I found this table... but the data looks quite unreliable, with the different dates. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt
Is there any country on earth that is not in foreign debt? I am sure there is none.
USA
In 1996, Japan had the world's largest national debt.
The Netherlands.
Brazil and Russia are two separate countries. Brazil is the largest country in South America (5th in the world), and Russia is the largest country in Asia and Europe (largest in the world). Foreign means "not from the same place of origin", so it depends on perspective. Technically, all countries are foreign.
Debt for nature swap is a transaction in foreign exchange which debt owed by a developing country is transferred to another organization. This swap in done in money.
remittence broguht the country largest foreign reserve where garment industry is the largest exporter.
China's foreign exchange reserves is $2.13 trillion
Museum of Foreign Debt was created in 2005.
US foreign debt is now over 4.5 trillion dollars a year. China holds a majority of the US foreign debt.
US: Illegal Immigration, Overwhelming Debt, Weak and Unsustainable Foreign Relations
Japan holds $6billion and UK holds $2billion.