<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Artemy Lebedev </Td> <Td> 1987 - 2015 </Td> <Td> 202 </Td> <Td> Russian </Td> <Td> First person in Russia (even more precisely - among all the inhabitants of the former USSR and Eastern Europe) to visit every country in the world . His final country was Saudi Arabia (17 September 2015), where he was trying to get for five years . Visited: 202 (193 UN members + Taiwan + Vatican City + Antarctica + Kosovo + Palestine + Western Sahara + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Graham Hughes </Td> <Td> January 2009--December 2012 </Td> <Td> 201 </Td> <Td> British </Td> <Td> Guinness certified him for 193 UN member countries, while TheBestTravelled.com certified him for 192 UN member countries only, for merely stepping over the DMZ (Korea). He visited all Countries without using any aircraft and the first person to do so . Target: 193 . Visited: 201 (193 UN members + Taiwan + Vatican City + Kosovo + Palestine + Western Sahara + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gunnar Garfors </Td> <Td> 2000--2013 </Td> <Td> 198 </Td> <Td> Norwegian </Td> <Td> Gunnar decided to make it his mission to travel to every single country in the world . He accomplished his goal on May 8, 2013, earning him the title of the youngest person to travel to every country, while maintaining a full - time job . He was 37 years old . (193 UN members + Taiwan + Vatican City + Kosovo + Palestine + Western Sahara). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Johnny Ward </Td> <Td> 2006--2017 </Td> <Td> 197 </Td> <Td> Irish </Td> <Td> Ward is an Irish entrepreneur and travel blogger who has visited every country in the course of his blogging efforts . </Td> </Tr>

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