East Timor
East Timor is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 75,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 94% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 75,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 188th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 94%
- Area
- 15,145 km² (5,848 sq mi)
- Population
- 1.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- District|Regenciess
- 13in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
Does East Timor count as a country?
Yes. East Timor 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 East Timor? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Timor-Leste |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The East Timor stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. East Timor’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 75,000 international arrivals in 2019, East Timor is rarer than 94% 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 East Timor
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 East Timor 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.
Events in East Timor
Total solar eclipses over East Timor that the app knows: 20 April 2023. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Dili | 234,331 |
Airports
East Timor has 4 airports with scheduled flights, 2 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).
13 district|regenciess to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits East Timor into 13 district|regenciess (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 13
Aileu · Ainaro · Baucau · Bobonaro · Cova Lima · Dili · Ermera · Lautém · Liquiçá · Manatuto · Manufahi · Oe-Cusse Ambeno · Viqueque
Questions people ask
Is East Timor a country?
Yes. East Timor 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 East Timor a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 74,800 international arrivals in East Timor in 2019, the 188th 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 East Timor stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 94% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does East Timor count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Timor-Leste”, 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.