Bacterial Growth Calculator illustration

Bacterial Growth Calculator

Uses exponential growth to project a population from a starting count, a doubling time and the time elapsed, with the number of generations and the growth rate.

Use any unit; keep it the same as the elapsed time.

Notes

  • Population = N₀·2^(t/doubling time); every doubling time the count doubles.
  • Exponential growth only holds while food and space are plentiful; real cultures level off into a stationary phase.