Applying the US average of 5.3 trips as an indication of skewed demand, 823 million international trips involved only 155 million unique air travellers, or 2% of the world population (world population of 7.594 billion).
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While it's hard to measure just how many people travelled in 2019, a rough estimate would be about 1.46 billion, which means that every fifth person in the world travelled in 2019. The most popular destination for travelling in 2019 was Tokyo, Japan.
For those counting, that's 193 UN-recognized nations, plus two observer states and two more countries that Binsky visited for good measure (his total country count is 197). To date, only about 250 people have visited every country in the world.
well traveled adjective (PERSON)(of a person) having been to many different places, especially to many different countries: He was well traveled, spending at least a decade in the United States and in Europe, before settling in Dublin.
The Least-Visited Country in the World: TuvaluAccording to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the remote Pacific island country Tuvalu is the least-visited country globally.
For those counting, that's 193 UN-recognized nations, plus two observer states and two more countries that Binsky visited for good measure (his total country count is 197). To date, only about 250 people have visited every country in the world.
Danish traveler Torbjorn Pedersen says he is the first person to visit every country in the world — without flying. It's a feat that took 10 years to accomplish — with average costs of around $20 a day, he said.
Globally, few people fly regularly. Less than 20 percent of people have ever flown, according to the report, and only five to 10 percent of the world's population flies in any year.