Compound Interest Calculator
Calculate compound growth with regular contributions and a year-by-year balance table.
How compound growth works
Principal is your starting investment; contributions are new deposits. For nominal annual rate r, m compounding periods and f deposits per year, the deposit-period rate is i = (1 + r/m)^(m/f) − 1. Each period grows the existing balance, then adds the deposit. Interest earned is the final balance minus principal and contributions.
Assumptions and example
Deposits arrive at period-end, including when their frequency differs from compounding. At 10% annual compounding, 1,000 initially and 100 deposited each year become 1,420 after two years. Rates stay fixed; taxes, fees and inflation are excluded.