MAP

TOTAL VISITED: 199

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 [172 / 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   Lao People’s Democratic Republic   Latvia   Lebanon   Lesotho   Liberia   Libya   Liechtenstein   Lithuania   Luxembourg   Madagascar   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