Croatia
Croatia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Europe. UN Tourism counted 60 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 96% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 60 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 9th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 4%
- Area
- 54,894 km² (21,194 sq mi)
- Population
- 4.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Countys
- 20in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 8with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 7on Globestamp’s list
Does Croatia count as a country?
Yes. Croatia 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 Croatia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Croatia |
| European Union | Yes, a member state |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 1 January 2023 |
The Croatia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Croatia’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 60 million international arrivals in 2019, Croatia is more visited than 96% 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 Croatia
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 Croatia 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 Croatia 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 Croatia, from 7 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 7
Plitvice Lakes National Park (1979) · Euphrasian Basilica (1997) · Šibenik Cathedral (2000) · Stari Grad Plain (2008) · Old city (Dubrovnik) (1979) · Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian (1979) · Historic City of Trogir (1997). On the bucket list →
National parks 5
Plitvice Lakes National Park · Krka National Park · Paklenica · Northern Velebit National Park · Risnjak National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Walls of Dubrovnik. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Jabuka. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 2
Platak · Sljeme Ski Resort. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 1
Dingač. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 5
Zagreb Zoo · Osijek Zoo and Aquarium · Bizik family Zoo · Kuterevo and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 6
Trsteno Arboretum · Zagreb Botanical Garden · Opeka Arboretum · American gardens, Opatija and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Zagreb | 722,526 |
| Split | 214,741 |
| Rijeka | 170,992 |
| Slavonski Brod | 97,718 |
| Osijek | 95,077 |
| Zadar | 71,258 |
| Pula | 61,599 |
| Karlovac | 55,063 |
Airports
Croatia has 8 airports with scheduled flights, 6 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 countys to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Croatia into 20 countys (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 20
Bjelovar-Bilogora · Brod-Posavina · Dubrovnik-Neretva · Istria · Karlovac · Koprivnica-Križevci · Krapina-Zagorje · Lika-Senj · Međimurje · Osijek-Baranja · Primorje-Gorski · Šibenik-Knin · Sisak-Moslavina · Split-Dalmatia · Varaždin · Virovitica-Podravina · Vukovar-Syrmia · Zadar · Zagreb · Zagreb
Questions people ask
Is Croatia a country?
Yes. Croatia 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 Croatia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 60,021,000 international arrivals in Croatia in 2019, the 9th 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 Croatia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 4% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Croatia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Croatia”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Croatia
Near Croatia
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.