However, only the United States (both via NASA and private businesses), Russia and China currently have the ability to send people into space.
And here’s another interesting fact:
People trained for spaceflight are called astronauts (American or other), cosmonauts (Russian), or taikonauts (Chinese); and non-professionals are referred to as spaceflight participants or spacefarers.
Below is the full list of when each country had their first citizen sent into space. You can also see a List of space travelers by nationality here.
