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Live side-by-side comparison of government debt. United States currently owes about 14.2Γ— more β€” a gap of $36.90 trillion. Updated every second from IMF baselines.

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Canada
$2,805,462,115,139
Debt-to-GDP113%
Per citizen$69,962
Per second+$3,200
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United States
$39,702,568,541,056
Debt-to-GDP124%
Per citizen$118,145
Per second+$60,200
In nominal terms, United States carries the larger government debt β€” roughly 14.2Γ— that of Canada, a difference of $36.90 trillion. Note that debt-to-GDP (Canada: 113%, United States: 124%) is the better measure of sustainability than the raw total.
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Source: Global Debt Clock, based on the IMF World Economic Outlook (April 2026, general government gross debt) and World Bank IDS.
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