TOTAL VISITED: 197
How many countries are there in the world? Well, the question of which places count as sovereign states is controversial. Territories, dependencies, self-declared states, autonomous regions, and disputed territories further throw confusion in the mix. Since I am on a mission to visit every country in the world, I need a number. 196 – That is my number. The count includes 193 Member and 2 Non-Member States in the United Nations, plus Taiwan.
Here is where my journey around the world has taken me (so far):
UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES [170 / 193]
Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahams Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile / Easter Island China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia eSwatini (the Kingdom of) Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gambia (Republic of The) Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia / Somaliland South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania / Zanzibar United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
NON-MEMBER STATES [2 / 2]
Holy See State of Palestine
DEPENDENCIES [20]
Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Cayman Islands Curacao Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) French Guiana Gibraltar Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Hong Kong Isle of Man Macau Puerto Rico Saint Martin Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
OTHER AREAS [5]
Antarctica Kosovo Northern Cyprus Taiwan Western Sahara