Date |
Country |
Cities visited |
Host |
29–30 November 1953 |
Panama |
Panama City |
President Remón[8] |
1 May 1954 |
Libya |
Tobruk |
King Idris[9] |
24–26 June 1955 |
Norway |
Oslo |
King Haakon VII |
8–10 June 1956 |
Sweden |
Stockholm |
King Gustaf VI Adolf[10] |
18–21 February 1957 |
Portugal |
Lisbon |
President Lopes |
8–11 April 1957 |
France |
Paris, Lille[11] |
President Coty |
21–23 May 1957 |
Denmark |
Copenhagen |
King Frederick IX |
17-20 October 1957 |
United States[12][13][14] |
New York City, Washington, D.C. |
President Eisenhower |
25–27 March 1958 |
Netherlands |
Amsterdam, Delft, Rotterdam, The Hague[15][16][17] |
Queen Juliana |
26 February – 1 March 1961 |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
King Mahendra |
2–6 March 1961 |
Iran |
Tehran, Isfahan, Persepolis[18] |
Shah Pahlavi |
2–5 May 1961 |
Italy |
Rome, Naples, Venice, Florence, Turin[19][20] |
President Gronchi |
5 May 1961 |
Vatican City |
|
Pope John XXIII |
23 November 1961 |
Liberia |
Monrovia |
President Tubman |
1–8 February 1965 |
Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa, Asmara, Gondar[21] |
Emperor Haile Selassie |
8–12 February 1965 |
Sudan |
Khartoum, Al-Ubayyid[22] |
President al-Mahi |
18–28 May 1965 |
West Germany |
Bonn, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne[23][24][25][26] |
President Lübke |
27 May 1965 |
West Berlin |
West Berlin[27] |
Mayor Brandt |
9–13 May 1966 |
Belgium |
Brussels, Antwerp[28] |
King Baudouin |
5–11 November 1968 |
Brazil |
Recife, Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro[29] |
President Costa e Silva |
11–18 November 1968 |
Chile |
Santiago, Valparaíso[30] |
President Frei |
5–10 May 1969 |
Austria |
Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck |
President Jonas |
18–25 October 1971 |
Turkey |
Ankara, Izmir, Istanbul, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Gallipoli[31] |
President Sunay |
10–15 February 1972 |
Thailand |
Bangkok |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
13–14 March 1972 |
Maldives |
Malé, Gan |
President Nasir |
15–19 May 1972 |
France |
Paris |
President Pompidou |
17–21 October 1972 |
Yugoslavia |
Belgrade, Dubrovnik, Zagreb[32][33][34] |
President Tito |
15–22 March 1974 |
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
President Suharto |
24 February – 1 March 1975 |
Mexico |
Mexico City, Cozumel, Oaxaca, Mérida, Tizimín, Veracruz[35] |
President Echeverría |
7–12 May 1975 |
Japan |
Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Ise[36][37][38] |
Emperor Hirohito |
25–28 May 1976 |
Finland |
Helsinki |
President Kekkonen |
6–11 July 1976 |
United States |
Philadelphia, Washington, New York, New Haven, Charlottesville, Providence, Boston[39] |
President Ford |
8–12 November 1976 |
Luxembourg |
|
Grand Duke Jean |
10 February 1977 |
Western Samoa |
Apia |
Malietoa Tanumafili II |
22–26 May 1978 |
West Germany |
Bonn, Mainz, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Kiel[40][41] |
President Scheel |
26 May 1978 |
West Berlin |
West Berlin[40][41][42] |
Mayor Stobbe |
12–14 February 1979 |
Kuwait |
Kuwait City |
Emir Jaber III |
14–17 February 1979 |
Bahrain |
|
Emir Isa |
17–20 February 1979 |
Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh, Dhahran[43] |
King Khalid |
21–24 February 1979 |
Qatar |
|
Emir Khalifa |
24–27 February 1979 |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi, Dubai[43] |
Emir Zayed |
28 February – 2 March 1979 |
Oman |
Muscat,[44] Nizwa[45] |
Sultan Qaboos |
16 May 1979 |
Denmark |
Copenhagen, Aalborg[46] |
Queen Margrethe II |
19–22 July 1979 |
Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Zanzibar City[47] |
President Nyerere |
22–25 July 1979 |
Malawi |
Lilongwe, Blantyre[48] |
President Banda |
25–27 July 1979 |
Botswana |
Gaborone[49] |
President Khama |
27 July – 4 August 1979 |
Zambia |
Lusaka, Luangwa[50] |
President Kaunda |
29 April – 2 May 1980 |
Switzerland |
Zurich, Basel[51] |
President Chevallaz |
14–17 October 1980 |
Italy |
Rome, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Palermo[52] |
President Pertini |
17 October 1980 |
Vatican City |
Pope John Paul II |
21–23 October 1980 |
Tunisia |
Tunis, Borj El Amri[53] |
President Bourguiba |
25–27 October 1980 |
Algeria |
Algiers |
President Chadli |
27–30 October 1980 |
Morocco |
Rabat, Marrakech, Casablanca[54] |
King Hassan II |
5–8 May 1981 |
Norway |
Oslo |
King Olav V |
21–25 October 1981 |
Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
President Jayewardene |
17–22 February 1983 |
Mexico[55] |
Acapulco, Lázaro Cárdenas, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz[56] |
President de la Madrid |
26 February – 6 March 1983 |
United States |
San Diego, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Sierra Madre, Duarte, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Sacramento, Stanford, Palo Alto, Yosemite, Seattle[57] |
President Reagan |
25–28 May 1983 |
Sweden |
Stockholm, Gothenburg[58] |
King Carl XVI Gustaf |
10–14 November 1983 |
Kenya |
Nairobi, Thika, Nyeri[59] |
President Moi |
14–17 November 1983 |
Bangladesh |
Dhaka, Bairagir Chala[60] |
President Chowdhury |
17–26 November 1983 |
India |
New Delhi, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Poona, Devar Yamjal[61] |
President Singh |
26–30 March 1984 |
Jordan |
Amman, Petra, Aqaba[62] |
King Hussein |
25–29 March 1985 |
Portugal |
Lisbon, Evora, Oporto[63] |
President Eanes |
17–21 February 1986 |
Nepal |
Kathmandu |
King Birendra |
12–18 October 1986 |
People's Republic of China |
Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Kunming, Canton[64] |
President Li |
26–27 May 1987 |
West Germany |
|
President von Weizsäcker[65] |
4–5 July 1988 |
Netherlands |
The Hague, Amsterdam |
Queen Beatrix[66] |
17–21 October 1988 |
Spain |
Madrid, Seville, Barcelona, Majorca[67] |
King Juan Carlos |
9–11 October 1989 |
Singapore |
President Wee |
14–17 October 1989 |
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Azlan Shah |
25–27 June 1990 |
Iceland |
Reykjavík |
President Finnbogadóttir |
23 November 1990 |
Germany |
Bonn, Weeze |
President von Weizsäcker[68] |
14–26 May 1991 |
United States |
Washington, Arlington, Baltimore, Miami, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Saint Louis [69] |
President George H. W. Bush |
8–10 October 1991 |
Namibia |
Windhoek, Oshakati[70] |
President Nujoma |
10–15 October 1991 |
Zimbabwe |
Harare |
President Mugabe |
8–10 May 1992 |
Malta |
|
President Tabone |
9–12 June 1992 |
France |
Paris, Blois, Bordeaux[71] |
President Mitterrand |
19–23 October 1992 |
Germany |
Bonn, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden[72] |
President von Weizsäcker |
4–7 May 1993 |
Hungary |
Budapest, Kecskemét, Bugac[73] |
President Göncz |
7 August 1993 |
Belgium |
Brussels (for King Baudouin's funerals) |
Albert, the Prince of Liège[74] |
6 May 1994 |
France |
Calais |
President Mitterrand[75] |
17–20 October 1994 |
Russia |
Moscow, St. Petersburg[76] |
President Yeltsin |
19–25 March 1995 |
South Africa |
Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth[77] |
President Mandela |
25–27 March 1996 |
Poland |
Warsaw |
President Kwaśniewski |
27–29 March 1996 |
Czech Republic |
Prague, Brno[78] |
President Havel |
28 October – 1 November 1996 |
Thailand |
Bangkok, Ayutthaya[79] |
King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
6–12 October 1997 |
Pakistan |
Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Murree[80] |
President Leghari |
12–18 October 1997 |
India |
New Delhi, Amritsar, Chennai, Kochi[80] |
President Narayanan |
17–20 September 1998 |
Brunei |
Bandar Seri Begawan |
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah |
20–23 September 1998 |
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
Yang di-Pertuan Agong Jaafar |
11 November 1998 |
Belgium |
Ypres[81] |
King Albert II[82] |
19–22 April 1999 |
South Korea |
Seoul, Andong[83] |
President Kim Dae-jung |
16–19 October 2000 |
Italy |
Rome, Milan[84] |
President Ciampi |
17 October 2000 |
Vatican City |
Pope John Paul II |
30 May – 1 June 2001 |
Norway |
Oslo |
King Harald V |
5–7 April 2004 |
France |
Paris, Toulouse[85] |
President Chirac |
2 November 2004 |
Germany |
Berlin, Potsdam,[86] Düsseldorf[87] |
President Köhler |
16–17 October 2006 |
Lithuania |
Vilnius[88] |
President Adamkus |
18–19 October 2006 |
Latvia |
Riga[88] |
President Vike-Freiberga |
19–20 October 2006 |
Estonia |
Tallinn[88] |
President Ilves |
5 February 2007 |
Netherlands |
The Hague, Amsterdam[89] |
Queen Beatrix |
3–8 May 2007 |
United States |
Washington, Richmond, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Lexington, Louisville, Greenbelt[90] |
President George W. Bush |
11–12 July 2007 |
Belgium |
Brussels, Ypres, Laeken,[91] Wavre[92] |
King Albert II |
13–16 May 2008 |
Turkey |
Ankara, Istanbul, Bursa[31] |
President Gül |
21–22 October 2008 |
Slovenia |
Ljubljana, Kranj[93] |
President Türk |
23–24 October 2008 |
Slovakia |
Bratislava, Starý Smokovec, Hrebienok, Poprad[94] |
President Gašparovič |
24–25 November 2010 |
United Arab Emirates |
Abu Dhabi |
Emir Khalifa |
25–28 November 2010 |
Oman |
Muscat |
Sultan Qaboos |
17–20 May 2011 |
Ireland |
Dublin, Kildare, Cashel, Cork[95] |
President McAleese |
3 April 2014 |
Italy |
Rome |
President Napolitano |
3 April 2014 |
Vatican City |
Pope Francis |
5–7 June 2014 |
France |
Paris, Bayeux, Ouistreham[96] |
President Hollande |
23–26 June 2015 |
Germany[97] |
Berlin, Frankfurt, Celle[98] |
President Gauck |