Tuesday, December 25, 2012

2013 Update to Rollerblades and Red Bull

Excited to start 2013 with a travel bang!

To all our friends down under - we are coming in 45 days! (Feb 8-19, 2013)

Flying into Melbourne, renting a car and driving through Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane to Cairns - then flying over to Auckland, New Zealand. Our Christmas gift to each other.

100 Country Rollerblade and Red Bull backstory is here: http://jaymcbain.blogspot.com/2010/11/100-country-rollerblades-and-red-bull.html

and here: http://jaymcbain.blogspot.com/2012/01/update-on-rollerblades-red-bull-tour.html

(List of countries below)





Updated map:  On target for 100 countries:

Plan to 100 (not including repeats):


1972
Canada

1980
USA
Mexico

1996
Britain
France

2002
Portugal
Spain

2003
Bahamas

2004
Cuba

2008
Greece
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Slovenia
Slovakia
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Czech Republic

2009
Vatican City
China
Hong Kong
Macau

2010
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Haiti
Jamaica
Cayman Islands
South Africa
Lesotho
Namibia
Botswana
Mozambique
Swaziland

2011
Iceland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Vietnam
Indonesia
Malaysia
Cambodia
Thailand
Philippines
Singapore

2012
Russia
Ukraine
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus

2013
Australia (planned)
New Zealand (planned)
India (planned)
Pakistan (planned)
Bhutan (planned)
Nepal (planned)
Bangladesh (planned)
Burma (planned)

** 64 countries by end of 2013 **


As of Feb 2013 will have seen... 

33% of world countries (60/195)
49% of world population (3.4/6.9B)
60% of world land mass (80/135M sq.KM)

Detailed Spreadsheet:

58 30% 48.80% 59.57%
# of Countries of world visited Population Land Mass
 World (land only, excl. Antarctica) 6,936,289,500 134,940,000
Visited  Russia 141,927,297 17,098,242
Visited  Canada 33,740,000 9,984,670
Visited  United States 311,950,000 9,826,675
Visited  China 1,345,610,000 9,640,821
Visited  Brazil 195,112,055 8,514,877
Visited  Australia 22,828,648 7,682,300
Visited  Argentina 40,091,359 2,780,400
Visited  Mexico 107,550,697 1,958,201
Visited  Indonesia 237,556,363 1,904,569
Visited  South Africa 50,586,757 1,221,037
Visited  Namibia 2,171,000 824,292
Visited  Mozambique 22,894,000 801,590
Visited  Ukraine 46,936,000 603,700
Visited  Botswana 1,950,000 581,730
Visited  France (Metropolitan) 62,793,432 551,500
Visited  Thailand 64,232,760 513,115
Visited  Spain 46,087,170 506,030
Visited  Sweden 9,366,092 449,964
Visited  Norway 4,936,900 385,155
Visited  Germany 81,757,600 357,022
Visited  Finland 5,389,683 338,145
Visited  Vietnam 85,789,573 331,689
Visited  Malaysia 28,306,700 329,847
Visited  Poland 38,163,895 312,685
Visited  Italy 60,200,060 301,318
Visited  Philippines 92,226,600 300,076
Visited  New Zealand 4,315,800 270,534
Visited  United Kingdom 62,041,708 243,610
Visited  Belarus 9,755,106 207,600
Visited  Cambodia 14,805,000 181,035
Visited  Uruguay 3,463,197 175,016
Visited  Greece 11,306,183 131,957
Visited  Cuba 11,306,183 109,886
Visited  Iceland 318,452 103,000
Visited  Hungary 10,013,628 93,032
Visited  Portugal 10,636,888 92,391
Visited  Austria 8,372,930 83,858
Visited  Czech Republic 10,532,770 78,866
Visited  Lithuania 3,053,800 65,300
Visited  Latvia 2,248,961 64,600
Visited  Slovakia 5,424,057 49,033
Visited  Estonia 1,340,021 45,100
Visited  Denmark 5,532,531 43,094
Visited  Netherlands 16,690,000 41,526
Visited  Switzerland 7,761,800 41,284
Visited  Belgium 10,827,519 30,528
Visited  Lesotho 2,067,000 30,355
Visited  Haiti 10,033,000 27,750
Visited  Slovenia 2,079,344 20,256
Visited  Swaziland 1,185,000 17,364
Visited  The Bahamas 342,000 13,878
Visited  Jamaica 2,719,000 10,991
Visited  Puerto Rico (US) 3,982,000 8,875
Visited  Luxembourg 502,207 2,586
Visited  Hong Kong (China) 7,003,700 1,104
Visited  Singapore 5,076,700 710.2
Visited  Macau (China) 541,200 29.2
Visited  Vatican City 826 0.44
 India 1,210,193,422 3,287,240
 Kazakhstan 15,776,492 2,724,900
 Algeria 34,895,000 2,381,741
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 68,692,542 2,344,858
 Greenland (Denmark) 57,000 2,175,600
 Saudi Arabia 28,146,658 2,149,690
 Sudan 31,894,000 1,886,068
 Libya 6,420,000 1,759,540
 Iran 74,196,000 1,648,195
 Mongolia 2,671,000 1,564,116
 Peru 29,461,933 1,285,216
 Chad 11,274,106 1,284,000
 Niger 15,290,000 1,267,000
 Angola 18,498,000 1,246,700
 Mali 14,517,176 1,240,192
 Colombia 46,083,384 1,138,914
 Ethiopia 79,221,000 1,104,300
 Bolivia 9,879,000 1,098,581
 Mauritania 3,291,000 1,025,520
 Egypt 80,143,443 1,001,449
 Tanzania 43,739,000 945,087
 Nigeria 154,729,000 923,768
 Venezuela 29,328,309 916,445
 Pakistan 176,870,000 803,940
 Turkey 77,804,122 783,562
 Chile 17,277,793 756,096
 Zambia 12,935,000 752,618
 Myanmar (Burma) 50,020,000 676,578
 Afghanistan 29,863,010 652,090
 Somalia 9,133,000 637,657
 Central African Republic 4,422,000 622,984
 South Sudan 8,260,490 619,745
 Madagascar 20,653,556 587,041
 Kenya 39,802,000 580,367
 Yemen 23,580,000 527,968
 Turkmenistan 5,110,000 488,100
 Cameroon 19,522,000 475,442
 Papua New Guinea 6,732,000 462,840
 Uzbekistan 27,488,000 447,400
 Morocco 32,223,787 446,550
 Iraq 30,747,000 438,317
 Paraguay 6,349,000 406,752
 Zimbabwe 13,009,530 390,757
 Japan 127,387,000 377,873
 Republic of the Congo 3,998,904 342,000
 Côte d'Ivoire 21,075,000 322,463
 Oman 2,845,000 309,500
 Ecuador 14,725,658 283,561
 Burkina Faso 15,757,000 274,000
 Gabon 1,475,000 267,668
Western Sahara (status disputed) 513,000 266,000
 Guinea 10,069,000 245,857
 Uganda 32,710,000 241,038
 Ghana 23,837,000 238,533
 Romania 21,466,174 238,391
 Laos 6,320,000 236,800
 Guyana 762,000 214,969
 Kyrgyzstan 5,482,000 199,900
 Senegal 12,534,000 196,722
 Syria 21,906,000 185,180
 Suriname 520,000 163,820
 Tunisia 10,327,800 163,610
 Nepal 29,331,000 147,181
 Bangladesh 142,319,000 143,998
 Tajikistan 6,952,000 143,100
 Somaliland (Somalia; claims independence) 3,500,000 137,600
 Nicaragua 5,743,000 130,000
 North Korea 24,051,706 120,538
 Malawi 15,263,000 118,484
 Eritrea 5,073,000 117,600
 Benin 8,935,000 112,622
 Honduras 7,466,000 112,492
 Liberia 3,476,608 111,369
 Bulgaria 7,351,234 110,912
 Guatemala 14,027,000 108,889
 South Korea 48,456,369 99,538
 French Guiana (France) 187,056 90,000
 Jordan 6,316,000 89,342
 Azerbaijan 9,165,000 86,600
 United Arab Emirates 4,599,000 83,600
 Serbia (excluding Kosovo) 7,800,000 77,474
 Panama 3,454,000 75,517
 Sierra Leone 5,696,000 71,740
 Ireland 4,581,269 70,273
 Georgia 4,465,000 69,700
 Sri Lanka 20,238,000 65,610
 Togo 6,619,000 56,785
 Croatia 4,443,000 56,538
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,843,126 51,129
 Costa Rica 4,579,000 51,100
 Dominican Republic 10,090,000 48,671
 Bhutan 2,162,546 47,000
 Guinea-Bissau 1,611,000 36,125
 Taiwan 23,069,345 35,980
 Moldova 3,567,500 33,844
 Armenia 3,230,100 29,800
 Solomon Islands 523,000 28,896
 Albania 3,195,000 28,748
 Equatorial Guinea 676,000 28,051
 Burundi 8,303,000 27,834
 Rwanda 9,998,000 26,338
 Republic of Macedonia 2,114,550 25,713
 Djibouti 864,000 23,200
 Belize 322,100 23,000
 El Salvador 6,163,000 21,041
 Israel 7,697,600 20,770
 New Caledonia (France) 244,410 18,575
 Fiji 849,000 18,274
 Kuwait 2,985,000 17,818
 East Timor 1,134,000 14,874
 Montenegro 630,548 14,026
 Vanuatu 240,000 12,189
 Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) 3,140 12,173
 The Gambia 1,705,000 11,295
 Qatar 1,409,000 11,000
 Lebanon 4,224,000 10,452
 Cyprus 801,851 9,251
 Abkhazia (Georgia; claims independence) 200,000 7,138
 Palestinian territories 4,100,000 6,020
 Brunei 400,000 5,765
 Trinidad and Tobago 1,339,000 5,130
 Transnistria (Moldova) 555,347 4,163
 Cape Verde 506,807 4,033
 French Polynesia (France) 256,603 4,000
 South Ossetia (Georgia; claims independence) 70,000 3,900
 Northern Cyprus (status disputed) 287,856 3,355
 Samoa 184,984 2,831
 Réunion (France) 785,139 2,510
 Comoros 676,000 2,235
 Mauritius 1,288,000 2,040
 Guadeloupe (France) 405,000 1,628
 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 49,006 1,399
 Martinique (France) 402,000 1,128
 Sao Tome and Principe 163,000 964
 Dominica 78,940 751
 Tonga 104,000 747
 Kiribati 99,350 726
 Bahrain 791,000 720
 Federated States of Micronesia 111,000 702
 Isle of Man 80,000 572
 Guam (US) 178,000 549
 Saint Lucia 172,000 539
 Andorra 86,000 468
 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 87,000 464
 Palau 20,000 459
 Seychelles 84,000 455
 Curaçao (Netherlands) 142,180 444
 Antigua and Barbuda 88,000 442
 Barbados 256,000 430
 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 33,000 417
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109,000 388
 Mayotte (France) 186,452 374
 United States Virgin Islands (US) 110,000 347
 Grenada 104,000 344
 Malta 416,333 316
 Maldives 309,000 298
 Cayman Islands (UK) 56,000 264
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 52,000 261
 Niue (New Zealand) 2,000 260
 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France) 6,125 242
 Cook Islands (New Zealand) 20,000 236
 Wallis and Futuna (France) 15,480 200
 American Samoa (US) 67,000 199
 Aruba (Netherlands) 107,000 193
 Marshall Islands 62,000 181
 Liechtenstein 35,981 160
 British Virgin Islands (UK) 23,000 151
 Saint Helena (UK) 4,918 122
 Jersey 92,500 116
 Montserrat (UK) 5,900 102
 Anguilla (UK) 15,000 91
 Guernsey 65,726 78
 San Marino 30,800 61
 Saint-Martin (France) 35,263 53.2
 Bermuda (UK) 65,000 53
 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 37,429 34
 Tuvalu 10,441 26
 Nauru 10,000 21
 Saint-Barthélemy (France) 8,450 21
 Tokelau (New Zealand) 1,378 12
 Gibraltar (UK) 31,000 6.8
 Pitcairn Islands (UK) 67 5
 Monaco 33,000 1.95