Countries

There are many opinions on what constitutes a country and on how many of them there are in the world.  I'll avoid this issue by simply using a list provided on the US State Department's website (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn).   In November 2012 this list included 200 countries and I have visited 170 of them. The ones I haven't visited are followed by an astrisk (*). The State Department has provided information on each country which can be read by clicking on the name.

Andorra 
Angola 
Antigua and Barbuda  (airport only)
Argentina 
Armenia 
Aruba 
Australia
Austria 
Azerbaijan 
Bahamas, The
Bahrain
Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belarus
Belgium 
Belize 
Benin
Bermuda *
Bhutan
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana 
Brazil 
Brunei 
Bulgaria 
Burkina Faso 
Burma (Myanmar)
Burundi 
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada 
Cape Verde   
Cayman Islands *
Central African Republic 
Chad 
Chile 
China 
Colombia 
Comoros 
Congo (Brazzaville) (airport only) 
Congo (Kinshasa) 
Costa Rica 
Cote d'Ivoire 
Croatia 
Cuba   
Cyprus 
Czech Republic
Denmark 
Djibouti 
Dominica 
Dominican Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
El Salvador 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea
Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Fiji
Finland 
France 
Gabon 
Gambia, The (airport only)
Georgia 
Germany 
Ghana 
Greece 
Grenada 
Guatemala  
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau (airport only)
Guyana 
Haiti 
Holy See (Vatican)
Honduras 
Hong Kong 
Hungary 
Iceland (airport only) 
India 
Indonesia 
Iran (airport only) 
Iraq
Ireland 
Israel 
Italy 
Jamaica 
Japan 
Jordan 
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo   
Kuwait 
Kyrgyzstan 
Laos  (airport only)
Latvia 
Lebanon 
Lesotho 
Liberia 
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar 
Malawi 
Malaysia 
Maldives
Mali 
Malta 
Marshall Islands
Mauritania   
Mauritius 
Mexico 
Micronesia
Moldova 
Monaco 
Mongolia 
Montenegro
Morocco 
Mozambique 
Namibia 
Nauru
Nepal 
Netherlands
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Niger
Nigeria 
North Korea
Norway 
Oman 
Pakistan  (airport only) 
Palau
Panama 
Papua New Guinea 
Paraguay
Peru 
Philippines 
Poland 
Portugal
Qatar 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
Samoa 
San Marino 
Sao Tome and Principe*
Saudi Arabia 
Senegal 
Serbia 
Seychelles 
Sierra Leone  
Singapore 
Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Solomon Islands 
Somalia 
South Africa 
South Korea 
Spain 
Sri Lanka 
Sudan 
Suriname 
Swaziland
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Syria 
Taiwan 
Tajikistan 
Tanzania
Thailand 
Timor-Leste*
United States  
Zimbabwe 


Total Countries - 200
Total visited to date - 171
 

 




























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