Countries Visited

I was daydreaming in India while travelling with a camera, and curiosity came over me on how many countries I had visited.  So out came the pad and pen.  It is much easier now that you can look back on your digital photos, however, for my younger days, I had to look back through my 6×4 prints or 35mm slides for reminders of locations!

Being honest, I didn’t know how many countries there were in the world, so google came to my aid.  196, more than I and most other people thought when I asked them the same question.

Some interesting facts:

– The smallest country by both size and population is Vatican City – 0.44 km² and circa 450 inhabitants. 
– The largest country by size is Russia at 17,075,200 km².
– China has the world’s largest population (1.4 billion), followed by India (1.3 billion).
– Taiwan is not considered an official country by many countries, but they are include in the 196.
– The world’s newest country is South Sudan which gained independence from Sudan on 9 July, 2011.

Map of countries Annie Wilcox Photography has visited

A whopping 58 was my tally, only 138 to go… unless I discount Taiwan!  I also need to visit Antartica to cover off all of the 7 continents.  Thermals will be required for the latter.

How many have you visited?  Here are mine:

EUROPE

  1. Austria
  2. Belguim (April 2023)
  3. Bosnia & Herzegovina (45 / Oct 2018)
  4. Bulgaria (51 / Nov 2019)
  5. Croatia (April 2008)
  6. Cyprus
  7. Czech Republic (Jan 2004)
  8. Denmark (June 2023)
  9. Estonia
  10. France (2)
  11. Germany
  12. Great Britain – England / Wales / Scotland (1 /April 1969)
  13. Greece – Kos / Crete
  14. Hungary
  15. Southern Ireland
  16. Iceland (37 / April 2016)
  17. Italy
  18. Latvia
  19. Lithuania (36 / Jan 2016)
  20. Malta / Gozo / Comino
  21. Netherlands / St Maarten
  22. Norway (June 2023)
  23. Poland
  24. Portugal
  25. Romania (50 / July 2019)
  26. San Marino (43 / Oct 2017)
  27. Slovakia
  28. Slovenia
  29. Spain / Majorca / Tenerife / Lanzarote (3 / June 1998)
  30. Sweden (June 2023)
  31. Switzerland
  32. Turkey (July 1995)
  33. Vatican City

AFRICA

  1. Egypt (Feb 2001)
  2. Morocco
  3. South Africa (Dec 2009)

ASIA

  1. Cambodia (39 / Nov 2016)
  2. Hong Kong (Nov 2004)
  3. India (41 / April 2017)
  4. Israel (Mch 1996)
  5. Laos (44 / Feb 2018)
  6. Malaysia / Penang / Langkawi (40 / Dec 2016)
  7. Singapore (Nov 2003)
  8. Sri Lanka (42 / Mch 2017)
  9. Thailand / Koh Samui / Phuket (Feb 2011)
  10. Vietnam (38 / Nov 2016)

NORTH AMERICA

  1. Antigua (46 / April 2019)
  2. Barbados (47 / April 2019)
  3. Cuba
  4. Dominican Republic (Dec 2005)
  5. St Kitts & Nevis (49 April 2019)
  6. St Lucia (48 / April 2019)
  7. USA – NY / Las Vegas / Florida

SOUTH AMERICA

  1. Argentina (52 / Feb 2020)
  2. Brazil (53 / Feb 2020)
  3. Uruguay (54 / Feb 2020)

AUSTRALASIA AND OCEAN

  1. Australia (Nov 1995)
  2. New Zealand (Mch 2009)