# How many countries have you visited...? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807 "2002-09-03T14:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/21 "2002-09-03T22:46:05Z")
Nationality: Dual - Indian origin, living in England. Age: 15 Countries visited: 15 - that is, England, Wales, Eire, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Germany, Denmark, Canada, Australia, India, USA, Nepal and Belgium. ---
**Author:** ![Zweistein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/54ee81/32.png) [@Zweistein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zweistein)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/22 "2002-09-03T23:06:00Z")
Age: 40 Country: Belgium Countries: 18 Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Luxemburg, US, Mexico, South Africa, Swasiland, India. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/23 "2002-09-03T23:17:35Z")
Dutch citizen 29 years old 22 countries visited: Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, France, United Kingdom (specifically England and Scotland), Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico, United States. I’ll toss in Vatican City as a bonus. 😉 [Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30441) an older thread on this very topic. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/24 "2002-09-03T23:41:43Z")
Nationality - U.S. Age - 54 (but pretty much had my traveling done by 28) 38 or so (some of the countries, I visited are now different places, [Ceylon, Cambodia and Burma], more places [Yugoslavia and Micronesia] and controled by different people [Hong Kong and South Viet Nam] and I’m still trying to figure out Cyprus. Let me run them here just for the heck of it: South Viet Nam, Cambodia, Micronesia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Philipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Bangladesh, Ceylon, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Isreal, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Holland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Canada, and Mexico. Everything except Mexico, Canada and the U.S., of course, were done in a seven year trek around the world pretty much by thumb (it got a bit challenging when I ran into oceans though, but managed it by working or trading my way across). TV ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/25 "2002-09-04T03:54:21Z")
Age: 29 Country: United States Countries: 7 Costa Rica Nicaragua Mexico Canada France Germany Italy ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/26 "2002-09-04T06:49:23Z")
Nationality : Australian Age : 24 (yesterday!) Countries : 18 ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/27 "2002-09-04T07:09:43Z")
Nationality: US Age: 40 Countries: 6 (Canada, Australia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Vatican City, India) But I am planning on increasing that number in a couple of years. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/28 "2002-09-04T07:15:25Z")
Nationality: Australian Age: 42 (urghhh) Countries: only 3…Indonesia, England, and Ireland. (But I’ll go back to Ireland anytime anyone wants to sponser my trip…Wheeeeee…those pubs in Miltown Malbay were a hoot!!) Oh, and Happy Birthday for yesterday Goo!! ;j ---
**Author:** ![Blunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/29 "2002-09-04T07:31:20Z")
Nationality: American Age: 23 Countries: 0 States: 3 (only including the actual destinations, not just passing through) I haven’t traveled much at all, and I don’t really care to. I figure that I may go to Canada some day, other than that I might never leave the US. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/30 "2002-09-04T07:42:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*[Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30441) an older thread on this very topic. \*\* Dammit. Sorry about the repeat, I did a search first and couldn’t find anything. _must try harder!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/31 "2002-09-04T08:11:02Z")
American, age 60. 9 countries, including: Canada Mexico Japan Hong Kong Indonesia Sri Lanka Oman Israel England ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/32 "2002-09-04T08:27:11Z")
UK, aged 29 and 36 months USA (lived for 6 years), Canada, Mexico, Carribean (various islands but count as 1), UK, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, Greece, Egypt, Morroco, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, Angola (briefly), Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Australia Wow, thats about 30; more than I thought ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/33 "2002-09-04T09:21:31Z")
Nationality - Irish Age - 25 Countries - 13 (but will increase very soon!!) ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/34 "2002-09-04T09:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sirtonyh \* > \*\*…UK, Scotland, Ireland, Wales… > \*\* UK **and** Scotland **and** Wales…? Don’t you mean England? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/35 "2002-09-04T11:57:19Z")
Nationality: Swedish Age: 29 Countries visited: 29. All Great Britain is one country and I am not counting places like Iceland, Turkey and UAE where my plane has stopped for refuelling but I´ve never been outside the airport. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/36 "2002-09-04T12:13:00Z")
Nationality: Canadian Age: 20 Countries: 4. Canada (coast to coast), USA, France, Spain. (Not counting changing planes in Amsterdam.) ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/37 "2002-09-04T12:34:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coil \* > \*\*I am not counting places like Iceland, Turkey and UAE where my plane has stopped for refuelling but I´ve never been outside the airport. \*\* Quite right! I think you have to spend several days in a country before you can say you’ve visited it. I have a friend who solemntly told me exactly the number of countries he’s been to (20 or so) turned out he includes travelling through France and Belgium on the way to Germany even though they only stopped in those countries for coffee! Somewhat childish I think. Oh yeah - I’ve visited about 8 countries for more than a week. NOT counting Wales and Scotland as they are part of the UK. “Passing through” would add about another 10. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/38 "2002-09-04T13:21:10Z")
Nationality: US Age: er, 47 Countries visited: 20 Angola, Antiqua (West Indies), Belgium, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Guatemala, Netherlands, Italy, Monaco, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Trinidad, UK, Vatican City, Zimbabwe Countries landed in while in transit: Belize, Gabon, Mexico, Portugal ---
**Author:** ![johncole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f9b8f/32.png) [@johncole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johncole)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/39 "2002-09-04T13:31:14Z")
Scottish, 56 lived and/or worked in: England, Scotland, Wales, Eire, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrein, Libya, USA (18+? states), Canada (18) visited: Russia, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Greece, France, Jamaica, Mexico, Lebanon, Syria, Switzerland (10) 28 so far, more to come (I hope) P.S. I am Scottish first, British second (by a neck), European third (by a distance), I will count England, Scotland, Wales as separate countries. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807/40 "2002-09-04T13:32:38Z")
**Sparrow** , I agree stop-overs don’t count, especially if you don’t leave the airport. But I do think a full week is a bit harsh as a time cut-off time for counting visits to a particular country. If you leave that stipulation in, I then have to cut a few from my total: Japan (5 nights), Fiji (5 nights), Solomon Islands (3 nights), Zambia (3 nights), Belgium (3 nights x 2), Morocco (1 night). ☹ That leaves UK, Rep. Of Ireland, Iceland, France, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Denmark, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru, Botswana, Zimbabwe & South Africa. I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-countries-have-you-visited/126807.md?page=3)