Excited to start 2013 with a travel bang!
To all our friends down under - we are coming in 45 days! (Feb 8-19, 2013)Flying into Melbourne, renting a car and driving through Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane to Cairns - then flying over to Auckland, New Zealand. Our Christmas gift to each other.
100 Country Rollerblade and Red Bull backstory is here: http://jaymcbain.blogspot.com/2010/11/100-country-rollerblades-and-red-bull.html
and here: http://jaymcbain.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-on-rollerblades-red-bull-tour.html
(List of countries below)
Updated map: On target for 100 countries:
Plan to 100 (not including repeats):
1972
Canada
1980
USA
Mexico
1996
Britain
France
2002
Portugal
Spain
2003
Bahamas
2004
Cuba
2008
Greece
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Slovenia
Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Czech Republic
2009
Vatican City
China
Hong Kong
Macau
2010
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Haiti
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
South Africa
Lesotho
Namibia
Botswana
Mozambique
Swaziland
2011
Iceland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Vietnam
Indonesia
Malaysia
Cambodia
Thailand
Philippines
Singapore
2012
Russia
Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
2013
Australia (planned)
New Zealand (planned)
India (planned)
Pakistan (planned)
Bhutan (planned)
Nepal (planned)
Bangladesh (planned)
Burma (planned)
** 64 countries by end of 2013 **
As of Feb 2013 will have seen...
33% of world countries (60/195)
49% of world population (3.4/6.9B)
(List of countries below)
Updated map: On target for 100 countries:
Plan to 100 (not including repeats):
1972
Canada
1980
USA
Mexico
1996
Britain
France
2002
Portugal
Spain
2003
Bahamas
2004
Cuba
2008
Greece
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Slovenia
Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Czech Republic
2009
Vatican City
China
Hong Kong
Macau
2010
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Haiti
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
South Africa
Lesotho
Namibia
Botswana
Mozambique
Swaziland
2011
Iceland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Vietnam
Indonesia
Malaysia
Cambodia
Thailand
Philippines
Singapore
2012
Russia
Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
2013
Australia (planned)
New Zealand (planned)
India (planned)
Pakistan (planned)
Bhutan (planned)
Nepal (planned)
Bangladesh (planned)
Burma (planned)
** 64 countries by end of 2013 **
As of Feb 2013 will have seen...
33% of world countries (60/195)
49% of world population (3.4/6.9B)
60% of world land mass (80/135M sq.KM)
Detailed Spreadsheet:
| 58 | 30% | 48.80% | 59.57% | ||
| # of Countries | of world visited | Population | Land Mass | ||
| World (land only, excl. Antarctica) | 6,936,289,500 | 134,940,000 | |||
| Visited | Russia | 141,927,297 | 17,098,242 | ||
| Visited | Canada | 33,740,000 | 9,984,670 | ||
| Visited | United States | 311,950,000 | 9,826,675 | ||
| Visited | China | 1,345,610,000 | 9,640,821 | ||
| Visited | Brazil | 195,112,055 | 8,514,877 | ||
| Visited | Australia | 22,828,648 | 7,682,300 | ||
| Visited | Argentina | 40,091,359 | 2,780,400 | ||
| Visited | Mexico | 107,550,697 | 1,958,201 | ||
| Visited | Indonesia | 237,556,363 | 1,904,569 | ||
| Visited | South Africa | 50,586,757 | 1,221,037 | ||
| Visited | Namibia | 2,171,000 | 824,292 | ||
| Visited | Mozambique | 22,894,000 | 801,590 | ||
| Visited | Ukraine | 46,936,000 | 603,700 | ||
| Visited | Botswana | 1,950,000 | 581,730 | ||
| Visited | France (Metropolitan) | 62,793,432 | 551,500 | ||
| Visited | Thailand | 64,232,760 | 513,115 | ||
| Visited | Spain | 46,087,170 | 506,030 | ||
| Visited | Sweden | 9,366,092 | 449,964 | ||
| Visited | Norway | 4,936,900 | 385,155 | ||
| Visited | Germany | 81,757,600 | 357,022 | ||
| Visited | Finland | 5,389,683 | 338,145 | ||
| Visited | Vietnam | 85,789,573 | 331,689 | ||
| Visited | Malaysia | 28,306,700 | 329,847 | ||
| Visited | Poland | 38,163,895 | 312,685 | ||
| Visited | Italy | 60,200,060 | 301,318 | ||
| Visited | Philippines | 92,226,600 | 300,076 | ||
| Visited | New Zealand | 4,315,800 | 270,534 | ||
| Visited | United Kingdom | 62,041,708 | 243,610 | ||
| Visited | Belarus | 9,755,106 | 207,600 | ||
| Visited | Cambodia | 14,805,000 | 181,035 | ||
| Visited | Uruguay | 3,463,197 | 175,016 | ||
| Visited | Greece | 11,306,183 | 131,957 | ||
| Visited | Cuba | 11,306,183 | 109,886 | ||
| Visited | Iceland | 318,452 | 103,000 | ||
| Visited | Hungary | 10,013,628 | 93,032 | ||
| Visited | Portugal | 10,636,888 | 92,391 | ||
| Visited | Austria | 8,372,930 | 83,858 | ||
| Visited | Czech Republic | 10,532,770 | 78,866 | ||
| Visited | Lithuania | 3,053,800 | 65,300 | ||
| Visited | Latvia | 2,248,961 | 64,600 | ||
| Visited | Slovakia | 5,424,057 | 49,033 | ||
| Visited | Estonia | 1,340,021 | 45,100 | ||
| Visited | Denmark | 5,532,531 | 43,094 | ||
| Visited | Netherlands | 16,690,000 | 41,526 | ||
| Visited | Switzerland | 7,761,800 | 41,284 | ||
| Visited | Belgium | 10,827,519 | 30,528 | ||
| Visited | Lesotho | 2,067,000 | 30,355 | ||
| Visited | Haiti | 10,033,000 | 27,750 | ||
| Visited | Slovenia | 2,079,344 | 20,256 | ||
| Visited | Swaziland | 1,185,000 | 17,364 | ||
| Visited | The Bahamas | 342,000 | 13,878 | ||
| Visited | Jamaica | 2,719,000 | 10,991 | ||
| Visited | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,982,000 | 8,875 | ||
| Visited | Luxembourg | 502,207 | 2,586 | ||
| Visited | Hong Kong (China) | 7,003,700 | 1,104 | ||
| Visited | Singapore | 5,076,700 | 710.2 | ||
| Visited | Macau (China) | 541,200 | 29.2 | ||
| Visited | Vatican City | 826 | 0.44 | ||
| India | 1,210,193,422 | 3,287,240 | |||
| Kazakhstan | 15,776,492 | 2,724,900 | |||
| Algeria | 34,895,000 | 2,381,741 | |||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 68,692,542 | 2,344,858 | |||
| Greenland (Denmark) | 57,000 | 2,175,600 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 28,146,658 | 2,149,690 | |||
| Sudan | 31,894,000 | 1,886,068 | |||
| Libya | 6,420,000 | 1,759,540 | |||
| Iran | 74,196,000 | 1,648,195 | |||
| Mongolia | 2,671,000 | 1,564,116 | |||
| Peru | 29,461,933 | 1,285,216 | |||
| Chad | 11,274,106 | 1,284,000 | |||
| Niger | 15,290,000 | 1,267,000 | |||
| Angola | 18,498,000 | 1,246,700 | |||
| Mali | 14,517,176 | 1,240,192 | |||
| Colombia | 46,083,384 | 1,138,914 | |||
| Ethiopia | 79,221,000 | 1,104,300 | |||
| Bolivia | 9,879,000 | 1,098,581 | |||
| Mauritania | 3,291,000 | 1,025,520 | |||
| Egypt | 80,143,443 | 1,001,449 | |||
| Tanzania | 43,739,000 | 945,087 | |||
| Nigeria | 154,729,000 | 923,768 | |||
| Venezuela | 29,328,309 | 916,445 | |||
| Pakistan | 176,870,000 | 803,940 | |||
| Turkey | 77,804,122 | 783,562 | |||
| Chile | 17,277,793 | 756,096 | |||
| Zambia | 12,935,000 | 752,618 | |||
| Myanmar (Burma) | 50,020,000 | 676,578 | |||
| Afghanistan | 29,863,010 | 652,090 | |||
| Somalia | 9,133,000 | 637,657 | |||
| Central African Republic | 4,422,000 | 622,984 | |||
| South Sudan | 8,260,490 | 619,745 | |||
| Madagascar | 20,653,556 | 587,041 | |||
| Kenya | 39,802,000 | 580,367 | |||
| Yemen | 23,580,000 | 527,968 | |||
| Turkmenistan | 5,110,000 | 488,100 | |||
| Cameroon | 19,522,000 | 475,442 | |||
| Papua New Guinea | 6,732,000 | 462,840 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 27,488,000 | 447,400 | |||
| Morocco | 32,223,787 | 446,550 | |||
| Iraq | 30,747,000 | 438,317 | |||
| Paraguay | 6,349,000 | 406,752 | |||
| Zimbabwe | 13,009,530 | 390,757 | |||
| Japan | 127,387,000 | 377,873 | |||
| Republic of the Congo | 3,998,904 | 342,000 | |||
| Côte d'Ivoire | 21,075,000 | 322,463 | |||
| Oman | 2,845,000 | 309,500 | |||
| Ecuador | 14,725,658 | 283,561 | |||
| Burkina Faso | 15,757,000 | 274,000 | |||
| Gabon | 1,475,000 | 267,668 | |||
| Western Sahara (status disputed) | 513,000 | 266,000 | |||
| Guinea | 10,069,000 | 245,857 | |||
| Uganda | 32,710,000 | 241,038 | |||
| Ghana | 23,837,000 | 238,533 | |||
| Romania | 21,466,174 | 238,391 | |||
| Laos | 6,320,000 | 236,800 | |||
| Guyana | 762,000 | 214,969 | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,482,000 | 199,900 | |||
| Senegal | 12,534,000 | 196,722 | |||
| Syria | 21,906,000 | 185,180 | |||
| Suriname | 520,000 | 163,820 | |||
| Tunisia | 10,327,800 | 163,610 | |||
| Nepal | 29,331,000 | 147,181 | |||
| Bangladesh | 142,319,000 | 143,998 | |||
| Tajikistan | 6,952,000 | 143,100 | |||
| Somaliland (Somalia; claims independence) | 3,500,000 | 137,600 | |||
| Nicaragua | 5,743,000 | 130,000 | |||
| North Korea | 24,051,706 | 120,538 | |||
| Malawi | 15,263,000 | 118,484 | |||
| Eritrea | 5,073,000 | 117,600 | |||
| Benin | 8,935,000 | 112,622 | |||
| Honduras | 7,466,000 | 112,492 | |||
| Liberia | 3,476,608 | 111,369 | |||
| Bulgaria | 7,351,234 | 110,912 | |||
| Guatemala | 14,027,000 | 108,889 | |||
| South Korea | 48,456,369 | 99,538 | |||
| French Guiana (France) | 187,056 | 90,000 | |||
| Jordan | 6,316,000 | 89,342 | |||
| Azerbaijan | 9,165,000 | 86,600 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 4,599,000 | 83,600 | |||
| Serbia (excluding Kosovo) | 7,800,000 | 77,474 | |||
| Panama | 3,454,000 | 75,517 | |||
| Sierra Leone | 5,696,000 | 71,740 | |||
| Ireland | 4,581,269 | 70,273 | |||
| Georgia | 4,465,000 | 69,700 | |||
| Sri Lanka | 20,238,000 | 65,610 | |||
| Togo | 6,619,000 | 56,785 | |||
| Croatia | 4,443,000 | 56,538 | |||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,843,126 | 51,129 | |||
| Costa Rica | 4,579,000 | 51,100 | |||
| Dominican Republic | 10,090,000 | 48,671 | |||
| Bhutan | 2,162,546 | 47,000 | |||
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,611,000 | 36,125 | |||
| Taiwan | 23,069,345 | 35,980 | |||
| Moldova | 3,567,500 | 33,844 | |||
| Armenia | 3,230,100 | 29,800 | |||
| Solomon Islands | 523,000 | 28,896 | |||
| Albania | 3,195,000 | 28,748 | |||
| Equatorial Guinea | 676,000 | 28,051 | |||
| Burundi | 8,303,000 | 27,834 | |||
| Rwanda | 9,998,000 | 26,338 | |||
| Republic of Macedonia | 2,114,550 | 25,713 | |||
| Djibouti | 864,000 | 23,200 | |||
| Belize | 322,100 | 23,000 | |||
| El Salvador | 6,163,000 | 21,041 | |||
| Israel | 7,697,600 | 20,770 | |||
| New Caledonia (France) | 244,410 | 18,575 | |||
| Fiji | 849,000 | 18,274 | |||
| Kuwait | 2,985,000 | 17,818 | |||
| East Timor | 1,134,000 | 14,874 | |||
| Montenegro | 630,548 | 14,026 | |||
| Vanuatu | 240,000 | 12,189 | |||
| Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) | 3,140 | 12,173 | |||
| The Gambia | 1,705,000 | 11,295 | |||
| Qatar | 1,409,000 | 11,000 | |||
| Lebanon | 4,224,000 | 10,452 | |||
| Cyprus | 801,851 | 9,251 | |||
| Abkhazia (Georgia; claims independence) | 200,000 | 7,138 | |||
| Palestinian territories | 4,100,000 | 6,020 | |||
| Brunei | 400,000 | 5,765 | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,339,000 | 5,130 | |||
| Transnistria (Moldova) | 555,347 | 4,163 | |||
| Cape Verde | 506,807 | 4,033 | |||
| French Polynesia (France) | 256,603 | 4,000 | |||
| South Ossetia (Georgia; claims independence) | 70,000 | 3,900 | |||
| Northern Cyprus (status disputed) | 287,856 | 3,355 | |||
| Samoa | 184,984 | 2,831 | |||
| Réunion (France) | 785,139 | 2,510 | |||
| Comoros | 676,000 | 2,235 | |||
| Mauritius | 1,288,000 | 2,040 | |||
| Guadeloupe (France) | 405,000 | 1,628 | |||
| Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 49,006 | 1,399 | |||
| Martinique (France) | 402,000 | 1,128 | |||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 163,000 | 964 | |||
| Dominica | 78,940 | 751 | |||
| Tonga | 104,000 | 747 | |||
| Kiribati | 99,350 | 726 | |||
| Bahrain | 791,000 | 720 | |||
| Federated States of Micronesia | 111,000 | 702 | |||
| Isle of Man | 80,000 | 572 | |||
| Guam (US) | 178,000 | 549 | |||
| Saint Lucia | 172,000 | 539 | |||
| Andorra | 86,000 | 468 | |||
| Northern Mariana Islands (US) | 87,000 | 464 | |||
| Palau | 20,000 | 459 | |||
| Seychelles | 84,000 | 455 | |||
| Curaçao (Netherlands) | 142,180 | 444 | |||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 88,000 | 442 | |||
| Barbados | 256,000 | 430 | |||
| Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) | 33,000 | 417 | |||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109,000 | 388 | |||
| Mayotte (France) | 186,452 | 374 | |||
| United States Virgin Islands (US) | 110,000 | 347 | |||
| Grenada | 104,000 | 344 | |||
| Malta | 416,333 | 316 | |||
| Maldives | 309,000 | 298 | |||
| Cayman Islands (UK) | 56,000 | 264 | |||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52,000 | 261 | |||
| Niue (New Zealand) | 2,000 | 260 | |||
| Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 6,125 | 242 | |||
| Cook Islands (New Zealand) | 20,000 | 236 | |||
| Wallis and Futuna (France) | 15,480 | 200 | |||
| American Samoa (US) | 67,000 | 199 | |||
| Aruba (Netherlands) | 107,000 | 193 | |||
| Marshall Islands | 62,000 | 181 | |||
| Liechtenstein | 35,981 | 160 | |||
| British Virgin Islands (UK) | 23,000 | 151 | |||
| Saint Helena (UK) | 4,918 | 122 | |||
| Jersey | 92,500 | 116 | |||
| Montserrat (UK) | 5,900 | 102 | |||
| Anguilla (UK) | 15,000 | 91 | |||
| Guernsey | 65,726 | 78 | |||
| San Marino | 30,800 | 61 | |||
| Saint-Martin (France) | 35,263 | 53.2 | |||
| Bermuda (UK) | 65,000 | 53 | |||
| Sint Maarten (Netherlands) | 37,429 | 34 | |||
| Tuvalu | 10,441 | 26 | |||
| Nauru | 10,000 | 21 | |||
| Saint-Barthélemy (France) | 8,450 | 21 | |||
| Tokelau (New Zealand) | 1,378 | 12 | |||
| Gibraltar (UK) | 31,000 | 6.8 | |||
| Pitcairn Islands (UK) | 67 | 5 | |||
| Monaco | 33,000 | 1.95 |