Brazil
Brazil is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 6.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 69% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 6.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 62nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 31%
- Area
- 8,504,975 km² (3,283,787 sq mi)
- Population
- 211 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 27in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 129with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 25on Globestamp’s list
Does Brazil count as a country?
Yes. Brazil 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 Brazil? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Brazil |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Brazil stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Brazil’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 6.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Brazil is more visited than 69% 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 Brazil
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 Brazil 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 Brazil 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 Brazil, from 25 World Heritage Sites to 2 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 25
Lençóis Maranhenses National Park (2024) · Serra da Capivara National Park (1991) · Iguaçu National Park (1986) · Valongo Wharf (2017) · Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park (2025) · Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos (1985) · Pampulha Modern Ensemble (2016) · São Francisco Square (2010) · Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (1999) · Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (2021) and 15 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 9
Jaú National Park · Lençóis Maranhenses National Park · Serra da Capivara National Park · Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park · Iguaçu National Park · Emas National Park · Tumucumaque National Park · Tijuca National Park and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Christ the Redeemer · Sugarloaf Mountain. On the bucket list →
Wonders of the world 1
Christ the Redeemer. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 2
Pico do Cabugi · Nova Iguaçu Volcano. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 9
Beto Carrero World · Hopi Hari · Mirabilandia · Cidade da Criança · Cacau Park · Guanabara Park and 3 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 27
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi · São Paulo Zoo · Parque das Aves · Municipal Zoological Park Quinzinho de Barros and 23 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 16
Botanical Garden of Curitiba · Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden · Sítio Roberto Burle Marx · Inhotim and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 10
Museum of Tomorrow · Museu da Vida Fiocruz · Carmo Planetarium · Planetário de Brasília and 6 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Brazil
Globestamp’s calendar knows New Year's Eve on Copacabana (Copacabana and Leme beaches, Rio de Janeiro), Rio Carnival (Sambódromo and the city of Rio de Janeiro): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| São Paulo | 18,845,000 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 11,748,000 |
| Belo Horizonte | 5,575,000 |
| Porto Alegre | 3,917,000 |
| Brasília | 3,716,996 |
| Recife | 3,651,000 |
| Fortaleza | 3,602,319 |
| Salvador | 3,484,000 |
Airports
Brazil has 129 airports with scheduled flights, 28 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).
27 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Brazil into 27 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 27
Acre · Alagoas · Amapá · Amazonas · Bahia · Ceará · Espírito Santo · Federal · Goiás · Maranhão · Mato Grosso · Mato Grosso do Sul · Minas Gerais · Pará · Paraíba · Paraná · Pernambuco · Piauí · Rio de Janeiro · Rio Grande do Norte · Rio Grande do Sul · Rondônia · Roraima · Santa Catarina · São Paulo · Sergipe · Tocantins
Questions people ask
Is Brazil a country?
Yes. Brazil 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 Brazil a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 6,353,000 international arrivals in Brazil in 2019, the 62nd 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 Brazil stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 31% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Brazil count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Brazil”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Brazil
Near Brazil
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.