You are right. The current blockchain is over 220k blocks.
Hover the mouse down near the bottom right icons in the window. One of the icons will tell you how many connections you have to the bitcoin network. If this number is very low (it should be about
, then go to
this page (bitcoin wiki) to view the list of fallback nodes. Then open your bitcoin client and open the debug console (menu -> help -> debug window -> console) and there type in:
addnode add
This tells your client to try to connect to that node. Do this for several nodes until you reach 8 connections.
On the other hand, if you already have enough connections to the bitcoin network, then the problems might be:
1. did you download the correct blockchain? The torrent should have many peers. You should also verify the PGP signatures on the blockchain you downloaded.
2. is your network connection very slow?
3. are you using old hardware, or maybe is your bitcoin installation on a USB disk over an old USB V1 port?