At slightly over 6.5 Trillion, if you gauge it on a per capita (127 million population) or, in relation to GDP (253 percent of the Gross Domestic Product) , then you are correct, DiamondChan. However, when you toss in the US government(s) unfunded liabilities (federal, state, local), estimated by Forbes at 210 Trillion U.S. Yankee Greenback Dollars (Federal, alone, is over 118 Trillion) .... Take Your Hat Off ... The US smokes Japan. We knock their d-ck in the dirt.