Lump Sum Investment (Rule of 72) - Calculator

The rule of 72 says if you take the interest rate you are receiving and divide it into 72, it will
give you the number of years it will take for your investment to double.
(Example, 72 divided by 4 (interest rate at a bank) = 18 years for your money to double)

Type in a Lump Sum Amount -- > 100,000

Interest Rate
YEAR 2% 4% 6% 8% 10.05% 12 %
(72/2=36) (72/4=18) (72/6=12) (72/8=9) (72/10.05=7.2) (72/12=6)
0 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000
1 102,059 104,033 106,168 108,343 110,427 112,683
2 104,161 108,228 112,716 117,382 121,942 126,973
3 106,306 112,592 119,668 127,175 134,658 143,077
4 108,495 117,133 127,049 137,785 148,699 161,223
5 110,729 121,857 134,885 149,281 164,205 181,670
6 113,009 126,771 143,204 161,735 181,327 204,710
7 115,336 131,883 152,037 175,229 200,235 230,672
8 117,711 137,201 161,414 189,848 221,115 259,927
9 120,135 142,734 171,370 205,687 244,171 292,893
10 122,609 148,490 181,940 222,848 269,632 330,039
11 125,133 154,478 193,161 241,440 297,748 371,896
12 127,710 160,708 205,075 261,583 328,796 419,062
13 130,340 167,189 217,724 283,407 363,081 472,209
14 133,024 173,931 231,152 307,052 400,941 532,097
15 135,763 180,945 245,409 332,669 442,750 599,580
16 138,559 188,242 260,546 360,424 488,917 675,622
17 141,412 195,833 276,616 390,494 539,899 761,308
18 144,324 203,730 293,677 423,073 596,197 857,861
19 147,296 211,946 311,790 458,369 658,365 966,659
20 150,329 220,493 331,020 496,611 727,016 1,089,255
21 153,424 229,385 351,437 538,043 802,826 1,227,400
22 156,583 238,635 373,113 582,932 886,540 1,383,065
23 159,808 248,259 396,126 631,566 978,984 1,558,473
24 163,099 258,270 420,558 684,258 1,081,068 1,756,126
25 166,457 268,685 446,497 741,345 1,193,796 1,978,847
26 169,885 279,520 474,036 803,196 1,318,279 2,229,814
27 173,383 290,792 503,273 870,206 1,455,743 2,512,610
28 176,953 302,519 534,314 942,808 1,607,540 2,831,272
29 180,597 314,719 567,270 1,021,466 1,775,166 3,190,348
30 184,316 327,410 602,258 1,106,687 1,960,271 3,594,964
31 188,111 340,614 639,403 1,199,018 2,164,678 4,050,896
32 191,985 354,350 678,840 1,299,051 2,390,400 4,564,651
33 195,938 368,639 720,710 1,407,431 2,639,659 5,143,562
34 199,973 383,505 765,162 1,524,853 2,914,909 5,795,895
35 204,091 398,971 812,355 1,652,071 3,218,861 6,530,959
36 208,293 415,060 862,459 1,789,904 3,554,507 7,359,249
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