Destinations
Bringing you the WorldFind your next trip!
189 Countries for you to explore by map
By Region/Continent
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos
Central America
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, *Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
* Mexico is included here and North America (correctly) because the map program places Mexico in Central America. Alas.
Europe
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jan Mayen, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Wales
North America
Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, * Mexico, USA
* Mexico was set up by our map program to be in Central America. We are working to get the clickable map working in North America — or you can click the link above. 😉
Oceania
Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, New Caldonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
South America
And 189 Countries Alphabetical by order!
189 Countries A-Z
A
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan,
B
Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi
C
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic
D
Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic
E
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia,
F
Falkland Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia,
G
Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana
H
Haiti, Honduras, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary
I
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
J
Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Japan, Jordan
K
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan
L
Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
M
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar
N
Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Nigeria, Norway
O
Oman
P
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico
Q
Qatar
S
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria
T
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos
U
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
W
Wales
Y
Yemen
We need your HELP!!
A special note about our country list. There are somewhere between 192-196 official countries in the world, which means most other countries recognize these places as countries. This is where we started. Then there are some places that are might be countries but not everyone agrees. Then there are places that are separate enough to be countries but just aren’t technically countries because they belong to some other country. Sometimes this independence is appreciated and sometimes not. Then there groups that call many places countries and have a list as high as 325 countries and country-ish places. Confused? You should be.
We, at In The Know Traveler, recognize that these many confusions grow from politics. So, we mostly focus on “real” countries but have allowed some seemingly real, but fake, non-countries into the mix, because Greenland just isn’t Denmark — even though we love Denmark. So, we have done out best to use discretion in including some non-countries in our list. This is not a political choice, just a practical one. Hopefully, you will easily find a place to travel to with greater ease.
So, here is a list of countries, and not countries, which do not have stories on ITKT to inspire others. I know it is still confusing. However, if you have traveled to any of the following places and have a story we would like you to considering writing a story for future travelers to every country, non-country, place and destination on this big, beautiful planet.
Dangerous places
Finally, many of the countries on the following are usually not on the top of the list of places to go. Places like North Korea, Syria, Iraq and others should be avoided by most everyone right now. A number of the countries on the following list are frequently deemed dangerous by the State Department of the U.S, or have loads of poverty. Our desire to include every country is not a recommendation to visit. However, if you have been to any of these places and have a story that promotes cultural exchange then we are all ears. At the end of the day, we are all human.
Our Story-less Countries!
Andorra, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Niger, Nauru, Moldova, Marshall Islands, San Marino, Sao Tome, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Tuvalu, Vatican City
