COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

In an effort to find a new country to explore, I made a list of possibilities. Unfortunately, some countries are way too dangerous due to deceases or humans. Some are just way too cold for me. Good thing is that I have visited only a bit more than half! Way more to enjoy!

This list is not constantly updated. The relation of each country and area does not necessarily be agreed on, and it may not be my own opinion either.
I have visited the ones in bold, although the ones marked with (USSR) were back in these days.
Officially, there are only around 196 countries in the world, I've visited 127 (not counting the 8 former USSR-countries) + 30 colonies and alike in 2023. Some of those listed in the bottom of the page, consider them self independent, and that will lengthen the list. I have visited all of their rulers.

Besides from those in bold, I have visited USSR, DDR and BDR while they still existed. I have also crossed bye the Hittite Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, Ancient Rome, Mayan, Aztecs, Inca and quite some other ancient countries - although a bit late to count them in.
The 66 countries I haven't seen yet (2023), are divided in Africa; 40 (dangerous for a sole traveler), Americas; 4 (only EU summertime), Asia; 10 (+ 8 old USSR - bit boring), Middle East; 1 (kind of forbidden) and  Oceasia; 11 (far out, small and expensive). That does not help much in my search. Can't spot the low-hanging fruits...

ENGLISH NAME	LOCAL NAME	REGION
Afghanistan	Afghanestan	South-Central Asia
Albania	Shqiperia	Southern Europe
Algeria	Al Jaza'ir	Northern Africa
Andorra	Andorra	Southern Europe
Angola	Angola	Central Africa
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	Leeward Islands, Caribbean
Argentina	Argentina	Southern South America
Armenia	Hayastan	Western Asia
Australia	Australia	Australia
Austria	Österreich	Western Europe
Azerbaijan (USSR)	Azarbaycan	Caucasus, Western Asia
Bahamas	Bahamas	Caribbean
Bahrain	Al Bahrayn	Arabian Peninsula, Middle East
Bangladesh	Bangladesh	South-Central Asia
Barbados	Barbados	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Belarus (USSR)	Byelarus	Eastern Europe
Belgium	Belgique/Belgie	Western Europe
Belize	Belize	Central America
Benin	Benin	West Africa
Bhutan	Bhutan	South-Central Asia
Bolivia breathly	Bolivia	Central South America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosna i Hercegovina	Southern Europe
Botswana	Botswana	Southern Africa
Brazil	Brasil	Central Eastern South America
Brunei Darussalam	Negara Brunei Darussalam	Southeast Asia
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Eastern Europe
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	West Africa
Burundi	Burundi	Eastern Africa, African Great Lakes
Cambodia	Kampuchea	South-East Asia
Cameroon	Cameroon	Central Africa
Canada breathly	Canada	North North America
Cape Verde	Cabo Verde	West Africa
Central African Republic	Republique Centrafricaine	Central Africa
Chad	Tchad	Central Africa
Chile	Chile	Western South America
China	Zhong Guo	Eastern Asia
Colombia	Colombia	North West South America
Comoros	Comores	Eastern Africa
Dem. Rep. of Congo (Kinshasa)	République Démocratique du Congo	Central Africa
Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville)	République du Congo	Central Africa
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Central America
Croatia	Hrvatska	Southern Europe
Cuba	Cuba	Greater Antilles, Caribbean
Cyprus	Kibris, Kypros	Mediterranean, Western Asia
Czech Republic	Ceska Republika	Eastern Europe
Denmark	Danmark	Northern Europe
Djibouti	Djibouti	Eastern Africa
Dominica	Dominica	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Dominican Republic	Dominicana, Republica	Greater Antilles, Caribbean
Ecuador	Ecuador	North West South America
Egypt	Misr	Africa, Middle East
El Salvador	El Salvador	Central America
Equatorial Guinea	Guinea Ecuatorial	Central Africa
Eritrea	Hagere Ertra	Eastern Africa
Estonia	Eesti Vabariik	Northern Europe
Eswatini (former Swaziland)	Umbuso waseSwatini	Southern Africa
Ethiopia	Ityop'iya	Eastern Africa
Fiji	Fiji	Melanesia, Oceania
Finland	Suomen Tasavalta	Northern Europe
France	France	Western Europe
Gabon	Gabon	Central Africa
Gambia	The Gambia	West Africa
Georgia	Sak'art'velo	Western Asia
Germany	Deutschland	Western Europe
Ghana	Ghana	West Africa
Greece	Ellas or Ellada	Southern Europe
Grenada	Grenada	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Guatemala	Guatemala	Central America
Guinea	Guinee	West Africa
Guinea-Bissau	Guine-Bissau	West Africa
Guyana	Guyana	North Eastern South America
Haiti	Haiti	Greater Antilles, Caribbean
Honduras	Honduras	Central America
Hungary	Magyarorszag	Eastern Europe
Iceland	Lyoveldio Island	Northern Europe
India	Bharat	South-Central Asia
Indonesia	Indonesia	Maritime South-East Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iran	South-Central Asia
Iraq	Iraq	Middle East, Western Asia
Ireland	Éire	Northern Europe
Israel	Yisra'el	Middle East, Western Asia
Italy	Italia	Southern Europe
Ivory Coast	Cote d'Ivoire	West Africa
Jamaica	Jamaica	Greater Antilles, Caribbean
Japan	Nippon	Eastern Asia
Jordan	Al Urdun	Middle East, Western Asia
Kazakhstan (USSR)	Qazaqstan	Central Asia
Kenya	Kenya	Eastern Africa
Kiribati	Kiribati, Kiribas	Micronesia, Oceania
Korea, Dem.People's Rep. N.K.	Choson	Eastern Asia
Korea, Rep. of (South Korea)	Han-guk	Eastern Asia
Kosovo	Kosova ou Kosovë/ Kosovo, Косово	Southern Europe
Kuwait	Al Kuwayt	Middle East, Western Asia
Kyrgyzstan (USSR)	Kyrgyz Respublikasy	Central Asia
Laos, People's Dem. Republic	Lao	South-East Asia
Latvia	Latvija	Northern Europe
Lebanon	Lubnan	Middle East, Western Asia
Lesotho	Lesotho	Southern Africa
Liberia	Liberia	West Africa
Libya	Libiyah	Northern Africa
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Western Europe
Lithuania	Lietuva	Northern Europe
Luxembourg	Luxembourg, Letzebuerg	Western Europe
Macedonia, Rep. of	Makedonija	Southern Europe
Madagascar	Madagascar	Eastern Africa
Malawi	Malawi	Eastern Africa
Malaysia	Malaysia	Southeast Asia
Maldives	Dhivehi Raajje	South-Central Asia
Mali	Mali	West Africa
Malta	Malta	Southern Europe
Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands	Micronesia, Oceania
Mauritania	Muritaniyah	West Africa
Mauritius	Mauritius	Eastern Africa
Mexico	Estados Unidos Mexicanos	North America
Micronesia, Federal States of	Micronesia	Micronesia, Oceania
Moldova, Republic of	Moldova	Eastern Europe
Monaco	Monaco	Southern Europe
Mongolia	Mongol Uls	Eastern Asia
Montenegro	Crna Gora	Southern Europe
Morocco	Al Maghrib	Northern Africa
Mozambique	Mocambique	Eastern Africa
Myanmar, Burma	Myanma Naingngandaw	Southeast Asia
Namibia	Namibia	Southern Africa
Nauru	Nauru	Micronesia, Oceania
Nepal	Nepal	South-Central Asia
Netherlands	Nederland/Holland	Western Europe
New Zealand	Aotearoa	Oceania; Australia
Nicaragua	Nicaragua	Central America
Niger	Niger	West Africa
Nigeria	Nigeria	West Africa
Norway	Norge	Northern Europe
Oman	Saltanat Uman	Middle East
Pakistan	Pakistan	South-Central Asia
Palestinian, territories State of	Filastin (I was there before)	Middle East, Western Asia
Palau	Belau	Micronesia, Oceania
Panama	Panama	Central America
Papua New Guinea	Papua Niu Gini	Maritime SE Asia, Melanesia, Oceania
Paraguay	Paraguay	Central South America
Peru Breatly	Peru	Western South America
Philippines	Pilipinas	Southeast Asia
Poland	Polska	Eastern Europe
Portugal	Portugal	Southern Europe
Qatar	Dawlat Qatar	Arabian Peninsula, Middle East
Romania	Romania	Eastern Europe
Russian Federation (USSR)	Rossiya	Eastern Europe - Northern Asia
Rwanda	Rwanda	Eastern Africa, African Great Lakes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	Saint Vincent & Grenadines Hairoun	Lesser Antilles, Caribbean
Samoa	Samoa	Polynesia, Oceania
San Marino	San Marino	Southern Europe within Italy
Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome e Principe	Central Africa
Saudi Arabia	Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah	Arabian Peninsula, Middle East
Senegal	Senegal	West Africa
Serbia	Srbija	Southern Europe
Seychelles	Seychelles	Eastern Africa
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	West Africa
Singapore	Singapore	Southeast Asia
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)	Slovensko	Eastern Europe
Slovenia	Slovenija	Southern Europe
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	Melanesia, Oceania
Somalia	Somalia	Eastern Africa
South Africa	South Africa	Southern Africa
South Sudan	South Sudan	East-Central Africa
Spain	España	Southern Europe
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	South-Central Asia
Sudan	As-Sudan	Northern Africa
Suriname	Suriname	North-Eastern South America
Swaziland now Eswatini	Swaziland	Southern Africa
Sweden	Sverige	Northern Europe
Switzerland	Schweiz (G), Suisse (Fr), Svizzera (I)	Western Europe
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic	Suriyah	Middle East, Western Asia
Tajikistan (USSR)	Jumhurii Tojikiston	Central Asia
Tanzania United Republic of T.	Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania	Eastern Africa
Thailand	Prathet Thai	South-East Asia
Timor-Lest (EastTimor)	Timor	Maritime South-East Asia
Togo	Republique Togolaise	West Africa
Tonga	Tonga	Polynesia, Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad, Tobago	Northern South America, Caribbean
Tunisia	Tunis	Northern Africa
Turkey	Turkiye	South-eastern Europe, Western Asia
Turkmenistan (USSR)	Turkmenistan	Central Asia
Tuvalu	Tuvalu	Polynesia, Oceania
Uganda	Uganda	Eastern Africa
Ukraine	Ukrayina	Eastern Europe
United Arab Emirates	Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah	Arabian Peninsula, Middle East
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Northern Europe
United States	United States	North America
Uruguay	Republica Oriental del Uruguay	Central East South America
Uzbekistan (USSR)	Uzbekiston Respublikasi	Central Asia
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	Melanesia, Oceania
Vatican City State (Holy See)	Status Civitatis Vaticanæ	Southern Europe within Italy
Venezuela	Venezuela	Northern South America
Vietnam	Viet Nam	South-East Asia
Yemen	Al Yaman	Arabian Peninsula, Middle East
Zambia	Zambia	Eastern Africa
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa