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People standing in a circle holding out passport books of various countries.Filipino passportArmenian passportFilipino passportIndonesian passportGreek passportTaiwanese passportSingaporean passportJapanese passportSouth African passportCanadian passportTurkish passportMalaysian passportJordanian passport
Annotated image of a group of people displaying their passports at an international conference.

A passport is a booklet issued by countries to their citizens, permitting the person to travel to other countries. In some cases countries issue travel documents similar to passports to their residents. International organizations also issue travel documents, usually called laissez-passer, to their staff. This article shows images of the various passports currently issued.

Contemporary ordinary passports

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Colors of ordinary passport covers across the world

Special cases

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Passports where the captioned country is shown in italics are issued either by territories with extremely limited recognition of their passports or by states that are neither member states of the United Nations nor United Nations non-member observer states.

However, even though Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations with only 14 countries, its "Republic of China (Taiwan) Passport" is still accepted as a valid travel document in most countries of the world. Although its passport enjoys (for nationals with rights of abode in Taiwan) visa-free (or visa on arrival access) status in 137 countries, ranking the ordinary Taiwanese passport 29th in the world (tied with Uruguay) according to the Visa Restrictions Index,[1] some countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Jamaica and Mauritius, pursuant to their positions on Taiwan's political status, refuse to visé or stamp Taiwan passports, and instead issue visas on a separate travel document or a separate piece of paper to Taiwanese travellers to avoid conveying any kind of recognition to Taiwan as a polity distinct from the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Africa

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Passports of African countries
Image Passport HPI (2024)[2] Biometric?[3] Description
Rank # visa-free
Algeria Algeria
84
55
 Yes The text "People's Democratic Republic of Algeria" in three languages: Arabic (الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية), French (Republique algerienne democratique et populaire),[A] and English; the emblem of Algeria; and the word "passport" in Arabic (جواز السفر), French (passeport), and English.
Benin Benin
76
64
 Yes
Cape Verde Cape Verde
71
69
 No
Chad Chad
86
53
 No
Cameroon Cameroon
89
50
 Yes
Djibouti Djibouti
90
49
 Yes[B]
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo
91
46
 Yes
Egypt Egypt
87
52
 Yes
Eritrea Eritrea
95
42
 No
Eswatini Eswatini
64
77
 No
Ethiopia Ethiopia
91
46
 No
Gabon Gabon
80
60
 No
Ghana Ghana
72
68
 Yes
Guinea Guinea
81
59
 Yes
Kenya Kenya
66
75
 Yes
Libya Libya
98
39
 No
Mauritania Mauritania
83
57
 Yes
Morocco Morocco
68
72
 Yes

North and Central America

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South America

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Asia

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Europe

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Oceania

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International organizations and sovereign subjects of international law

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Contemporary diplomatic passports

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Types

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Special passports

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Not granting a right of abode

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Certain passports do not, without additional endorsement, confer the right of abode anywhere and have varying international acceptance for travel:

Travel documents issued to non-nationals

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Common design passport groups

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The original term république algérienne démocratique et populaire is rendered without diacritics on the passport.
  2. ^ Although Djibouti is not listed by the International Civil Aviation Organization as having biometric passports,[3] they were introduced circa 2018.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Global Ranking - Visa Restriction Index 2016" (PDF). Henley & Partners. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. ^ "The Henley Passport Index: 2024 Global Ranking" (PDF). Henley Passport Index. Henley & Partners. July 23, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ICAO PKD Participants". International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "Notice for the New Djiboutian Biometric passport". Embassy of Djibouti, Washington, D.C. June 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  5. ^ PRADO documentation for British National (Overseas) passports accessed 14 March 2016
  6. ^ PRADO documentation for British Subject passports accessed 14 March 2016
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