Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, in Northern America. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.
- Stamp finish
- Prismplaced by estimate
- Area
- 2,137,888 km² (825,442 sq mi)
- Population
- 56,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 5in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 13with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Greenland count as a country?
It depends on the list. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)”.
| List | Counts Greenland? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Greenland belongs to Denmark, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Faroe Islands.
The Greenland stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Greenland’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Greenland, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Greenland
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 Greenland 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 Greenland 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 Greenland, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Ilulissat Icefjord (2004) · Kujataa (2017) · Aasivissuit–Nipisat (2018). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Northeast Greenland National Park. On the bucket list →
Events in Greenland
Total solar eclipses over Greenland that the app knows: 1 August 2008, 12 August 2026. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Airports
Greenland has 13 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
5 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Greenland into 5 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 5
Kujalleq · Northeast Greenland National Park · Qaasuitsup · Qeqqata · Sermersooq
Questions people ask
Is Greenland a country?
It depends on the list. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)”.
How many tourists visit Greenland?
UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Greenland. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.
How rare is a Greenland stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Greenland count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Greenland
Near Greenland
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.