Belarus
Belarus is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Europe. UN Tourism counted 11.8 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 80% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 11.8 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 40th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 20%
- Area
- 206,633 km² (79,781 sq mi)
- Population
- 9.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 7in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does Belarus count as a country?
Yes. Belarus is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
| List | Counts Belarus? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Belarus |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Belarus stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Belarus’s is Foil: a hot-stamped foil block in the ink’s own colour, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year. With 11.8 million international arrivals in 2019, Belarus is more visited than 80% of the 199 places with figures. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Belarus
The common rule among travelers is that you set foot there: an airport layover usually doesn’t count, and a port where you went ashore does. Globestamp counts Belarus when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. Photos only at an airport make a transit stamp in lighter ink, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Places in Belarus you can collect
Under the country itself, Globestamp keeps layers of places on your globe, and a photo taken at one ticks it. These are the ones it knows in Belarus, from 2 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 2
Mir Castle Complex (2000) · Architectural, Residential and Cultural Complex of the Radziwill Family at Nesvizh (2005). On the bucket list →
National parks 3
Belavezhskaya Pushcha National Park · Braslaw Lakes National Park · Narachanski National Park. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Silichy. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 3
Minsk Zoo · Grodno Zoo · Mogilyov Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 5
Central Botanical Garden, Minsk · Gilibert Park · Botanical Garden of the Belarusian State Agriculture Academy · Hlybokaje Arboretum and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
Planetarium in Minsk. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Minsk | 1,805,000 |
| Homyel | 480,951 |
| Mahilyow | 369,200 |
| Vitsyebsk | 342,700 |
| Hrodna | 317,365 |
| Brest | 300,715 |
| Babruysk | 220,517 |
| Baranavichy | 168,772 |
Airports
Belarus has 4 airports with scheduled flights, 2 of them large. Each is a dot on Globestamp’s airports layer, and every flight you log adds to how far you’ve flown (try the flight distance calculator).
7 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Belarus into 7 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 7
Brest · Gomel · Grodno · Mahilioŭ · Minsk · Minsk · Vitebsk
Questions people ask
Is Belarus a country?
Yes. Belarus is one of the 193 UN member states, so every common list counts it: the UN’s 193, Globestamp’s 250 and the Travelers’ Century Club’s 330.
How many tourists visit Belarus a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 11,832,000 international arrivals in Belarus in 2019, the 40th most of the 199 places with figures. Countries count arrivals in different ways (some include day-trippers and cruise passengers), so treat it as a rough rank rather than an exact number of tourists.
How rare is a Belarus stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 20% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Belarus count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Belarus”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Belarus
Near Belarus
Sources
- Countries, cities and regions: Natural Earth 10m admin-0 (public domain); lists as of October 2026.
- Visitors: UN Tourism via the World Bank, ST.INT.ARVL (International tourism, number of arrivals), CC BY 4.0, data updated 2026-10-08. Each country's latest year before 2020. Countries count visitors differently; use as a rough rank.
- World Heritage Sites, parks, landmarks and the bucket-list places: Wikidata (CC0), as compiled in the app, October 2026.
- Airports: OurAirports (public domain), airports with scheduled service.
- Travelers’ Century Club: the club’s list of 330 destinations, as of January 2022.