According to the CIA World Fact Book (October 2011), there are 196 "independent countries" but a total of 267 "world entities" thanks to territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, etc. Hmmmm. So, depending on your point of view, we've seen either 33% or 42% of world. Ironically the world itself is considered one of the "world entities" as are each of the five oceans...!

 

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Countries or Territories We've Visited
 
Country or
Territory
Both
of Us
Pam
Only
Lester
Only
Last
Visited In...
1 Antigua x     2011
Argentina
x     1999
3
Australia 
x     2009
4
Austria
x     1985
5
Bahamas
x     1995
6
Belgium
x     2008
7 Belize x     2010
8
Bolivia
x     1999
9
Botswana
    x 1978
10
Brazil
x     1999
11
Bulgaria  
x     2007
12
Cambodia  
x     2006
13
Canada
x     2003
14 Cayman Islands x     2010
15
Chile
x     1999
16
China
x     1994
17
Czech Republic
x     1996
18
Denmark
x     1997
19
Dominica
x     2001

20

Easter Island (Chile) 

x

   

2009

21
Egypt
x     1994
22 Estonia x     2009
23
Fiji 
x     2009
24
Finland
x     1997
25
France
x     2005
26
Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) 
x     2009
27

Germany

x     1988
28
Greece
x     1994
29
Grenada
x     2011
30
Guam
x     1996
31
Guernsey
x     2011
32 Honduras x     2010
33
Hong Kong
x     1994
34
Hungary 
x     2007
35
Iceland
x     1996
36
India
x     1994
37 Ireland (Eire) x     2011
38 Ireland, Northern (Ulster) x     2011
39 Isle of Man x     2011
40
Israel
x     1994
41
Italy
x     2009
42
Japan
x     2008
43 Jersey x     2011
44
Jordan
x     1994
45
Kenya
x     1993
46
Laos  
x     2006
47
Las Palmas
x     2000
48 Latvia x     2009
49 Liechtenstein   x   1985
50 Lithuania x     2009
51
Luxembourg
  x   2002
52
Madeira
x     2000
53

Malaysia

x     2008
54
Mexico
x     2010
55
Monaco
x     2005
56 Morocco   x   2000
57
Namibia
    x 1974
58
Nepal
x     1994
59
Netherlands
x     2002
60
New Zealand 
x     2009
61 Nicaragua  

x

 

2007

62
Norway
x     1997
63
Palau
x     1996
64
Paraguay
x     1999
65
Peru
x     1999
66
Poland
x     1996
67
Portugal
x     2001
68
Puerto Rico
x     2011

69

Romania  
x     2007

70

Russia
x     1994
71 Scotland        
72

Singapore

x     2008
73
Slovenia
    x 2003
74
South Africa
x     1997
75
Spain
x     2004
76
South Korea

x

   

2008

77
Sri Lanka 
x     2004
78
St. Lucia
x     2011
79
St. Kitts & Nevis
x     2001
80
St. Maartens
x     2001
81
Sweden
x     2009
82
Switzerland
  x   1985
83

Taiwan

x     2008
84
Tenerife
x     2000
85
Thailand 
x     2004
86
Tonga
x     1994
87
Tortola
x     2001
88
Turkey  
x     2007
89
United Kingdom
x     2008
90 United States of America x     all
91 U.S.V.I. (St. Croix, St. Thomas) x     2011
92
Uruguay
x     1999
93
Vatican City State (Holy See)
x     2009
94
Vietnam 
x     2006
95 Wales x     2011
96
Zambia
x     1993
97
Zimbabwe
x     1993

Still on our "to do" list:

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep
Chad
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Isl.
Oman
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar
Reunion
Rwanda
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
St Helena
St Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Tokelau
Trinidad &Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Wallis & Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen

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