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

Copyright 2003-2008 Miriam H. Nadel