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Quick Answer. The length of time is takes for a Series EE bond to mature, a period known as the term, depends on the issue date of the bond. All Series EE bonds issued since June 2003 take 20 years to mature; however, all Series EE bonds issued prior to June 2003 have a shorter term of between eight and 18 years. Continue Reading.
Today (3/22/2012) the interest rate on the EE series savings bond is 0.6%. There was no way that an interest rate of 0.6% could lead to doubling of the value of a bond in 20 years. In fact, the value of the bond would increase less than 15% over the 20 years. The effective interest rate on EE Series savings bonds had to be a lot more than 0.60%. Using semi-annual compounding over 20 years, a $1000 bond will become $2001.60 (double in value) with an interest rate of of 3.5%.