I've been asked this enough times, that I thought it was worth putting up a list of what countries I've been to. In order to avoid debate about what is or isn't a country, I've based this on the U. S. State Department Countries and Regions lists. A couple of places which don't appear on those lists are in a section at the end. In each section, countries are listed alphabetically. I'll also note that I don't count places where I've just changed planes. Airports are "A-space" and not really part of any country, so far as I'm concerned.

Independent Countries

1. Argentina
2. Armenia
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Bahamas
7. Belgium
8. Benin
9. Botswana
10. Bulgaria
11. Cambodia
12. Canada
13. Chile
14. China
15. Denmark
16. Ecuador
17. Fiji
18. France
19. The Gambia
20. Georgia
21. Germany
22. Ghana
23. Greece
24. Holy See (i.e. Vatican City)
25. India
26. Israel
27. Italy
28. Japan
29. Kenya
30. Kiribati
31. Luxembourg
32. Madagascar
33. Malawi
34. Malta
35. Mauritius
36. Mexico
37. Mongolia
38. Namibia
39. Netherlands
40. Papua New Guinea
41. Peru
42. Poland
43. Russia
44. Slovak Republic
45. Solomon Islands
46. South Africa
47. Spain
48. Swaziland
49. Sweden
50. Switzerland
51. Tanzania
52. Thailand
53. Togo
54. United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland)
55. United States
56. Vietnam
57. Zambia
58. Zimbabwe

Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty

For these, I've listed the sovereignty in parentheses

1. Antarctica (none)
2. Bermuda (United Kingdom)
3. Puerto Rico (United States)
4. Saint Helena (United Kingdom)

Other Places You May or May Not Wish to Count As Countries

1. Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, so a dependency of a dependency!)
2. Tuva (autonomous region within Russia)
3. Zanzibar (part of Tanzania)

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