Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is one of the 193 UN member states, in Caribbean. UN Tourism counted 7.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 72% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 7.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 56th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 28%
- Area
- 48,590 km² (18,760 sq mi)
- Population
- 10.7 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 32in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 8with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 1on Globestamp’s list
Does the Dominican Republic count as a country?
Yes. The Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Dominican Republic |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Dominican Republic stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Dominican Republic’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 7.5 million international arrivals in 2019, the Dominican Republic is more visited than 72% 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 the Dominican Republic
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 the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic, from 1 World Heritage Site.
World Heritage Sites 1
Colonial City of Santo Domingo (1990). On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso National Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 2,154,000 |
| Santiago | 1,550,753 |
| San Pedro de Macorís | 217,899 |
| La Romana | 208,437 |
| La Vega | 163,197 |
| San Cristóbal | 154,040 |
| San Francisco de Macorís | 152,538 |
| Higuey | 123,787 |
Airports
The Dominican Republic has 8 airports with scheduled flights, 4 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).
32 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Dominican Republic into 32 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 32
Azua · Baoruco · Barahona · Dajabón · Duarte · El Seibo · Espaillat · Hato Mayor · Hermanas Mirabal · Independencia · La Altagracia · La Estrelleta · La Romana · La Vega · María Trinidad Sánchez · Monseñor Nouel · Monte Cristi · Monte Plata · Nacional · Pedernales · Peravia · Puerto Plata · Samaná · San Cristóbal · San José de Ocoa · San Juan · San Pedro de Macorís · Sánchez Ramírez · Santiago · Santiago Rodríguez · Santo Domingo · Valverde
Questions people ask
Is the Dominican Republic a country?
Yes. The Dominican Republic 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 the Dominican Republic a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 7,550,000 international arrivals in the Dominican Republic in 2019, the 56th 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 Dominican Republic stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 28% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Dominican Republic count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Dominican Republic”, 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.