Erling's Country List



List of all countries in the world + dependencies, territories and disputed areas.

The columns to the right shows if The Beerclub Vörtstyrkan has tasted any beer from this country, relationship within EU and if I (Erling Jirle) has visited the country (if so; year of visit).
Countries in bold are those from which no beer has been tasted (yet).



Countries of the World (194) Beer tasted Member of EU Been there >1 time Car Code
Country (Capital) (REGION) (in Swedish)  
           
Afghanistan (Kabul) (AS) n.a. AFG
Albania (Tirane) (E) X AL
Algeria (Algers) (AF) DZ
Andorra (Andorra la Vella) (E) n.a. AND
Angola (Luanda) (AF) ANG
Antigua and Barbuda (St. John's) (CA)
Argentina (Buenos Aires) (SA) X 2000 2 RA
Armenia (Yerevan) (E) ARM
Australia (Canberra) (AU) X 1989 AUS
Austria (Wien) (E) X X 1976 x A
Azerbaijan (Baku) (AS) AZ
Bahamas (Nassau) (CA) BS
Bahrain (Manama) (AS) n.a. BRN
Bangladesh (Dhaka) (AS) BD
Barbados (Bridgetown) (CA) X BDS
Belarus (Minsk) (E) (Vitryssland) BY
Belgium (Brussels) (E) X X 1976 2 B
Belize (Belmopan) (NA) BZ
Benin (Port-Novo) (AF) DY
Bhutan (Thimphu) (AS)
Bolivia (Sucre) (SA) X BOL
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) (E) X BIH
Botswana (Gaborone) (AF) X 1996 BW
Brazil (Brasilia) (SA) X 2000 2 BR
Brunei (Bander Seri Begawan) (AS) n.a. BRU
Bulgaria (Sofia) (E) X X BG
Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou) (AF) X BF
Burma (official: Myanmar)
(Rangoon, new Admin: Nay Pyi Taw)(AS)
BUR
Burundi (Bujumbura) (AF) RU
Cambodia (Phnom Penh) (AS) X K
Cameroon (Yaoundé) (AF) (Kamerun) X 2003 CAM
Canada (Ottawa) (NA) X CDN
Cape Verde (Praia) (AF)
Central African Republic (Bangui) (AF) RCA
Chad (N'Djamena) (AF) (Tchad) TCH
Chile (Santiago) (SA) X RCH
China (Beijing) (AS) X 1987 RC
Colombia (Bogota) (SA) X CO
Comoros (Moroni) (AF) n.a.
Congo (Brazzaville) (AF) RCB
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) (AF) X 2009 CD
Costa Rica (San José) (NA) X 1993 CR
Cote d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast (Yamoussoukro) (AF) CI
Croatia (Zagreb) (E) X HR
Cuba (Havana) (CA) X C
Cyprus (Nicosia) (E) & (AS) (North part non-EU) X X CY
Czech Republic (Prague) (E) X X 1985 x CZ
Denmark (Copenhagen) (E) X X X x DK
Djibouti (Djibouti) (AF) n.a.
Dominica (Roseau) (CA) WD
Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo) (CA) X 2005 DOM
Ecuador (Quito) (SA) X 2008 EC
Egypt (Cairo) (AF) ET
El Salvador (San Salvador) (NA) X ES
Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) (AF) n.a.
Eritrea (Asmara) (AF) X
Estonia (Tallinn) (E) (Estland) X X EST
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) (AF) X ETH
Fiji (Suva) (AU/Oceania) X FJI
Finland (Helsinki) (E) X X 1979 x FIN
France (Paris) (E) X X 1976 x F
Gabon (Liberville) (AF) GAB
Gambia (Banjul) (AF) X 1978 WAG
Georgia (Tbilisi) (E) GE
Germany (Berlin) (E) X X 1972 x D
Ghana (Accra) (AF) GH
Greece (Athens) (E) X X GR
Grenada (St. George's) (CA) X WG
Guatemala (Guatemala City) (NA) X GCA
Guinea (Conakry) (AF) RG
Guinea-Bissau (Bissau) (AF) n.a.
Guyana (Georgetown) (SA) GUY
Haiti (Port-au-Prince) (CA) RH
Honduras (Tegucigalpa) (NA)
Hungary (Budapest) (E) X X 1979 2 H
Iceland (Reykjavik) (E) X 1979 IS
India (New Delhi) (AS) X 1981 3 IND
Indonesia (Jakarta) (AS) X RI
Iran (Tehran) (AS) n.a. IR
Iraq (Baghdad) (AS) n.a. IRQ
Ireland (Dublin) (E) X X 1981 IRL
Israel (Jerusalem) (AS) X 1985 IL
Italy (Rome) (E) X X 1976 x I
Jamaica (Kingston) (CA) X JA
Japan (Tokyo) (AS) X J
Jordan (Amman) (AS) HKJ
Kazakstan (Astana) (AS) KZ
Kenya (Nairobi) (AF) X 1990 5 EAK
Kiribati (Bairiki) (AU/Oceania) n.a.
Korea, North (Pyongyang) (AS)
Korea, South (Seoul) (AS) ROK
Kuwait (Kuwait City) (AS) n.a. KWT
Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) (AS) (Kirgisistan) KS
Laos (Vientiane) (AS) X LAO
Latvia (Riga) (E) (Lettland) X LV
Lebanon (Beirut) (AS) RL
Lesotho (Maseru) (AF) X 1996 LS
Liberia (Monrovia) (AF) LB
Libya (Tripoli) (AF) LAR
Liechtenstein (Vaduz) (E) 1976 FL
Lithuania (Vilnius) (E) (Litauen) X X LT
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) (E) X X 1976 3 L
Macedonia (Skopje) (E) MK
Madagascar (Antananarivo) (AF) X RM
Malawi (Lilongwe) (AF) X MW
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) (AS) X 1981 MAL
Maldives (Male) (AS) n.a.
Mali (Bamako) (AF) X RMM
Malta (Valletta) (E) X X M
Marshall Islands (Majuro) (AU/Oceania)
Mauritania (Nouakchott) (AF) n.a. RIM
Mauritius (Port Louis) (AF) X MS
Mexico (Mexico City) (NA) X 2002 2 MEX
Micronesia (Palikir) (AU/Oceania)
Moldova (Chisinau) (E) (Moldavien) MD
Monaco (Monaco) (E) n.a. 1976 MC
Mongolia (Ulan Bator) (AS) MGL
Montenegro (Podgorica) (E) MNE
Morocco (Rabat) (AF) (including Western Sahara) X 2004 MA
Mozambique (Maputo) (AF) X MOC
Namibia (Windhoek) (AF) X 1996 NAM
Nauru (no capital) (AU/Oceania)(smallest republic !) n.a. NAU
Nepal (Kathmandu) (AS) 1981 NEP
Netherlands (Amsterdam)(E)(Holland is not a country) X X 1976 x NL
New Zealand (Wellington) (AU) X NZ
Nicaragua (Managua) (NA) NIC
Niger (Niamey) (AF) RN
Nigeria (Abuja) (AF) X NGR
Norway (Oslo) (E) X 1967 x N
Oman (Muscat) (AS) n.a. 2008 x
Pakistan (Islamabad) (AS) PK
Palau (Melekok) (AU/Oceania)
Panama (Panama City) (NA) PA
Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) (AU) PNG
Paraguay (Asuncion) (SA) X 2000 PY
Peru (Lima) (SA) X 2000 PE
Philippines (Manila) (AS) X 1987 2 RP
Poland (Warsaw) (E) X X 2007 PL
Portugal (Lisbon) (E) X X 2008 P
Qatar (Doha) (AS) n.a. QA
Romania (Bucharest) (E) X X RO
Russian Federation (Moscow) (AS) X RUS
Rwanda (Kigali) (AF) X 2009 RWA
Saint Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre) (CA) X
Saint Lucia (Castries) (CA) WL
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown) (CA) WV
Samoa (Apia) (AU/Oceania) WS
San Marino (San Marino) (E) RSM
Sao Tomé and Principé (Sao Tome) (AF)
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) (AS) n.a. SA
Senegal (Dakar) (AF) SN
Serbia (Belgrade) (E) SRB
Seychelles (Victoria) (AF) SY
Sierra Leone (Freetown) (AF)
Singapore (Singapore City) (AS) X 1981 SGP
Slovakia (Bratislava) (E) X X SK
Slovenia (Ljubljana) (E) X X SLO
Solomon Islands (Honiara) (AU/Oceania)
Somalia (Mogadishu) (AF) n.a. SO
South Africa (Pretoria+Cape Town+Bloemfontein)(AF) X 1996 2 ZA
Spain (Madrid) (E) X X 1976 2 E
Sri Lanka (Colombo) (AS) X CL
Sudan (Khartoum) (AF) n.a. SUD
Suriname (Paramaribo) (SA) SME
Swaziland (Mbabane) (AF) SD
Sweden (Stockholm) (E) X X 1955 x S
Switzerland (Bern) (E) X 1976 x CH
Syria (Damascus) (AS) SYR
Taiwan (Taipei) (AS) (China claim: Chinese province) X RC
Tajikistan (Dushanbe) (AS) TJ
Tanzania (Dodoma) (AF) X 1992 EAT
Thailand (Bangkok) (AS) X 1981 T
Timor-Leste (Dili) (AS) (Östtimor) n.a.
Togo (Lome) (AF) TG
Tonga (Nuku'alofa) (AU/Oceania)
Trinidad and Tobago (Port-of-Spain) (CA) X TT
Tunisia (Tunis) (AF) X 1976 TN
Turkey (Ankara) (AS) & (E) X TR
Turkmenistan (Ashgabat) (AS) TM
Tuvalu (Funafuti) (AU/Oceania) n.a.
Uganda (Kampala) (AF) X 2009 EAU
Ukraine (Kiev) (E) X UA
United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) (AS) n.a. UAE
United Kingdom (London) (E) X X X 2 GB
United States (Washington D.C.) (NA) X 1993 3 USA
Uruguay (Montevideo) (SA) ROU
Uzbekistan (Tashkent) (AS) UZ
Vanuatu (Port-Vila) (AU/Oceania)
Vatican City State (Holy See) (na) (E)(Vatikanstaten) n.a. SCV
Venezuela (Caracas) (SA) X 2005 YV
Vietnam (Hanoi) (AS) X VN
Yemen (Sana) (AS) n.a. YEM
Zambia (Lusaka) (AF) X Z
Zimbabwe (Harare) (AF) X ZW
           
Number of tasted / visited etc. 99 55 25  
n.a. means no beer is brewed in this country to my knowledge (26 countries)  
Number NOT tested / visited 69   139 Car
left EU Not visited code
The United Nations has 192 members (including Montenegro and Serbia - the two newest nations) but that number does not include the Vatican, an independent nation.
The US State Department recognizes 193 independent countries around the world. But that list of countries reflects the political agenda of the United States of America. As an example, it does not include Taiwan as China claims that Taiwan (the ROC) is simply a province of China.
           
The latest World Almanacs use 193 countries, which is probably the best answer, but what about Palestine? Greenland? Western Sahara? The political world is constantly changing and our list of independent nations is shown below. Note that we don't say that our list is the ONLY answer, just that it's our answer.
           
Source: http://worldatlas.com/nations.htm ISO country shortenings
           
Dependencies and Territories in the World (68)
           
American Samoa (Pago Pago) USA n.a. USA
Anguilla (The Valley) British n.a. OCT AIA
Aruba (Oranjestad) Netherlands X (X)
Ashmore & Cartier Islands (na) Australian n.a.
Azores (Ponta Delgada) Portugal X (X) P
Baker & Howland Islands (na) USA n.a.
Bermuda (Hamilton) British no !
Bouvet Island (na) Norwegian n.a. N
British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia) British n.a. X
British Virgin Islands (Road Town) British n.a. OCT BVI
Canary Islands (Las Palmas/Santa Cruz) Spain X 2003
Cayman Islands (George Town) British X OCT
Ceuata and Melilla (na) (AF) Spain (X) E
Christmas Island (Flying Fish Cove) Australian n.a. AUS
Clipperton (na) French n.a. X
Cocos Islands (West Island) Australian n.a. AUS
Cook Islands (Avarua) New Zealand X
Coral Sea Islands (na) Australian n.a.
EuroAirport (Basel, Mulhouse, Freiburg) (CH-F-D) n.a. X
Faeroe Islands (Torshavn) Denmark X no ! FO
Falkland Islands (Stanley) British n.a. OCT
French Guiana (Cayenne) French (X) F
French Polynesia (Papeete) French X (X) F
Gibraltar (Gibraltar) British n.a. OCT GBZ
Greenland (Nuuk) Denmark X OCT
Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre) French (X) F
Guam (Agana) USA USA
Guernsey (St. Peter Port) British (+ Alderney, Herm, Sark) (no) GBA
Heard & MacDonald Islands (na) Australian n.a. AUS
Helgoland (na) German n.a. (X)
Hong Kong (na) now controlled by China 1987
Isle of Man (Douglas) British n.a. (no) GBM
Jan Mayen (na) Norwegian
Jarvis Island (na) USA
Jersey (St. Helier) British X (no) GBJ
Johnston Atoll (na) USA
Kingman Reef (na) USA n.a.
Macao (Macao) now controlled by China
Madeira (Funchal) Portugal X (X)
Martinique (Fort-de-France) French (X)
Mayotte (Mamoudzou) French n.a. (X) F
Midway Islands (na) USA n.a.
Montserrat (Plymouth) British n.a. OCT
Navassa Island (na) USA n.a.
Netherland Antilles (Willemstad) Netherlands n.a. (X) NA
New Caledonia (Noumea) French (X) F
Niue (Alofi) New Zealand n.a. NZ
Norfolk Island (Kingston) Australian AUS
Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) USA n.a. USA
Palestine (na) Israel X PS
Palmyra Atoll (na) USA n.a.
Paracel Islands (Woody Island) disputed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam n.a.
Puerto Rico (San Juan) USA x USA
Peter Island (na) Norwegian
Pitcairn Islands (Adamstown) British n.a. OCT
Reunion (Saint-Denis) French (X) F
St. Helena & Dependencies (Jamestown) British n.a. OCT
St. Pierre & Miquelon (St. Pierre) French n.a. (X)
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands (Grytviken) British n.a. OCT
Spratly Islands (na) disputed by China, Vietnam, Malaysia n.a.
Svalbard (Longyearbyen) Norwegian n.a.
Terres Australes et Antarctiques Français (na) France n.a. X
Tokelau (na) New Zealand n.a.
Turks & Caicos Islands (Cockburn Town) British OCT
Virgin Islands (Charlotte Amalie) USA X BVI
Wake Island (na) USA n.a.
Wallis & Futuna (Mata Uta) French n.a. (X)
Åland (Mariehamn) Finnish X (X) 2005 FIN
REGIONAL SHORTENINGS IN PHARANTHESIS:
(AF) = Africa
(AS) = Asia
(AU/Oceania) = Australia / Oceania
(CA) = Caribbean
(E) = Europe
(NA) = North America including Central America
(SA) = South America
           
OCT
= "overseas countries and territories" provinces with certain status according to the Rome treaty. They are not members of EU, but have special customs rules.
           
(X) = EU laws and tax only partially applied.
           
Former countries;
           
German Democratic Rep. X 1985 DDR
Czechoslovakia X 1985 CS
Soviet Union X USSR
Yugoslavia

Rule number one for country twitchers: International airports are not valid as country visits, you have to leave the airport area or at least go through immigration and leave the arrival hall to count the country on the list. Transit stopovers doesn't count.

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