GenBank Growth Statistics
Graph
Numbers – Current GenBank Release Notes
Numbers – Past GenBank Release Notes
The top of each GenBank Release Notes file shows number of sequence records and bases in a given release.
Specific sections of the Release Notes include additional statistics:
2.2.6 (per division statistics) — for current release only
2.2.7 (per organism statistics) — for current release only
2.2.8 (growth of GenBank) — from December 1982 through the present
To plot the growth of data for specific GenBank divisions or organisms, compare the statistics in section 2.2.6 or 2.2.7, respectively, from current and past Release Notes
| GenBank Data | ||
| Year | Base Pairs | Sequences |
| 1982 |
680,338
|
606
|
| 1983 |
2,274,029
|
2,427
|
| 1984 |
3,368,765
|
4,175
|
| 1985 |
5,204,420
|
5,700
|
| 1986 |
9,615,371
|
9,978
|
| 1987 |
15,514,776
|
14,584
|
| 1988 |
23,800,000
|
20,579
|
| 1989 |
34,762,585
|
28,791
|
| 1990 |
49,179,285
|
39,533
|
| 1991 |
71,947,426
|
55,627
|
| 1992 |
101,008,486
|
78,608
|
| 1993 |
157,152,442
|
143,492
|
| 1994 |
217,102,462
|
215,273
|
| 1995 |
384,939,485
|
555,694
|
| 1996 |
651,972,984
|
1,021,211
|
| 1997 |
1,160,300,687
|
1,765,847
|
| 1998 |
2,008,761,784
|
2,837,897
|
| 1999 |
3,841,163,011
|
4,864,570
|
| 2000 |
11,101,066,288
|
10,106,023
|
| 2001 |
15,849,921,438
|
14,976,310
|
| 2002 |
28,507,990,166
|
22,318,883
|
| 2003 |
36,553,368,485
|
30,968,418
|
| 2004 |
44,575,745,176
|
40,604,319
|
| 2005 | 56,037,734,462 | 52,016,762 |
| 2006 | 69,019,290,705 | 64,893,747 |
| 2007 | 83,874,179,730 | 80,388,382 |
| 2008 | 99,116,431,942 | 98,868,465 |
Revised: February 3, 2009