Bhutan
Bhutan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Asia. UN Tourism counted 316,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 83% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 316,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 165th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 83%
- Area
- 40,488 km² (15,632 sq mi)
- Population
- 763,000Natural Earth estimate
- Districts
- 20in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 3with scheduled flights
Does Bhutan count as a country?
Yes. Bhutan 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 Bhutan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Bhutan |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Bhutan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Bhutan’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 316,000 international arrivals in 2019, Bhutan is rarer than 83% 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 Bhutan
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 Bhutan 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 Bhutan 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 Bhutan.
National parks 1
Jigme Dorji National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Paro Taktsang. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Royal Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Events in Bhutan
Total solar eclipses over Bhutan that the app knows: 22 July 2009. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Thimphu | 98,676 |
Airports
Bhutan has 3 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
20 districts to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Bhutan into 20 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 20
Bumthang · Chukha · Dagana · Gasa · Geylegphug · Haa · Lhuntse · Mongar · Paro · Pemagatshel · Punakha · Samdrup Jongkhar · Samtse · Thimphu · Trashigang · Trashiyangtse · Trongsa · Tsirang · Wangdue Phodrang · Zhemgang
Questions people ask
Is Bhutan a country?
Yes. Bhutan 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 Bhutan a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 316,000 international arrivals in Bhutan in 2019, the 165th 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 Bhutan stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 83% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Bhutan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Bhutan”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Bhutan
Near Bhutan
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.