Loan Amortization Schedule Calculator
See your monthly loan payment and exactly how the first year splits between principal and interest.
Monthly payment
PKR 66,733
| Month | Principal | Interest | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PKR 36,733 | PKR 30,000 | PKR 2,963,267 |
| 2 | PKR 37,101 | PKR 29,633 | PKR 2,926,166 |
| 3 | PKR 37,472 | PKR 29,262 | PKR 2,888,694 |
| 4 | PKR 37,846 | PKR 28,887 | PKR 2,850,848 |
| 5 | PKR 38,225 | PKR 28,508 | PKR 2,812,623 |
| 6 | PKR 38,607 | PKR 28,126 | PKR 2,774,016 |
| 7 | PKR 38,993 | PKR 27,740 | PKR 2,735,023 |
| 8 | PKR 39,383 | PKR 27,350 | PKR 2,695,640 |
| 9 | PKR 39,777 | PKR 26,956 | PKR 2,655,863 |
| 10 | PKR 40,175 | PKR 26,559 | PKR 2,615,688 |
| 11 | PKR 40,576 | PKR 26,157 | PKR 2,575,111 |
| 12 | PKR 40,982 | PKR 25,751 | PKR 2,534,129 |
What amortization means
Amortization is the process of paying off a loan through regular, fixed payments over time, where each payment covers that period's interest first and puts the remainder toward the principal balance. An amortization schedule lists exactly how much of each individual payment goes to each, month by month.
Why the split changes over time
Early in a loan, the balance is at its highest, so the interest portion of each payment is largest and the principal portion is smallest — even though the total payment stays fixed. As the balance shrinks with each payment, less interest accrues, so a growing share of each identical payment goes toward principal instead. This is why the first year of a long loan can feel like slow progress on the balance, even with consistent payments.
Using this to make smarter decisions
Seeing the actual split makes two things concrete: how much interest a loan costs in its early years specifically, and why extra payments made early in a loan's life save more total interest than the same extra payment made later — early extra payments skip more of the high-interest months.
Frequently asked questions
Why does my payment stay the same but the interest portion change?
The fixed monthly payment is calculated so that after all planned payments, the balance reaches zero. Because interest is charged on the remaining balance, the interest portion has to shrink over time even though the payment itself does not.
Does making one extra payment save much?
Yes — an extra payment applied directly to principal reduces the balance that all future interest calculations are based on, which compounds over the remaining life of the loan. Extra payments made earlier in the schedule generally save more total interest than the same amount paid later.
Why does the calculator only show the first year?
A full schedule for a 20 or 30-year loan would run to hundreds of rows, which is more detail than most people need to understand the pattern. The first year shows the mechanism clearly — the same principal-vs-interest shift continues in the same direction for the rest of the loan.