Travel

According to the CIA World Fact Book (January 2025), there are 265 'World Entities,' defined as 'Independent Entities' (e.g. USA, Canada, etc.), 'Other' (Antarctica, EU), 'Dependent Entities' (e.g. Hong Kong, Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.), 'Unresolved' (e.g. Gaza Strip, West Bank, etc.), and 'Other Entities' (5 oceans plus the world as a whole). Therefore, we've been to 48% of total World Entities (121 'Independent' or 'Dependent' plus both 'Other' as well as all 6 'Other Entities').

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     INDEPENDENT 'ENTITIES' Both
of us
Pam
only
Lester
only
Most
recently:
1  Antarctica x     2022
2  Antigua x     2011
3  Argentina x     2022
4  Aruba x     2022
5  Australia  x     2018
6  Austria x     1985
7  Bahamas x     1995
8  Belgium x     2008
9  Belize x     2010
10  Bhutan x     2020
11  Bolivia x     1999
12  Botswana     x 1978
13  Brazil x     1999
14  Bulgaria  x     2007
15  Cambodia  x     2006
16  Canada  x     2014
17  Cayman Islands x     2010
18  Chile x     1999
19  China x     1994
20  Costa Rica  x     2017
21 Cuba x     2025
22  Curacao x     2022
23  Czech Republic x     1996
24  Denmark x     1997
25  Dominica x     2001
26  Dominican Republic x     2024
27  Egypt x     1994
28  Estonia x     2009
29  Ethiopia     x 2015
30  Fiji  x     2009
31  Finland x     2017
32  France x     2022
33  Germany x     2016
34  Greece x     2023
35  Grenada x     2022
36  Guatemala x     2015
37  Honduras x     2010
38  Hungary  x     2007
39  Iceland x     1996
40  India x     2020
41  Indonesia x     2018
42  Ireland x     2011
43  Israel x     1994
44  Italy x     2018
45  Japan x     2008
46  Jordan x     1994
47  Kenya x     1993
48  Korea, Republic of (South) x     2008
49  Kosovo x     2017
50  Laos  x     2006
51  Latvia x     2009
52  Lesotho      x 1972
53  Liechtenstein   x   1985
54  Lithuania x     2009
55  Luxembourg   x   2002
56  Macedonia x     2017
57  Madagascar x 2012
58  Malaysia x     2008
59  Mauritius x     2012
60  Mexico x     2021
61  Micronesia (Chuuk f.k.a. Truk) x     1994
62  Monaco x     2022
63  Morocco x     2023
64  Namibia     x 1974
65  Nepal x     1994
66  Netherlands x     2002
67  New Zealand  x     2009
68  Nicaragua   x   2007
69  Norway x     1997
70  Palau x     1996
71  Paraguay x     1999
72  Peru x     1999
73 Philippines x     2024
74  Poland x     1996
75  Portugal x     2001
76  Romania  x     2007
77  Russia x     1994
78  Saint Kitts and Nevis x     2022
79  Saint Lucia x     2022
80  Saudi Arabia  x     2014
81  Serbia  x     2014
82  Seychelles x     2012
83  Singapore x     2008
84  Slovenia     x 2003
85  South Africa x     2012 
86  Spain x     2004
87  Sri Lanka  x     2004
88  Swaziland (now Eswatini)     x 1970
89  Sweden x     2017
90  Switzerland x     2018
91  Taiwan  x     2008
92  Thailand  x     2018
93  Tonga x     1994
94  Turkey  x     2007
95  United Arab Emirates (Dubai) x     2012
96  United Kingdom x     2008
97  United States of America x     2011
98  Uruguay x     1999
99  Vatican City (Holy See) x     2009
100  Viet Nam  x     2006
101  Zambia x     1993
102  Zimbabwe x     1993
   
 SELF-GOVERNING DEPENDENT ENTITIES

     
103  Easter Island-Rapa Nui (Chile)  x     2009
104  Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)  x     2009
105  Guam (U.S.A.) x     1996
106  Guernsey (U.K.) x     2011
107  Hong Kong (China) x     2018
108  Ireland, Northern (a.k.a. Ulster, U.K.) x     2011
109  Isle of Man (U.K.) x     2011
110  Jersey (U.K.) x     2011
111  Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain) x     2000
112  Macau (China) x     2018
113  Madeira (Portugal) x     2000
114  Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) x     2022
115  Saint Martin (France) x     2001
116    Scotland (U.K.) x     2011
117  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) x     2001
118  Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) x     2000
119  Tortola (British Virgin Islands) x     2001
120  U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix &
 St. Thomas)
x     2011
121    Wales (U.K.) x     2011

Still to see...

Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Benin
Bermuda
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brunei
Cameroon
Cabo Verde
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Cook Islands
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cyprus (Akrotiri & Dhekelia)
Djibouti
East Timor
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Maldives
 Malta
Marshall Islands
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Mariana Isl.
Oman
Panama
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar
Rwanda
Samoa
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena
Saint Pierre & Miquelon
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Suriname
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis & Futuna

Maybe someday...

  U.S. State Dept:
"Do Not Travel"


Afghanistan
Belarus
Burkina Faso
Burma (Myanmar)
Central African Republic
Haiti
Iran
Iraq
Libya
Mali
North Korea
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Ukraine
Venezuela
Yemen
U.S. State Dept:
"Reconsider Travel"


Burundi
Chad
Colombia
Congo
El Salvador
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Lebanon
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda