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
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Belgium
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Finland
- Fiji
- France
- The Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Haiti
- Holy See (i.e. Vatican City)
- Iceland
- India
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Poland
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Spain
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Turkey
- United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland)
- United States
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
For these, I've listed the sovereignty in parentheses
- Antarctica (none)
- Bermuda (United Kingdom)
- Faroe Islands (Denmark)
- Hong Kong (China)
- Macau (China)
- Puerto Rico (United States)
- Saint Helena (United Kingdom)
Other Places You May or May Not Wish to Count As Countries
- Ascension Island (dependency of Saint Helena, so a dependency of a dependency!)
- Tuva (autonomous region within Russia)
- Zanzibar (part of Tanzania)
Copyright 2003-2013 Miriam H. Nadel
last updated 31 December 2013
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