Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Ed400	Ed401	Ed402	Ed403
		Individual		Group
		Policies in force	Benefits and dividends paid	Persons insured	Amount of insurance
Row	Year	Number	Thousand dollars	Number	Million dollars
1	1921	651,054	101,410	----	----
2	1922	581,778	104,363	----	----
3	1923	560,065	105,218	----	----
4	1924	562,000	109,103	----	----
5	1925	552,340	127,005	----	----

6	1926	553,660	136,784	----	----
7	1927	587,980	130,536	----	----
8	1928	660,374	136,978	----	----
9	1929	650,066	141,523	----	----
10	1930	648,248	142,870	----	----

11	1931	646,055	148,982	----	----
12	1932	641,247	158,712	----	----
13	1933	616,069	149,112	----	----
14	1934	598,266	141,810	----	----
15	1935	590,865	130,670	----	----

16	1936	593,213	123,785	----	----
17	1937	596,982	120,396	----	----
18	1938	602,963	99,481	----	----
19	1939	606,071	97,397	----	----
20	1940	609,094	91,989	----	----

21	1941	972,860	71,816	----	----
22	1942	3,217,499	66,176	----	----
23	1943	9,394,598	76,414	----	----
24	1944	15,068,150	124,864	----	----
25	1945	16,512,099	287,219	----	----

26	1946	9,814,873	369,715	----	----
27	1947	6,380,103	383,374	----	----
28	1948	6,291,263	376,281	----	----
29	1949	6,038,865	450,525	----	----
30	1950	6,113,308	3,144,507	----	----

31	1951	7,625,694	1,026,661	----	----
32	1952	7,538,729	822,818	----	----
33	1953	7,003,942	804,819	----	----
34	1954	6,530,816	755,058	----	----
35	1955	6,449,437	662,750	----	----

36	1956	6,442,956	649,903	----	----
37	1957	6,565,985	656,207	----	----
38	1958	6,485,256	720,567	----	----
39	1959	6,401,240	759,440	----	----
40	1960	6,319,847	791,640	----	----

41	1961	6,214,879	1,032,072	----	----
42	1962	5,999,125	853,299	----	----
43	1963	5,935,798	903,286	----	----
44	1964	5,885,857	809,444	----	----
45	1965	5,823,981	767,035	----	----

46	1966	5,879,886	783,573	3,334,000	33,264
47	1967	5,817,697	885,118	3,571,272	35,356
48	1968	5,713,489	850,941	3,729,233	37,107
49	1969	5,623,206	870,809	3,782,590	37,711
50	1970	5,540,553	930,053	3,716,561	37,369

51	1971	5,449,796	900,421	4,353,807	49,939
52	1972	5,360,111	890,500	3,958,722	44,510
53	1973	5,275,399	924,993	3,725,486	40,206
54	1974	5,191,211	933,866	3,494,728	41,626
55	1975	5,098,381	983,419	3,477,897	68,328

56	1976	5,002,586	1,068,916	3,430,118	67,753
57	(TQ)	4,979,837	250,813	3,470,404	68,434
58	1977	4,881,336	1,125,066	3,512,812	69,381
59	1978	4,787,545	1,161,488	3,538,107	69,992
60	1979	4,676,657	1,267,349	3,588,107	71,296

61	1980	4,564,252	1,410,975	3,649,793	72,603
62	1981	4,445,939	1,489,545	3,656,261	72,769
63	1982	4,314,535	1,552,847	3,685,830	110,661
64	1983	4,183,498	1,561,903	3,754,703	125,871
65	1984	3,989,302	1,668,753	3,712,343	125,727

66	1985	3,866,616	1,829,851	3,689,713	126,172
67	1986	3,739,853	1,908,817	3,680,853	165,496
68	1987	3,613,214	1,904,857	3,782,748	184,959
69	1988	3,506,877	1,967,349	3,800,789	186,797
70	1989	3,388,516	2,013,484	3,787,341	186,668

71	1990	3,293,257	2,084,750	3,807,778	188,100
72	1991	3,195,047	2,132,399	3,705,565	267,645
73	1992	3,090,950	2,246,649	3,577,993	340,515
74	1993	2,994,350	1,864,320	3,439,307	421,265
75	1994	2,889,057	1,986,628	3,309,516	487,384

76	1995	2,781,361	2,000,634	3,081,000	465,723
77	1996	2,664,000	2,032,071	2,992,000	535,648
78	1997	2,540,000	2,057,096	2,878,000	505,100
79	1998	2,416,000	2,042,118	2,766,000	480,674
80	1999	2,295,000	1,977,631	2,692,000	461,881