• AF - Afghanistan
• AX Åland Islands
• AL Albania
• DZ Algeria
• AS - American Samoa (*)
• AD - Andorra
• AO - Angola
• AI Anguilla (*)
• AQ - Antarctica (*)
• AG Antigua and Barbuda
• AR Argentina
• AM Armenia
• AW Aruba (*)
• AU Australia
• AT Austria
• AZ Azerbaijan
• BS Bahamas
• BH Bahrain
• BD Bangladesh
• BB Barbados
• BY Belarus
• BE Belgium
• BZ Belize
• BJ - Benin
• BM Bermuda (*)
• BT - Bhutan
• BO Bolivia
• BQ Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba (*)
• BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
• BW Botswana
• BV - Bouvet Island (*)
• BR Brazil
• IO - British Indian Ocean Territory (*)
• VG British Virgin Islands (*)
• BN Brunei
• BG Bulgaria
• BF Burkina Faso
• BI Burundi
• KH Cambodia
• CM Cameroon
• CA Canada
• CV Cape Verde
• KY Cayman Islands (*)
• CF - Central African Republic
• TD - Chad
• CL Chile
• CN China
• CX Christmas Island (*)
• CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (*)
• CO Colombia
• KM - Comoros
• CG Congo
• CD Congo (Dem. Rep.)
• CK Cook Islands
• CR Costa Rica
• HR Croatia
• CU Cuba
• CW Curaçao (*)
• CY Cyprus
• CZ Czech Republic
• DK Denmark
• DJ Djibouti
• DM - Dominica
• DO Dominican Republic
• EC Ecuador
• EG Egypt
• SV El Salvador
• GQ - Equatorial Guinea
• ER - Eritrea
• EE Estonia
• ET Ethiopia
• FK - Falkland Islands (*)
• FO Faroe Islands
• FJ Fiji
• FI Finland
• FR France
• GF French Guiana (*)
• PF French Polynesia (*)
• TF - French Southern Territories (*)
• GA Gabon
• GM - Gambia
• GE Georgia
• DE Germany
• GH Ghana
• GI Gibraltar (*)
• GR Greece
• GL Greenland (*)
• GD Grenada
• GP Guadeloupe (*)
• GU Guam (*)
• GT Guatemala
• GG Guernsey and Alderney (*)
• GN Guinea
• GW - Guinea-Bissau
• GY Guyana
• HT Haiti
• HM - Heard Island and McDonald Islands (*)
• HN Honduras
• HK Hong Kong (*)
• HU Hungary
• IS Iceland
• IN India
• ID Indonesia
• IR Iran
• IQ Iraq
• IE Ireland
• IL Israel
• IT Italy
• CI Ivory Coast
• JM Jamaica
• JP Japan
• JE Jersey (*)
• JO Jordan
• KZ Kazakhstan
• KE Kenya
• KI Kiribati
• KP Korea (North)
• KR Korea (South)
• XK Kosovo
• KW Kuwait
• KG Kyrgyzstan
• LA Laos
• LV Latvia
• LB Lebanon
• LS - Lesotho
• LR - Liberia
• LY - Libya
• LI Liechtenstein
• LT Lithuania
• LU Luxembourg
• MO Macau (*)
• MK Macedonia
• MG Madagascar
• MW Malawi
• MY Malaysia
• MV Maldives
• ML Mali
• MT Malta
• IM Man (Isle of) (*)
• MH - Marshall Islands
• MQ Martinique (*)
• MR - Mauritania
• MU Mauritius
• YT - Mayotte (*)
• MX Mexico
• FM - Micronesia
• MN Montenegro
• MS Montserrat (*)
• MA Morocco
• MZ Mozambique
• MM Myanmar
• NA Namibia
• NR - Nauru
• NP Nepal
• NL Netherlands
• NC - New Caledonia (*)
• NZ New Zealand
• NI Nicaragua
• NE Niger
• NG Nigeria
• NU - Niue (*)
• NF Norfolk Island (*)
• MP - Northern Mariana Islands (*)
• NO Norway
• OM Oman
• PK Pakistan
• PW Palau
• PS Palestine (state of)
• PA Panama
• PG - Papua New Guinea
• PY Paraguay
• PE Peru
• PH Philippines
• PN Pitcairn Islands (*)
• PL Poland
• PT Portugal
• PR Puerto Rico (*)
• QA Qatar
• RE Reunion (*)
• RO Romania
• RU Russia
• RW Rwanda
• BL Saint Barthélemy (*)
• SH - Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (*)
• KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
• LC Saint Lucia
• MF Saint Martin (French part) (*)
• PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon (*)
• VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• WS Samoa (*)
• SM San Marino
• ST São Tomé and Príncipe
• SA Saudi Arabia
• SN Senegal
• RS Serbia
• SC Seychelles
• SL - Sierra Leone
• SG Singapore
• SX Sint Maarten (*)
• SK Slovakia
• SI Slovenia
• SB - Solomon Islands
• SO - Somalia
• ZA South Africa
• GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (*)
• SS - South Sudan
• ES Spain
• LK Sri Lanka
• SD - Sudan
• SR Suriname
• SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen (*)
• SZ Swaziland
• SE Sweden
• CH Switzerland
• SY - Syria
• TW Taiwan (*)
• TJ Tajikistan
• TZ Tanzania
• TH Thailand
• TL - Timor-Leste
• TG - Togo
• TK - Tokelau (*)
• TO - Tonga
• TT Trinidad and Tobago
• TN Tunisia
• TR Turkey
• TM Turkmenistan
• TC Turks and Caicos Islands (*)
• TV - Tuvalu
• UM - U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (*)
• UG Uganda
• UA Ukraine
• AE United Arab Emirates
• GB United Kingdom
• US United States of America
• UY Uruguay
• UZ Uzbekistan
• VU Vanuatu
• VA Vatican
• VE Venezuela
• VN Vietnam
• VI Virgin Islands of the USA (*)
• WF - Wallis and Futuna
• EH - Western Sahara (*)
• YE - Yemen
• ZM Zambia
• ZW Zimbabwe

New Country: South Sudan

• 20/10/11: 131/247
• 20/12/11: 134/247 (the number rises ever so slowly..!)
• 02/02/12: 136/247 (st. barths, guatemala :))
• 15/04/12: 141/247 (progress! bonaire, curaçao, french guiana,

st.martin (french). and i realised i omitted cyprus though i had it for a while, oops :))

• 12/05/12: 143/247 (North Korea and a surprise from BVI!)
• 29/05/12: 145/247 (Palau, RAS from Gibraltar!)
• 10/09/12: 147/247 (Reunion, Turkmenistan)

wow 3 1/2 months and only two countries! sniff...

• 30/09/12: 149/247 (Guam, Seychelles)

a hundred to go!! thats a lot, considering the pace...but it wouldnt be interesting if i was to receive all at once ;)

• 28/09/12: 153/247 (91 to go!)
• 10/10/12: 156/247 (Honduras, Isle Of Man, Ivory Coast)
• 31/01/13: 162/247 (Algeria - finally a success!, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Guyana and Guinea. G-Z alphabet didnt want me in the last few months..!)
• 15/03/13: 166/247 (4 surprises from the caribbean! grenada, martinique, st. vincent & st. lucia. 78 to go!)
• 01/06/13: 168/247 (Uzbekistan, Bangladesh)
• 01/07/13: 171/247 (Djibouti, Greenland, USVI))
• 30/08/13: 172/247 (Armenia) and it doesnt seem likely that i'll receive a new country any time soon..!
• 25/02/14: 177/247 well i was wrong! luckily :) 67 countries to go, and some special territories. 4 are hopefully coming...
• 01/07/14: 180/247 9 countries in 1 year
• 01/12/14: 185/247 (anguilla, aruba, congo, nigeria (3rd time lucky!)fiji)
• 01/02/15: 188/247 (pitcairn island, montserrat)
• 01/03/15: 194/247 (burundi, cook islands, laos (!), south georgia, vanuatu, congo d.r.))
• 01/06/16: 195/247 (turks&caicos)
• 01/01/18: 197/247 (tajikistan, and thanks to going there myself in a working fashion - St. Kitts. )
• 01/01/2023: 198/247 (swaziland/eswatini)