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Ranking of countries by length of stay

I get crazy about the numbers. I like to count as much possible (and the most for myself:)), calculate, add, etc. I‘m showing here the data from my trips - where, when, how many days I spent in each country, etc. Of course that is just for fun, I know a lot of people who have been in less number of countries then me, but they are greater travellers than me. Except travelling I already lived and worked in Poland, England, Croatia, Australia and China.

Explanation of table:

Days - the total length of stay in the country

Visits - number of trips to the country (if I got to the same country more then once but during the same trip,
            I still count it as an one visit); 10 + means more than 10

Year of the visit
- which year I have been in the country

Capital
- capital which I visited (countries like Holland, SA, Bolivia etc. I used "de facto" capital)

The highest peak
- the highest mountain or range which I climbed on foot; * - the highest in the country

Last update - 30th April 2018

No
Country
Days
Visits
Year of the visit
Capital
The highest peak
1
Poland
25years
10+
1975-01 ‘03 ‘04 ‘06 ‘07 ‘09 ‘14 ‘15 ‘17 ‘18
Warsaw
Rysy *2499m
2
Australia
12years
10+
2002-19
Canberra
Mt. Kosciuszko *2228m
3
Great Britain
308
5
1994 ‘98 ‘00 ‘01 ‘03
London
Carnawyyd 1063m
4
China
247
2
2001 ‘09 ‘10
Beijing
 
5
Chile
150
6
2004 '06 '12 '13 ‘17-‘19
Santiago
Paso Jama 4600m
6
Croatia
143
7
2000 ‘01 ‘17
 
Vagansky Vyrh 1757m
7
Germany
106
10+
1988 ‘90 ‘93-01 ‘06 ‘09 ‘18
Berlin
Brocken 1142m
8
Bolivia
99
2
2004 ‘13
La Paz
Sajama *6542m
9
Mongolia
63
2
2001 ‘09
Ulaan Baatar
Tsambagarav Uul 2200m
10
Czech
61
10+
1986 ‘89-01 ‘03 ‘04 ‘06 ‘15 ‘17 ‘18
Prague
 
11
Argentina
59
3
2004 ‘13 ‘18
Buenos Aires
Pehuenche Pass 2553m
12
Colombia
56
5
2004 '13 '17-‘19
Bogota
Ciudad Perdida 1200m
13
Peru
44
3
2004 ‘13 ‘19
Lima
Chachani 6075m
14
Venezuela
42
2
2004 ‘13
Caracas
Gran Sabana 1391m
15
South Africa
39
1
2007
 
Drakensberg 3300m
United States
36
1
2004
 
Alaska Range 2150m
17
Nepal
34
1
1999
Kathmandu
Kala Pattar 5545m
18
Mexico
32
2
2004 ‘18
Mexico
 
19
France
29
7
1994 ‘95 ‘98 ‘99 '01 '18
Paris
 
20
Slovakia
28
10+
(1992) ‘96-00 '03 '06 '15 '17 '18
Bratislava
Gerlach *2655m
21
Brazil
27
2
2004 ‘13
 
Roraima 930m
22
Italy
25
10+
1997 ‘99 '00 '07 '09 '14 '17 '18
Roma
 
Greece
25
3
1999
Athens
Pantokrator 914m
24
Namibia
24
1
2007
Windhoek
 
25
Cameroon
22
1
2007
Yaounde
Mt. Cameroon *4095m
26
Indonesia
20
1
2002
 
Kerinci 3805m
Niger
20
1
2007
Niamey
 
28
India
19
1
1999
Delhi
 
Spain
19
5
2004 '06 '07 '17 ‘18
Madrid
 
30
Canada
16
2
2004 ‘13
 
Aylmer Pass 2000m
Mali
16
1
2007
Bamako
 
Mozambique
16
1
2007
Maputo
 
33
Austria
14
10+
1996-01 ‘03 ‘06 ‘15
Vienna
Kitzsteinhorn 3204m
South Korea
14
1
2000
Seoul
 
Cambodia
14
1
2002
Phnom Penh
 
Angola
14
1
2007
Luanda
 
37
Iran
13
2
1999 ‘09
 
 
Laos
13
1
2001
Vientiane
 
Thailand
13
2
2002 ‘09
Bangkok
 
Guatemala
13
2
2004 ‘18
Guatemala
 
41
Burkina Faso
12
1
2007
Ouagadougou
 
Ghana
12
1
2007
Accra
 
Tajikistan
12
1
2009
Dushanbe
Karakol 5075m
Kazakhstan
12
1
2009
 
 
Sri Lanka
12
1
2019
 
 
46
Romania
11
2
1996 ‘99
Bucharest
Moldoveanu *2543m
Vietnam
11
1
2001 ‘02
 
 
Malaysia
11
2
2002 ‘09
Kuala Lumpur
 
Kyrgyzstan
11
1
2009
Bishkek
Ala-Kol 3935m
50
Lesotho
10
1
2007
Maseru
Thabana Ntlenyana*3482m
Vanuatu
10
1
2011
Port Vila
Tanna 700m
Fiji
10
1
2015
Suva
Mount Tomanivi*1324m
Ecuador
10
2
2017 ‘19
Quito
Cotopaxi 4950m
54
Senegal
9,0
1
2007
Dakar
 
55
Cuba
8,5
1
2006
Havana
 
56
Russia
8,0
2
2001 ‘09
Moscow
 
Botswana
8,0
1
2007
 
 
Zimbabwe
8,0
1
2007
 
 
59
Tonga
7,5
1
2006
Nuku‘alofa
 
Morocco
7,5
1
2007
 
 
61
Kiribati
7,0
1
2016
 
 
62
Gabon
6,5
1
2007
 
 
Egypt
6,5
1
2009
Cairo
 
64
Sweden
6,0
1
1993
 
 
Hungary
6,0
5
1996 '99 '15 '18
Budapest
 
Panama
6,0
1
2004
Panama
 
New Zealand
6,0
1
2006
 
Tongariro 1700m
Guinea - Bissau
6,0
1
2007
Bissau
 
Benin
6,0
1
2007
 
 
Georgia
6,0
1
2009
T'bilisi
Mestia 2300m
Uzbekistan
6,0
1
2009
 
 
Papua New Guinea
6,0
1
2017
 
 
73
Turkey
5,5
3
1999 '09 '18
 
 
Japan
5,5
1
2003
Tokyo
Fuji San *3776m
French Polynesia (Fr.)
5,5
1
2006
Papeete
Moorea 400m
Equatorial Guinea
5,5
1
2007
 
 
77
Denmark
5,0
1
1993
Copenhagen
 
Belgium
5,0
3
1994 ‘01
Brussels
 
Bulgaria
5,0
2
1996 ‘99
Sofia
Musala *2925m
Pakistan
5,0
1
1999
 
 
Philippines
5,0
1
2003
Manila
 
Nicaragua
5,0
1
2004
Managua
Madera 1394m
Belize
5,0
2
2004 ‘18
 
 
Mauritania
5,0
1
2007
Nouakchott
 
Chad
5,0
1
2007
Ndjamena
 
Ukraine
4,5
1
2000
 
Hoverla *2061m
Congo
4,5
1
2007
Brazzaville
 
Israel
4,5
1
2014
 
 
Albania
4,5
1
2017
Tirana
Theth NP 1850m
90
Norway
4,0
1
1993
Oslo
 
Honduras
4,0
1
2004
Tegucigalpa
 
Guinea
4,0
1
2007
 
 
Democratic Rep. Congo
4,0
1
2007
Kinshasa
 
Malawi
4,0
1
2007
Lilongwe
 
95
Zambia
3,5
1
2007
Lusaka
 
Montenegro
3,5
1
2017
 
Bobotov Kuk 2460m
Maldives
3,5
1
2019
Male
98
Holland
3,0
2
1994 ‘01
Amsterdam
 
United Arab Emirates
3,0
2
2003 ‘15
 
 
Uruguay
3,0
2
2004 ‘18
Montevideo
 
The Gambia
3,0
1
2007
Banjul
 
Swaziland
3,0
1
2007
 
 
Portugal
3,0
1
2017
Lisbon
 
104
Lithuania
2,5
2
1997 ‘15
Vilnius
 
Latvia
2,5
2
1997 ‘15
Riga
 
Estonia
2,5
1
1997
Tallinn
 
Singapore
2,5
4
2002 ‘07 ‘09 ‘19
Singapore
Faber Hill 110m
East Timor
2,5
1
2002
Dili
 
Costa Rica
2,5
1
2004
San Jose
Irazu 3432m
El Salvador
2,5
1
2004
San Salvador
Santa Ana 2365m
Puerto Rico (USA)
2,5
1
2004
San Juan
 
West. Sahara (Morocco)
2,5
1
2007
Laayoune
 
Qatar
2,5
2
2014 ‘18
Doha
 
Iraq
2,5
1
2018
 
 
Malta
2,5
1
2018
Valletta
 
116
Slovenia
2,0
2
2000 ‘01
 
 
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2,0
1
2001 ‘17
Sarajevo
Krizevac 520m
Hong Kong (China)
2,0
1
2003
Hong Kong
 
Cote d‘Ivoire
2,0
1
2007
 
 
Togo
2,0
1
2007
Lome
 
Armenia
2,0
1
2009
Yerevan
 
Azerbaijan
2,0
1
2009
Baki
 
Turkmenistan
2,0
1
2009
Asgabat
 
Nauru
2,0
1
2016
Yaren
Command Ridge *71m 
Marshall Islands
2,0
1
2016
Majuro
 
Serbia
2,0
1
2017
Belgrad
 
Kosovo
2,0
1
2017
Pristina
 
Tunisia
2,0
1
2018
Tunis
 
129
Luxembourg
1,5
2
1994
Luxembourg
 
Finland
1,5
1
1997
Helsinki
 
Virgin Islands (USA)
1,5
1
2004
Charlotte Amalie
St. Peters Mountain 470m
Macedonia
1,5
1
2017
Skopje
133
Moldova
1,0
1
2000
Chisinau
 
Ireland
1,0
1
2004
Dublin
 
Switzerland
1,0
1
2006
 
 
Brunei
1,0
1
2009
Bandar Seri Begawan
 
Afghanistan
1,0
1
2009
 
 
Kuwait
1,0
1
2015
Kuwait City
 
Andorra
1,0
1
2018
Andorra la Vella
 
140
Vatican
0,5
2
1997 ‘17
----------------
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Trans-Dniester Republic (Russia)
0,5
1
2000
 
 
San Marino
0,5
2
2001
San Marino
 
Belarus
0,5
1
2001
 
 
Myanmar (former Burma)
0,5
1
2002
 
 
Oman
0,5
1
2003
 
 
Guyana
0,5
1
2004
 
 
Liechtenstein
0,5
1
2006
Vaduz
 
Gibraltar (UK)
0,5
2
2007 ‘17
----------------
-------------------------------
Nigeria
0,5
1
2007
 
 
Palestine (occup. territory)
0,5
1
2014
 
 
151
Monaco
0,5
1
2018
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Additional information:

None territory (air space and international waters) - 41 days

Great Britain - England 302 days, Scotland 3 days, Wales 3 days
Germany - 31 days in former East Germany
Czech Republic - 35 days in former Czechoslovakia
Bahrain - airport only
Salomon Islands - airoprt inside the plane
Paraguay - in bus without stopping. Other time on the border without the visa - I was send back.

In total 2,412 days abroad from Poland and Australia (6.5 years):
I visited 142 independent countries and 9 dependent territories, 105 capitals and climbed 12 the highest peaks.

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