Iceland
Iceland is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern Europe. UN Tourism counted 2.2 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 52% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.2 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 97th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 49%
- Area
- 101,726 km² (39,277 sq mi)
- Population
- 361,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 9in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 9with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Iceland count as a country?
Yes. Iceland 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 Iceland? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Iceland |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | Yes, since 25 March 2001 |
The Iceland stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Iceland’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 2.2 million international arrivals in 2019, Iceland is more visited than 52% 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 Iceland
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 Iceland 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 Iceland 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 Iceland, from 3 World Heritage Sites to 59 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 3
Surtsey (2008) · Thingvellir National Park (2004) · Vatnajökull National Park (2019). On the bucket list →
National parks 3
Thingvellir National Park · Vatnajökull National Park · Skaftafell National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Gullfoss. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 59
Hekla · Laki · Grímsvötn · Katla · Snæfellsjökull · Askja and 53 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Oddsskarð. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Reykjavík Park and Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Reykjavík Botanic Garden · Akureyri Botanical Garden · Steinasafn Petru. On the bucket list →
Events in Iceland
Total solar eclipses over Iceland that the app knows: 12 August 2026. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Reykjavík | 166,212 |
Airports
Iceland has 9 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).
9 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Iceland into 9 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 9
Austurland · Capital · Northeastern · Northwestern · Reykjavík · Southern · Southern Peninsula · Western · Westfjords
Questions people ask
Is Iceland a country?
Yes. Iceland 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 Iceland a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,202,000 international arrivals in Iceland in 2019, the 97th 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 Iceland stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 49% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Iceland count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Iceland”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Iceland
Near Iceland
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.