rate

APY is the annual interest rate, taking compounding into account. Annual percentage yield or effective annual yield is the analogous concept for savings or investments, such as a certificate of deposit. 

Since a loan by a borrower is an investment for the lender, both terms can apply to the same transaction, depending on the point of view.

ANNUAL PERCENTAGE YIELD. — The term “annual percentage yield” means the total amount of interest that would be received on a $100 deposit, based on the annual rate of simple interest and the frequency of compounding for a 365-day period, expressed as a percentage calculated by a method which shall be prescribed by the Board in regulations.

For financial institutions in the United States, the calculation of the APY and the related annual percentage yield earned are regulated by the FDIC Truth in Savings Act of 1991.

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