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 |
---------------- | ------------------------------- |
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.