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GenBank and WGS Statistics

Notes on GenBank statistics

The following table lists the number of bases and the number of sequence records in each release of GenBank, beginning with Release 3 in 1982. CON-division records are not represented in these statistics: because they are constructed from the non-CON records in the database, their inclusion here would be a form of double-counting. Also note that this table is limited to 'traditional', non-set-based (WGS/TSA/TLS) GenBank records. From 1982 to the present, the number of bases in GenBank has doubled approximately every 18 months.

Notes on WGS statistics

ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/ncbi-asn1/wgs ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/genbank/wgs

GENBANK AND WGS STATISTICS
GenBankWGS
ReleaseDateBasesSequencesBasesSequences
3Dec 1982680338606
14Nov 198322740292427
20May 198430020883665
24Sep 198433232704135
25Oct 198433687654175
26Nov 198436897524393
32May 198542119314954
36Sep 198552044205700
40Feb 198659254296642
42May 198667654767416
44Aug 198684423578823
46Nov 198696153719978
48Feb 19871096138010913
50May 19871304847312534
52Aug 19871485514514020
53Sep 19871551477614584
54Dec 19871675287215465
55Mar 19881915600217047
56Jun 19882079527918226
57Sep 19882201969819044
57.1Oct 19882380000020579
58Dec 19882469087621248
59Mar 19892638249122479
60Jun 19893180878426317
61Sep 19893476258528791
62Dec 19893718395031229
63Mar 19904012775233377
64Jun 19904249589335100
65Sep 19904917928539533
66Dec 19905130609241057
67Mar 19915516927643903
68Jun 19916586879951418
69Sep 19917194742655627
70Dec 19917733767858952
71Mar 19928389465265100
72Jun 19929216076171280
73Sep 199210100848678608
74Dec 199212024223497084
75Feb 1993126212259106684
76Apr 1993129968355111911
77Jun 1993138904393120134
78Aug 1993147215633131328
79Oct 1993157152442143492
80Dec 1993163802597150744
81Feb 1994173261500162946
82Apr 1994180589455169896
83Jun 1994191393939182753
84Aug 1994201815802196703
85Oct 1994217102462215273
86Dec 1994230485928237775
87Feb 1995248499214269478
88Apr 1995286094556352414
89Jun 1995318624568425211
90Aug 1995353713490492483
91Oct 1995384939485555694
92Dec 1995425860958620765
93Feb 1996463758833685693
94Apr 1996499127741744295
95Jun 1996551750920835487
96Aug 1996602072354920588
97Oct 19966519729841021211
98Dec 19967305529381114581
99Feb 19977868981381192505
100Apr 19978428643091274747
101Jun 19979669930871491069
102Aug 199710534745161610848
103Oct 199711603006871765847
104Dec 199712582905131891953
105Feb 199813723689132042325
106Apr 199815025423062209232
107Jun 199816220414652355928
108Aug 199817971377132532359
109Oct 199820087617842837897
110Dec 199821620678713043729
111Apr 199925695782083525418
112Jun 199929747919934028171
113Aug 199934002373914610118
114Oct 199938411630114864570
115Dec 199946539327455354511
116Feb 200058054149355691170
117Apr 200073760807236215002
118Jun 200086042219807077491
119Aug 200095457248248214339
120Oct 2000103356926559102634
121Dec 20001110106628810106023
122Feb 20011172012032610896781
123Apr 20011241854402311545572
124Jun 20011297370706512243766
125Aug 20011354336429612813516
126Oct 20011439688306413602262
127Dec 20011584992143814976310
128Feb 20021708914389315465325
129Apr 20021907267970116769983692266338172768
130Jun 200220648748345174711303267608441397502
131Aug 200222616937182181971193848375582427771
132Oct 200226525934656198081013892435593434224
133Dec 200228507990166223188836702372564597042
134Feb 200329358082791230358236705740844597345
135Apr 200331099264455240279366897080355596818
136Jun 200332528249295255928656992663962607155
137Aug 200333865022251272137487144761762593801
138Oct 2003355996214712981939786622428331683437
139Dec 20033655336848530968418145234548682547094
140Feb 20043789384473332549400228041458853188754
141Apr 20043898934256533676218247585562154112532
142Jun 20044032532134835532003255927583664353890
143Aug 20044180804565337343937281286118474427773
144Oct 20044319460265538941263308715903795285276
145Dec 20044457574517640604319350092562285410415
146Feb 20054684983122642734478380763000846111782
147Apr 20054823573856744202133395232083466685746
148Jun 20054939885212245236251467672325658711924
149Aug 200551674486881469473885334660578410276161
150Oct 200553655236500491524455616280764711169448
151Dec 200556037734462520167625963890003412088491
152Feb 200659750386305545846356318306509112465546
153Apr 200661582143971566205006748861257113573144
154Jun 200663412609711588903457885863582217733973
155Aug 200665369091950611325998036997782617960667
156Oct 200666925938907627651958112750250918500772
157Dec 200669019290705648937478161137685618540918
158Feb 200771292211453672183448604347852419421576
159Apr 200775742041056718025959302269186723446831
160Jun 200777248690945730781439710260645923718400
161Aug 2007795255596507614623610196432373825384475
162Oct 2007815633997657763281310200304529825354041
163Dec 2007838741797308038838210650569157826177471
164Feb 2008857595867648285368510863573614127439206
165Apr 2008891723504688550073011050096140026931049
166Jun 2008920086118678855457811363929134439163548
167Aug 2008950337916529274859911859350934240214247
168Oct 2008973816823369640079013608597342346108952
169Dec 2008991164319429886846514137497100448394838
170Feb 200910146727030810181567814379780044649036947
171Apr 200910298026870910333542114452254201048948309
172Jun 200910527730608010607370914595999786449063546
173Aug 200910653315675610843169214816511776348443067
174Oct 200910856023650611094687914934892303548119301
175Dec 200911011855716311291095015831716838554076973
176Feb 201011232622965211646167216399185801557134273
177Apr 201011434888877111911225116553600951458361599
178Jun 201011562449771512060442316772529203258592700
179Aug 201011747652312812294188316925384612858994334
180Oct 201011855164108612576438417533905912959397637
181Dec 201012208281271912990227617738529715659608311
182Feb 201112427781831013201505419003446279762349795
183Apr 201112655150114113544092419140139318862715288
184Jun 201112917829295814048226820048707818463735078
185Aug 201113067123380114228460820831583113264997137
186Oct 201113206741337214445864821866636805668330215
187Dec 201113511773137514641379823986830960973729553
188Feb 201213738488978314981924626137051267578656704
189Apr 201213926648139815182442127269335154880905298
190Jun 201214134324075515413021028757736711682076779
191Aug 201214308176523315642403330819641190584020064
192Oct 201214543096126215788973733388184645186480509
193Dec 201214839086390416114032535600292283892767765
194Feb 2013150141354858162886727390900990416103101291
195Apr 2013151178979155164136731418026593606110509314
196Jun 2013152599230112165740164453829752320112488036
197Aug 2013154192921011167295840500420412665124812020
198Oct 2013155176494699168335396535842167741130203205
199Dec 2013156230531562169331407556764321498133818570
200Feb 2014157943793171171123749591378698544139725795
201Apr 2014159813411760171744486621015432437143446790
202Jun 2014161822845643173353076719581958743175779064
203Aug 2014165722980375174108750774052098731189080419
204Oct 2014181563676918178322253805549167708196049974
205Dec 2014184938063614179295769848977922022200301550
206Feb 2015187893826750181336445873281414087205465046
207Apr 2015189739230107182188746969102906813243779199
208Jun 20151939210429461850193521038937210221258702138
209Aug 20151998236442871870668461163275601001302955543
210Oct 20152022370815591883720171222635267498309198943
211Dec 20152039391110711892329251297865618365317122157
212Feb 20162070181960671902502351399865495608333012760
213Apr 20162114239120471937395111452207704949338922537
214Jun 20162132009078191944635721556175944648350278081
215Aug 20162179714376471961208311637224970324359796497
216Oct 20162207313152501973906911676238489250363213315
217Dec 20162249730604331985654751817189565845395301176
218Feb 20172287194376381993413771892966308635409490397
219Apr 20172318249515522008778842035032639807451840147
220Jun 20172349973626232016635682164683993369487891767
221Aug 20172403433782582031806062242294609510499965722
222Oct 20172449147054682039536822318156361999508825331
223Dec 20172497221635942062936252466098053327551063065
224Feb 20182536307080982070405552608532210351564286852
225Apr 20182601891416312084523032784740996536621379029
226Jun 20182639578845392097753482944617324086639804105
227Aug 20182608069364112088310503204855013281665309765
228Oct 20182796682901322096566363444172142207722438528
229Dec 20182856885421862112814153656719423096773773190
230Feb 20193037095106322122603774164513961679945019312
231Apr 20193216805665702127754144421986382065993732214
232Jun 201932983528237021338375848476772979501022913321
233Aug 201936673391762921386534955859223331601075272215
234Oct 201938619701853821676370659852502510281097629174
235Dec 201938841725800921533302062775512006901127023870
236Feb 202039937685487221621421569689912657521206720688
237Apr 202041577002794921653182977881332213381267547429
238Jun 202042782325890121712223381140462621581302852615
239Aug 202065405706954921864223888416494106521408122887
240Oct 202069868809404621905520792158155695091432874252
241Dec 2020723003822007221467827118308424280181517995689
242Feb 2021776291211106226241476122707172096121563938043
243Apr 2021832400799511227123201127320480520231590670459
244Jun 2021866009790959227888889134429743464371632796606
245Aug 2021940513260726231982592138881878637221653427055
246Oct 20211014763752113233642893145991015745471721064101
247Dec 20211053275115030234557297149220339223021734664952
248Feb 20221173984081721236338284154281221408201750505007
249Apr 20221266154890918237520318160715207021701781374217
250Jun 20221395628631187239017893167103730066001796349114
251Aug 20221492800704497239915786175118096766292024099677
252Oct 20221562963366851240539282182319608088282167900306
253Dec 20221635594138493241015745190865966165692241439349
254Feb 20231731302248418241830635201166421762632337838461
255Apr 20231826746318813242554936209265047602212440470464
256Jun 20231966479976146243560863217911255941142611654455
257Aug 20232112058517945246119175222944461045432631493489
258Oct 20232433391164875247777761236001998872312775205599
259Dec 20232570711588044249060436246515804643352863228552
260Apr 20243213818003787250803006272251165879373333621823
261Jun 20243387240663231251094334279001993283333380877515
262Aug 20243675462701077251998350296435941763263569715357
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