How many countries do you think the average person in the world has been to? (wealthy, rank)

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by Acajack

Their population is also heavily concentrated in the SE which is a hop, skip and a jump away from France.

The vst majority of Brits have visited more than 10 countries, I think the average is 12 countries.

So it's not just France and Spain, the British tend to visit lots of different countries and travelling to Asia, South America, Australia etc is common anomg gap year back packing students in the UK.

[Mhc1985]

Originally Posted by Brave New World

The vst majority of Brits have visited more than 10 countries, I think the average is 12 countries.

So it's not just France and Spain, the British tend to visit lots of different countries and travelling to Asia, South America, Australia etc is common anomg gap year back packing students in the UK.

The Sun’s article you posted says 9.58 per capita according to YouGov, this figure looks a bit more reliable than Agoda’s IMO. Still likely one of the biggest in the world, only possibly challenged by other European countries (i.e. Luxembourg). Anyway, I’m not sure if all ages are represented, as children for instance would obviously pull down the numbers.

Yet the bulk of the international destinations are made up by nearby countries, as expected. There are about 27 countries within a 1500 km radius from London… but just Canada and the USA if the same circle is drawn around Toronto. This explains a lot.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by Mhc1985

The Sun’s article you posted says 9.58 per capita according to YouGov, this figure looks a bit more reliable than Agoda’s IMO. Still likely one of the biggest in the world, only possibly challenged by other European countries (i.e. Luxembourg). Anyway, I’m not sure if all ages are represented, as children for instance would obviously pull down the numbers.

Yet the bulk of the international destinations are made up by nearby countries, as expected. There are about 27 countries within a 1500 km radius from London… but just Canada and the USA if the same circle is drawn around Toronto. This explains a lot.

I wonder if there’s a site that compiles the stats for each country. Maybe we can start posting recent stats for countries that do have such with a link and that can at least get a lower bound. Just getting stats for India and China alone would go a long way towards setting a lower bound.

[deneb78]

I agree it also has a lot to do with how big of a country you were born into and also if you live near a border area. For example, a poor person who lives in Buffalo, NY is much more likely to have visited Canada than a poor person in Arkansas. I think this also applies to the developing world too. A person who lives in Kinshasa D.R. Congo is much more likely to visit Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo than someone who lives in Kisangani.

It's also likely to find a much higher percentage of international travel in small countries like Luxembourg and Eswatini than in larger countries like Brazil and India.

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by Mhc1985

The Sun’s article you posted says 9.58 per capita according to YouGov, this figure looks a bit more reliable than Agoda’s IMO. Still likely one of the biggest in the world, only possibly challenged by other European countries (i.e. Luxembourg). Anyway, I’m not sure if all ages are represented, as children for instance would obviously pull down the numbers.

Yet the bulk of the international destinations are made up by nearby countries, as expected. There are about 27 countries within a 1500 km radius from London… but just Canada and the USA if the same circle is drawn around Toronto. This explains a lot.

YouGov is a British international Internet-based market research and data analytics firm and is no more credible than Agoda.

Furthermore the 4th most visited country by Britons is not European it's the USA.

The British love the USA and Canada.

Australia and New Zealand are a long way way, otherwise they would be up there with the USA.

[wikiwikirunner]

Originally Posted by deneb78

I agree it also has a lot to do with how big of a country you were born into and also if you live near a border area. For example, a poor person who lives in Buffalo, NY is much more likely to have visited Canada than a poor person in Arkansas. I think this also applies to the developing world too. A person who lives in Kinshasa D.R. Congo is much more likely to visit Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo than someone who lives in Kisangani.

It's also likely to find a much higher percentage of international travel in small countries like Luxembourg and Eswatini than in larger countries like Brazil and India.

Can confirm. I grew up in one of the most redneck little towns in the greater Buffalo Area (rural Niagara County) and nearly everyone in my high school had been to Canada, at least once, especially before the days when you needed a passport to cross the border. Even my brother who is.. err, how do we put this.. a strong proponent of the stars and stripes has been to Canada on at least one occasion.

[masssachoicetts]

Ive been to over 25

But the average is close to, 2.5

[saibot]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Ive been to over 25

But the average is close to, 2.5

And how did you come up with that figure?

[boxus]

Originally Posted by deneb78

If we were to do a census for everyone in the world and ask them how many countries they have been to including their birth country, what average would we get? Let's include refugees and migrants in this count as well.

I think like 0.5 countries or something close.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by boxus

I think like 0.5 countries or something close.

Well.. you have to be in atleast 1 lol