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.

Afghanistan

Albania 

Algeria*

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   

Curacao 

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*

Togo  

Tonga 

Trinidad and Tobago  

Tunisia  

Turkey  

Turkmenistan  

Tuvalu*

Uganda  

Ukraine  

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom 

United States  

Uruguay  

Uzbekistan  

Vanuatu*

Venezuela  

Vietnam  

Yemen*

Zambia  

Zimbabwe 


Total Countries - 200
Total visited to date - 171