Cuba
Cuba is one of the 193 UN member states, in Caribbean. UN Tourism counted 4.3 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 61% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 4.3 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 78th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 39%
- Area
- 110,280 km² (42,579 sq mi)
- Population
- 11.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 17in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 15with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 9on Globestamp’s list
Does Cuba count as a country?
Yes. Cuba 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 Cuba? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Cuba |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Cuba stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Cuba’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 4.3 million international arrivals in 2019, Cuba is more visited than 61% 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 Cuba
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 Cuba 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 Cuba 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 Cuba, from 9 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 9
Alexander von Humboldt National Park (2001) · Viñales Valley (1999) · Desembarco del Granma National Park (1999) · Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca (1997) · Archaeological Landscape of the First Coffee Plantations in the South-East of Cuba (2000) · Historic Centre of Cienfuegos (2005) · Historic Centre of Camagüey · Old Havana and its Fortification System · Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios (1988). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Alexander von Humboldt National Park · Desembarco del Granma National Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Acuario Nacional de Cuba. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos · Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Havana | 2,174,000 |
| Santiago de Cuba | 555,865 |
| Camagüey | 347,562 |
| Holguín | 319,102 |
| Guantánamo | 272,801 |
| Santa Clara | 250,512 |
| Las Tunas | 203,684 |
| Bayamo | 192,632 |
Airports
Cuba has 15 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).
17 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Cuba into 17 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 17
Artemisa · Camagüey · Ciego de Ávila · Cienfuegos · Granma · Guantánamo · Havana · Holguín · Isla de la Juventud · Las Tunas · Matanzas · Mayabeque · Pinar del Río · Sancti Spíritus · Santiago de Cuba · USNB, Guantanamo Bay · Villa Clara
Questions people ask
Is Cuba a country?
Yes. Cuba 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 Cuba a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 4,276,000 international arrivals in Cuba in 2019, the 78th 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 Cuba stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 39% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Cuba count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Cuba”, one of its 330 destinations.
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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.