How Many Countries have you and I visited?

Problem
Yesterday I was asked how many countries I had visited. When you have visited fewer than ten, it's easy to remember and to count. But what if you have visited more countries?

Answer
I was about to type the list from memory, gradually adding, when I decided it would be quicker to list all the countries and tick them off. Easier still, copy a list and print in bold those visited, then add up the number in bold.

Alphabetical list of all countries in the world
A
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
B
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
C
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic (CAR)
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
F
Fiji
Finland
France
G
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
H
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
I
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
J
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
K
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
L
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
M
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
N
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
O
Oman
P
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Q
Qatar
R
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
S
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
T
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
U
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
United Kingdom (UK)
United States of America (USA)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
V
Vanuatu
Vatican City (Holy See)
Venezuela
Vietnam
Y
Yemen
Z
Zambia
Zimbabwe

In addition to my initial list I have been to places I could not immediately place which I later added to my first list and / or leave here as additions:
Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and Sark, part of the British Isles).
Corsica
Dubai - I just checked and found Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates so I went back and highlighted that.
Dubrovnik was in Yogoslavia.
Hong Kong - which I visited when it was under UK rule and later when it was under the rule of China.
Isle of Man (politically independent, independently governed, off Great Britain).
Macau - was Portuguese, now part of China.
Madeira - part of Portugal
Minorca and Mayorca - both part of Spain
St Martin (French speaking) and Sint Marten (Dutch speaking) in the Caribbean;
Sardinia
Tenerife

Stories
My latest count is 44 countries. If I want to add islands which are miles from the place of origin or changed hands or seem like a different destination, I would add
Corsica, Sardinia, (British) Channel Islands, Corsica, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Macau, Madeira, Mayorca, Minorca, Saint Martin, Sint Maarten, Sardinia, Tenerife. That would bring me up to 50.

In addition I shall count the states I have visited in the USA. (See next post.)

Tips
Here's just one of many sites listing countries of the world.
The quickest way to find a list of anything, out of copyright, is to go to Wikipedia. For your own use, you might just take the first one which comes up in Google searches. I found:
https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/all-countries.html

This is also very useful if you are planning a holiday and want to go to a new country every year, or to plan a surprise break for a birthday or anniversary.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker