I’ve done these for the past few years. I think of it as a way to measure my growth and how much I’ve covered. It’s a long project, so it’s nice to know where I’ve been around the world so far. We’re heading into the home stretch. Only two more years to go! Enjoy!
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In 2017, I started with Nauru and ended with Rwanda.
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At the end of 2017, I completed the 142nd country for this blog. I
did go back and add in the three countries that are not part of the UN at the
end, so this now makes me 72% finished with this project.
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Of all the countries I have completed so far,
39 (27.46%) have been in Africa
38 (26.76%) have been in Europe
17 (11.97%) have been in Asia
11 (7.75%) have been in the Middle East
10 (7.04%) have been in Oceania
9 (6.34%) have been in the Caribbean
9 (6.34%) have been in South America
7 (4.93%) have been in Central America
2 (1.41%) has been in North America
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Of the 142 countries I have completed so far, 349 languages are represented in
some capacity, either as an official language or at some kind of
national/regional/vernacular level. Here are the ones who hold some level of
status in three or more countries.
English: 47
French: 34
Arabic: 20
Spanish: 19
German: 13
Russian: 10
Croatian: 8
Romany/Romani: 8
Armenian: 7
Portuguese: 7
Ukrainian: 7
Albanian: 6
Serbian: 6
Bulgarian: 5
Greek: 5
Italian: 5
Swahili: 5
Garifuna: 4
Hungarian: 4
Turkish: 4
Azerbaijani: 3
Belarusian: 3
Berber (Tamazight): 3
Danish: 3
Fula: 3
Occitan: 3
Polish: 3
Romanian: 3
Rusyn: 3
Slovak: 3
Slovene/Slovenian: 3
Tatar: 3
Urdu: 3
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As of December 31, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. EST, I have had a total of 528,970 pageviews
(an increase of 145,356 from this time last year) and have been read by at
least one person in 170 countries (an increase of 5 countries). I have posted
636 blog posts (an increase of 91 posts) since I started in February 2012 and
now have 27 followers (I gained 5 more followers this year).
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Here are the top ten countries based on the number of pageviews (of all time):
1. United States
2. Russia
3. Philippines
5. Canada (number 5 last
year)
4. United Kingdom (number 4 last year)
6.
Germany
7. France
8. Ukraine
9. Australia
10. India
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If everything goes as planned for 2018 (which may or may not happen), I will
start with Saint Kitts & Nevis and end with Switzerland.
Have
a happy new year!
