UK Government Debt

The UK national debt as at the end of 2003 - the last date for accurate(ish) figures was...

£437.4 billion

The UK population was 60.2 million, leading to a calculation that each British citizen has a share of that debt of £7,265.78

However, if you take into account that non-workers cannot repay their share of the debt and spread that debt only among the working population (28.5 million), then their share jumps to £15,347

It should also be noted that thanks to the current governments use of PFI - Private Finance Initiatives, a large quantity of debt is hidden away onto company balance books and does not appear in the government figures. No exact analysis exists for the value of this hidden debt, but it is said to be significant.

In US dollar values (1 British Pound = 1.89680 US Dollar at time of publishing)

The UK national debt as at the end of 2003 - the last date for accurate(ish) figures was...

$829.7 billion

The UK population was 60.2 million, leading to a calculation that each British citizen has a share of that debt of $13,781.7

However, if you take into account that non-workers cannot repay their share of the debt and spread that debt only among the working population (28.5 million), then their share jumps to $29,110.2

References:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=12

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=277

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

http://www.maps4free.com/map-of-uk.shtml