Ecuador
Ecuador is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 2.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 51% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 99th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 50%
- Area
- 256,151 km² (98,900 sq mi)
- Population
- 17.4 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 24in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 15with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 4on Globestamp’s list
Does Ecuador count as a country?
Yes. Ecuador 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 Ecuador? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Ecuador stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Ecuador’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 2.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Ecuador is more visited than 51% 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 Ecuador
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 Ecuador 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 Ecuador 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 Ecuador, from 4 World Heritage Sites to 36 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 4
Sangay National Park (1983) · Historic Center of Quito (1978) · Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca (1999) · Galápagos Islands (1978). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Sangay National Park · Yasuni National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 36
Chimborazo · Cotopaxi volcano · Tungurahua volcano · Sangay volcano · Cayambe · Pichincha Volcano and 30 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Vulqano Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Wiwa Quito. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Quito Botanical Gardens · Atocha-La Liria Botanical Garden · Botanical garden of Portoviejo. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Guayaquil | 2,514,000 |
| Quito | 1,701,000 |
| Cuenca | 286,878 |
| Ambato | 281,425 |
| Portoviejo | 213,601 |
| Machala | 213,034 |
| Manta | 183,166 |
| Sangolquí | 178,582 |
Airports
Ecuador has 15 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).
24 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Ecuador into 24 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 24
Azuay · Bolívar · Cañar · Carchi · Chimborazo · Cotopaxi · El Oro · Esmeraldas · Galápagos · Guayas · Imbabura · Loja · Los Ríos · Manabí · Morona-Santiago · Napo · Orellana · Pastaza · Pichincha · Santa Elena · Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas · Sucumbíos · Tungurahua · Zamora Chinchipe
Questions people ask
Is Ecuador a country?
Yes. Ecuador 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 Ecuador a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,108,000 international arrivals in Ecuador in 2019, the 99th 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 Ecuador stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 50% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Ecuador count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Ecuador, and counts Galapagos Islands as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Ecuador
Near Ecuador
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.