The papacy of John Paul II was one of superlatives. Among his achievements:

Number of overseas trips: 104

Number of trips inside Italy: 146

Number of cities visited: 876

Number of foreign countries visited: 129

Number of speeches given on the road: 3,288

Time on the road: 822 days

Percentage of the papacy spent traveling: 18.65 percent

Miles traveled: 773,520

Miles traveled expressed in number of times around the world: 31.19

Number of people beatified: 1,345

Number of saints made: 483

Number of heads of state and prime ministers met in audiences: 803

Number of general audiences: 1,160

Number of pilgrims met in audiences: 17,642,800

Number of cardinals named: 232

Number of encyclicals: 14