# How much of the world have you visited? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811 "2006-03-10T09:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/1 "2006-03-10T09:33:39Z")
[This site](http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries) lets you tick the boxes next to all the countries you’ve been to and then it’ll give you a nifty little map with them all highlighted in red, along with what percentage of the world you’ve seen. Me, I’ve been to [14 countries](http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CAUSMABEFRDEGRIEITNLESCHUKVA), which amounts to 6% of the world. I’ve got a lot of travelling to do if I’m even going to make double figures. And sure, I only went to Canada for dinner, and I was asleep on a bus when I went through Germany but they still count, damnit 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/2 "2006-03-10T09:58:18Z")
11% Oops, I forgot Ecuador and Peru. Add a few more percent. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/3 "2006-03-10T10:07:26Z")
[25 countries, 11% of the world.](http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CAUSBZUVDOMXANPRLCVIEGATFRDEGRIEITLIMTMCESCHUKVATR) For the bigger countries, it’s a bit deceiving. Yes, I’ve been to Canada, but only Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. That still leaves an awful lot. [For the US, 21 states, 41%](http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=CACTDCDEFLGAMEMDMANHNJNYNCOHPARISCTNVTVAWV) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/4 "2006-03-10T10:09:30Z")
24 countries, or 10%. I’m awfully low on the Southern hemisphere. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/5 "2006-03-10T10:12:50Z")
27 countries; 12% ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/6 "2006-03-10T10:13:52Z")
13%, 31 countries. Pretty good for an adolescent, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/7 "2006-03-10T12:13:28Z")
> [@Dusty](#): > > [25 countries, 11% of the world.](http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CAUSBZUVDOMXANPRLCVIEGATFRDEGRIEITLIMTMCESCHUKVATR) > > For the bigger countries, it’s a bit deceiving. Yes, I’ve been to Canada, but only Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. That still leaves an awful lot. > > [For the US, 21 states, 41%](http://www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedStates/statemap?visited=CACTDCDEFLGAMEMDMANHNJNYNCOHPARISCTNVTVAWV) Yeah, it’s a little silly that someone who’s spent months travelling around Canada gets the same amount of percentage points as someone like me, who nipped over the border for a few hours while on holiday in the U.S. Even sillier that the Vatican City counts as the same percentage of the world as Russia or China. Still, a fun little toy though. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/8 "2006-03-10T12:30:20Z")
25 countries and 11% for the world. 48 states and 96% for the states. I hope I got all the countries, as a couple I might have forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/9 "2006-03-10T13:29:23Z")
Looks like I’m winning so far with 35 (15%). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/10 "2006-03-10T14:40:55Z")
15 countries, 6%. But like some of the people visiting that site, I find it weird that visiting Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, DC, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and New York counts as much as having gone shopping in Andorra once. Specially since I’m not from the US. And, if they’re going to count Gibraltar and Greenland as separate from the UK and Denmark, why not separate the Canary islands as well? The Canaries aren’t EU. Let’s separate Ceuta and Melilla, too… not EU either… I’m just not very clear on what criteria did those people use in order to decide what should be listed as a separate territory and what not. Why list the Channel Islands, but not Scotland? If someone can explain, I’d really like to understand, things I don’t understand bugs the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/11 "2006-03-10T15:24:35Z")
8% of the countries, 96% of the states. Light on the Southern Hemisphere, and I’ve never set foot in Mississippi or Hawai’i. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/12 "2006-03-10T15:47:20Z")
Very few. I’ve been to Europe a couple of times, and as far south as Aruba, but I’ve mainly stayed in the US. I’d dearly love to see more, but it costs time and money I ain’t got. I’d especially like to see Japan. What burns me up is that several institutions would prefer if I didn’t go elsewhere. The Red Cross wants my blood, but not if I’ve been outside the US too long, or visited various countries. Whenm I worked at a firm that did work for the US government, they wanted me to stay out of certain places and tell them if I went abroad. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/13 "2006-03-10T16:06:03Z")
14 countries: 6% of the world 24 states: 47% of the USA ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/14 "2006-03-10T17:46:49Z")
As illustrated [here](http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=57629), I think I lose. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/15 "2006-03-10T18:59:24Z")
20 countries, 44 states. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/16 "2006-03-10T19:39:21Z")
Pretty tiny: 9 countries (4%). It doesn’t help that we tend to visit geographically small countries. Fiji, Peru, Zambia: none of these are very big. I’m thinking we need to hit Australia, Brazil and Greenland to boost our percentage a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/17 "2006-03-10T19:56:45Z")
I am the lowliest. 5 countries (2%) ---
**Author:** ![Coil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/18 "2006-03-10T20:00:35Z")
22 countries (9%) and 3 states (5%). I’m only counting countries where I’ve actually entered the country. If I counted airports I could add three countries and 1 state. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/19 "2006-03-10T20:00:53Z")
Damn you, **Tapioca**! I’d win with 14%, if it weren’t for your blasted 15%! No more visting small countries for me. Russia, China, Brazil, Sudan, here I come! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811/20 "2006-03-10T20:19:33Z")
19 countries (8%) 25 states (50%) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-world-have-you-visited/347811.md?page=2)