This list of all the countries in the world is the ‘Travelers Century Club’ list of 325 countries/unique destinations. The link to the UN list is just below.
Notes
1. I have been to every country (sovereign nation) on Earth; meaning all United Nations member countries (193 member states).
2. The Travelers Century Club list has expanded to 325 now. It was 315 when I became a member over 13 years ago now.
3. I have had multiple trips and expeditions cancelled to both Wake Island and the British Indian Ocean Territory; which remain the 2 hardest on the TCC list because of their military/government status. I also happen to think it’s silly that they’re on the list anyway if nobody can go to them while other similar destinations are not on the list such as Guantanamo Bay.
Bold=Countries I’ve been to
Currently 321 out of 325
PACIFIC OCEAN (38 of 39)
Australia
Bismark Archipelago (New Ireland, New Britain, Bougainville, Admiralty Islands)
Chatham Islands
Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki, Penrhyn)
Easter Island
Fiji Islands
French Polynesia (Tahiti,Tuamotu, Austral, Gambier)
Galapagos Islands
Guam
Hawaiian Islands
Juan Fernandez Islands (Robinson Crusoe Island)
Kiribati (Gilberts,Tarawa, Ocean Island)
Line/Phoenix Islands (Palmyra, Fanning, Christmas, Canton, Enderbury, Howland)
Lord Howe Island
Marquesas Islands
Marshall Islands, Republic of (Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok)
Micronesia, Fed.States of (Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk,Yap,Caroline Islands)
Midway Island
Nauru
New Caledonia & Deps. (Noumea, Loyalty Islands)
New Zealand
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Marianas (Saipan, Tinian)
Ogasawara (Bonin, Volcano Island, Iwo Jima)
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Island
Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa)
Samoa, American (Pago Pago)
Samoa, Western (Apia)
Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal, New Georgia,Tulagi)
Tasmania
Tokelau Islands (Fakaofu, Atafu, Union)
Tonga (Nukualofa)
Tuvalu (Ellice Island, Funafuti, Vaitapu)
Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands)
Wake Island
Wallis & Futuna Islands
NORTH AMERICA (6 of 6)
Alaska
Canada
Mexico
Prince Edward Island
St. Pierre & Miquelon
United States (continental)
CENTRAL AMERICA (7 of 7)
Belize (British Honduras)
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
SOUTH AMERICA (13 of 13)
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana (British Guiana)
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname (Netherlands Guiana)
Uruguay
Venezuela
CARIBBEAN (31 of 31)
Anguilla
Antigua & Deps. (Barbuda, Redonda)
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Bonaire
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada & Deps. (Carriacou, Grenadines)
Guadeloupe & Deps.(Marie Galante)
Haiti
Jamaica
Leeward Islands, French (St. Martin)
Leeward Islands, Netherlands (Saba, St. Eustatius)
Martinique
Montserrat
Nueva Esparta (Margarita Island)
Puerto Rico
San Andres & Providencia
St. Barths
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Maarten (formerly Netherlands Antilles)
St. Vincent & Deps. (Bequia, Canouan Grenadines)
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas)
Virgin Islands, British (Tortola, etc.)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (13 of 14)
Ascension
Azores Islands
Bermuda
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)
Falkland Islands
Fernando do Noronha
Faroe Islands
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Iceland
Madeira
St. Helena
Tristan de Cunha
EUROPE & MEDITERRANEAN (67 of 67)
Aland Islands (Mariehamn)
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Minorca)
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Bulgaria
Corsica
Crete
Croatia
Cyprus, Republic
Cyprus, Turkish Fed. State
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dodecanese Is. (Rhodes)
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guernsey & Deps (Alderney, Herm, Sark, Channel Islands)
Hungary
Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.)
Ireland (Eire)
Ireland, Northern (Ulster)
Isle of Man
Italy
Jersey (Channel Islands)
Kaliningrad
Kosovo
Lampedusa
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Sardinia
Scotland
Serbia
Sicily
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Spitsbergen (Svalbard, Bear Island)
Srpska
Sweden
Switzerland
Trans Dniester
Turkey in Europe (Istanbul)
Ukraine
Vatican City
Wales
ANTARCTICA (7 of 7)
Argentine (Palmer Peninsula)
Australian Antarctic Territory South Pole (Mawson, Davis, Macquarie, Heard)
Chilean (Palmer Peninsula)
Falkland Islands Dependencies (British Antarctica, Graham Land, So. Shetland, So. Sandwich, So. Georgia, So. Orkney)
French Southern & Antarctic Territory (Kerguelen, Crozet, Amsterdam, St. Paul)
Norwegian (Queen Maud Land, Bouvet)
New Zealand (Ross Dependency)
AFRICA (54 of 54)
Algeria
Angola
Benin (Dahomey)
Botswana (Bechuanaland)
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Burundi (Urundi)
Cabinda
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Djibouti
Egypt in Africa
Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni, Bata)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana (Gold Coast, British Togoland)
Guinea (French)
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho (Basutoland)
Liberia
Libya
Malawi (Nyasaland)
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Morocco,Spanish (Ceuta, Melilla)
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia (Italian Somaliland)
Somaliland (Brit.)
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania (Tanganyika)
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara (Spanish Sahara)
Zambia (No. Rhodesia)
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe (So. Rhodesia)
MIDDLE EAST (20 of 21)
Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Bahrain
Dubai
Fujeirah
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Ras Al Khaimah
Saudi Arabia
Sharjah
Socotra
Syria
Umm Al Qaiwain
Yemen
INDIAN OCEAN (13 of 14)
Andaman-Nicobar Islands
British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Arch, Diego Garcia)
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands (Keeling)
Comoro Islands (Anjouan, Moheli, Grand Comoro)
Lakshadweep,Union Terr. of (Laccadive Is.)
Madagascar
Maldive Islands
Mauritius & Deps. (Agalega, St. Brandon)
Mayotte (Dzaoudzi)
Reunion & Deps. (Tromelin, Glorioso)
Rodrigues Island
Seychelles
Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Farquhar, Amirante Is.)
ASIA (52 of 52)
Abkhazia
Afghanistan
Armenia (Yerevan)
Azerbaijan (Baku)
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China, People’s Rep.
East Timor
Egypt in Asia (Sinai Peninsula)
Georgia
Hainan Island
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia (Java)
Irian Jaya (Dutch New Guinea)
Japan
Jeju Island
Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)
Kashmir
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Laos
Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali,Timor, Indonesia)
Macau
Malaysia
Moluka
Mongolia, Rep.
Myanmar (Burma)
Nakhichevan
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sabah (No. Borneo)
Sarawak
Siberia (Russia in Asia)
Sikkim
Singapore
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Sulawesi (Celebes, Indonesia)
Sumatra (Indonesia)
Taiwan. R.O.C.
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tibet
Turkey in Asia (Anatolia, Ankara, Izmir)
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Country Qualification
According to the Travelers Century Club
1. Government/Administration: Any geographic area with a sovereign government or separately administered as a colony, protectorate, trusteeship territory, territory or mandate shall be considered as a separate country.
2. Enclaves/Continental Separation: Continental land areas having a common government or administration but which are geographically discontinuous either by reason of being separated by foreign land not under their control, by being located on separate continents, or by being separated by a natural body of water shall be considered as separate countries provided their population exceeds 100,000. Multiple fragments separated by the same foreign country shall only count for one country.
3. Federations: A geographic entity which is a federation of separate geographically definable entitles, each of which is a separate republic/emirate/kingdom in its own right shall be counted as separate countries.
4. Islands/island Groups:
a. An island/island group not separately defined under section I shall be considered a separate country if:
1. It is situated at least 200 miles from the closest continental portion of its administrating country; or
2. Being located within 200 miles, it has a population exceeding 100,000 and is administered as distinctively separate state(s), province(s), or department(s).
b. Island groups that are parts of an island country within the definition of section I shall be considered separate countries if:
1. They are situated at least 200 miles from the closest portion of the same island country; or
2. Being located within 200 miles, they have a population exceeding 100,000 and are administered as distinctively separate states, provinces, or departments.
5. Disputed Status: Geographically defined areas which have historically had an independent identity and whose current political status is the subject of dispute shall be counted as separate countries.
6. Unpopulated/Unadministered Areas: Any area which is unadministered or has no resident population will not be considered as a separate country, except for the political divisions of Antarctica.
