Country counter

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” (Saint Augustine)

Even if I would like to do as John Lennon did in his song “Imagine” and the world would probably be a lot more peaceful without national borders, they still serve as a guide. The United Nations (UN) currently recognizes a total of 193 full member states and 2 permanent observer states (Vatican City and Palestine). Other countries that are recognized by at least one member state of the United Nations are: Western Sahara, Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Northern Cyprus, Taiwan, Niue and the Cook Islands. This results in a total of 203 countries.

With 51 countries, I have traveled 25,12 % of the world so far.

Of course I am aware that the country counter is nothing more than a pure number and says nothing about how much of the respective country you were able to experience. The size of the country you are traveling to also plays a major role, as it makes a big difference whether you are traveling to a very small country, e.g. a city state, or a country with a large surface area. I still find it interesting when I know the number of countries I have traveled to.

Countries traveled

Countries traveled to in chronological order of first stay:

51 Laos (2024)

50 Malaysia (2023)

49 Nicaragua (2022)

48 Portugal (2021)

47 Croatia (2021)

46 Samoa (2019)

45 French Polynesia (2019)

44 Cook Islands (2019)

43 New Zealand (2019)

42 Uruguay (2019)

41 Chile (2019)

40 Bolivia (2019)

39 Peru (2019)

38 Ecuador (2019)

37 Colombia (2019)

36 Panama (2019)

35 Costa Rica (2019)

34 Argentina (2019)

33 Brazil (2019)

32 Guatemala (2019)

31 Belize (2019)

30 Mexico (2018)

29 Poland (2018)

28 Philippines (2017)

27 North Macedonia (2017)

26 Kosovo (2017)

25 Namibia (2017)

24 South Africa (2017)

23 India (2017)

22 Indonesia (2017)

21 Singapore (2017)

20 England (2016)

19 Cuba (2016)

18 Belgium (2016)

17 Vietnam (2016)

16 Cambodia (2016)

15 Thailand (2015)

14 United Arab Emirates (2015)

13 Luxembourg (2015)

12 Netherlands (2015)

11 United States of America (2014)

10 Switzerland (2013)

9 Czech Republic (2011)

8 Türkiye (2009)

7 Vatican City (2008)

6 Monaco (2005)

5 France (2005)

4 Spain (2004)

3 Italy (2000)

2 Austria (1996)

1 Germany