Countries of the World
Traveling for the sake of traveling is incredible, don’t get me wrong. Some of the places that I have enjoyed the most have not help me accomplish my goals. However, having goals while traveling helps me justify this never-ending urge to move. It helps me explain to my parents that I am not throwing away my career and ambitions to chase unrequited love. When I started considering changing my life to revolve around my passion for travel, I started to create a list of goals; climb the highest mountain on every continent, visit every country in the world, explore every Unesco World Heritage Site, see the 7 wonders of the world. The lists are ever evolving and I am constantly hearing about other travel goals from the people I meet. Who knows if I will ever check off every box, but this girl is going to give it her damnedest.
Countries of the World by Population
Definition of a country by Albert Podell (only American to travel to every country on Earth) : a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory at the time of visit and afterwards.
China
India
United States
Indonesia
Brazil
Pakistan
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Russia
Japan
Mexico
Philippines
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Egypt
Germany
Iran
Turkey
Democratic Republic of Congo
France
Thailand
United Kingdom
Italy
South Africa
South Korea
Burma (Myanmar)
Colombia
Tanzania
Kenya
Spain
Argentina
Ukraine
Algeria
Poland
Sudan
Iraq
Canada
Uganda
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Peru
Uzbekistan
Malaysia
Venezuela
Nepal
Afganistan
Ghana
Yemen
Mozambique
North Korea
Angola
Australia
Taiwan
Syria
Ivory Coast
Madagascar
Cameroon
Sri Lanka
Romania
Niger
Burkina Faso
Chile
Kazakhstan
Netherlands
Malawi
Mali
Guatemala
Ecuador
Zambia
Cambodia
Chad
Senegal
Zimbabwe
South Sudan
Bolivia
Belgium
Cuba
Somalia
Rwanda
Tunisia
Haiti
Greece
Dominican Republic
Guinea
Czech Republic
Portugal
Benin
Hungary
Burundi
Sweden
Azerbaijan
United Arab Emirates
Belarus
Honduras
Austria
Israel
Tajikistan
Switzerland
Papua New Guinea
Bulgaria
Togo
Serbia
Paraguay
Laos
Jordan
Eritrea
El Salvador
Sierra Leone
Libya
Nicaragua
Kyrgyzstan
Denmark
Finland
Singapore
Slovakia
Norway
Central Africa Republic
Costa Rica
Turkmenistan
Palestine
Ireland
New Zealand
Liberia
Croatia
Oman
Lebanon
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Panama
Georgia
Mauritania
Moldova
Somalia
Uruguay
Kuwait
Mongolia
Armenia
Lithuania
Albania
Jamaica
Qatar
Namibia
Lesotho
Slovenia
Macedonia
Bostwana
Latvia
The Gambia
Kosovo
Ginea-Bissau
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Trinidad and Tobago
Bahrain
Estonia
Mauritius
East Timor
Swaziland
Djibouti
Fiji
Cyprus
Comoros
Bhutan
Guyana
Montenegro
Solomon Islands
Luxembourg
Suriname
Cape Verde
Western Sahara
Transnistria
Malta
Brunei
The Bahamas
Belize
The Maldives
Iceland
Barbados
Vanuatu
Abkhazia
Somoa
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Kiribati
Grenada
Tonga
Federated States of Micronesia
The Seychelles
Antigua and Barbuda
Andorra
Dominica
Greenland
St. Kitts and Nevis
Liechtenstein
Monaco
San Marino
Palau
Tuvalu
Nauru
Vatican City