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It all depends what you count as a “country”, but I’ve been to:

• 104 of the 195 countries (sovereign states) officially recognised by the UN
• 2 of the 11 disputed states partially recognised by most UN countries
• 13 of the 39 additional territories, islands, and dependencies from the Matador Network list which are not countries in the internationally agreed and recognised sense, but which are quite distinct from their parent country. For example, Greenland is technically part of Denmark, but you can’t go to Copenhagen and consider that a tick in the box for Greenland, ditto for the Faroe Islands. Likewise, a visit to Paris doesn’t really tick the box for the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora, or French Guiana in South America. While it’s certainly easy to tick off the UK, that really doesn’t cover you for the Isle of Man, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Jersey…

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The Complete List of Places I’ve Been

Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea (South), Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland (eSwatini), Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Vietnam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe

SOVEREIGN STATES	Been	DISPUTED STATES	Been	OVERSEAS TERRITORIES ETC	Been
195	104	11	2	39	13
Afghanistan		Abkhazia		Aland Islands
Albania	Y	Artsakh		American Samoa
Algeria		Cook Islands		Anguilla
Andorra	Y	Kosovo	Y	Antarctica
Angola		Niue		Aruba
Antigua and Barbuda		Northern Cyprus		Azores
Argentina	Y	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Bermuda
Armenia	Y	Somaliland		British Virgin Islands
Australia	Y	South Ossetia		Canary Islands
Austria	Y	Taiwan	Y	Cayman Islands
Azerbaijan	Y	Transnistria		Curacao
Bahamas, The				Falkland Islands
Bahrain	Y			Faroe Islands	Y
Bangladesh	Y			French Guiana
Barbados				French Polynesia	Y
Belarus	Y			Gibraltar	Y
Belgium	Y			Greenland
Belize				Guadeloupe
Benin				Guam
Bhutan				Guernsey	Y
Bolivia				Hong Kong	Y
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Y			Isle of Man	Y
Botswana	Y			Jersey	Y
Brazil	Y			Macao	Y
Brunei				Madeira
Bulgaria	Y			Martinique
Burkina Faso				Mayotte	Y
Burundi				Montserrat
Cambodia	Y			New Caledonia
Cameroon				Northern Ireland
Canada	Y			Northern Mariana Islands
Cape Verde				Puerto Rico
Central African Republic				Reunion	Y
Chad				Scotland	Y
Chile	Y			Sint Maarten
China	Y			Turks and Caicos
Colombia				US Virgin Islands
Comoros	Y			Wales	Y
Congo, Democratic Republic of the				Wallis and Fortuna
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica	Y
Croatia	Y
Cuba	Y
Cyprus	Y
Czech Republic	Y
Denmark	Y
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt	Y
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia	Y
Ethiopia
Fiji	Y
Finland	Y
France	Y
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia	Y
Germany	Y
Ghana
Greece	Y
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary	Y
Iceland	Y
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland	Y
Israel	Y
Italy	Y
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan	Y
Jordan	Y
Kazakhstan	Y
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Korea, South	Y
Kuwait	Y
Kyrgyzstan	Y
Laos	Y
Latvia	Y
Lebanon	Y
Lesotho	Y
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein	Y
Lithuania	Y
Luxembourg	Y
Macedonia	Y
Madagascar	Y
Malawi
Malaysia	Y
Maldives	Y
Mali
Malta	Y
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius	Y
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova	Y
Monaco	Y
Mongolia	Y
Montenegro	Y
Morocco	Y
Mozambique
Myanmar	Y
Namibia	Y
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands	Y
New Zealand	Y
Nicaragua	Y
Niger
Nigeria
Norway	Y
Oman	Y
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama	Y
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines	Y
Poland	Y
Portugal	Y
Qatar	Y
Romania	Y
Russia	Y
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino	Y
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia	Y
Seychelles	Y
Sierra Leone
Singapore	Y
Slovakia	Y
Slovenia	Y
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa	Y
South Sudan
Spain	Y
Sri Lanka	Y
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland	Y
Sweden	Y
Switzerland	Y
Syria
Tajikistan	Y
Tanzania	Y
Thailand	Y
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey	Y
Turkmenistan	Y
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine	Y
United Arab Emirates	Y
United Kingdom	Y
United States	Y
Uruguay
Uzbekistan	Y
Vanuatu	Y
Vatican City	Y
Venezuela
Vietnam	Y
Yemen
Zambia	Y
Zimbabwe	Y

USA

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Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming.