UK National Debt.

The UK media have been covering the UK Government Debt.

The figure is £1.64 Trillion

To be simple:-

£1.64   Trillion
£1,640   Billion
£1,640,000 Million

Now this debt is formed by the UK Debt Management office, (http://www.dmo.gov.uk) issuing blocks of Bonds, (gilts) to fund the UK.
This £1,640,000 Million is formed of literally hundreds of blocks of debt, issued monthly.

In the style of keeping things simple, if the interest rate was 1.25% on this £1,640,000 Million, then just the interest payments annually would be  £20,500 Million

That is £20.5 Billion

That is actually an under estimate of the interest payments, but it is the order of magnitude of interest HM Government has to pay on its debt mountain. Money that pays the creditors.

With a UK Population of 60 Million.

That debt of £1,640,000 Million equates to £27,333 per UK Person.
The interest of £20,500 Million equate to £341 per UK Person per year.

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