Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 16.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 84% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 16.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 32nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 16%
- Area
- 1,888,123 km² (729,008 sq mi)
- Population
- 271 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 33in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 121with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 10on Globestamp’s list
Does Indonesia count as a country?
Yes. Indonesia 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 Indonesia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Indonesia (Java), Sumatra (Indonesia), Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Timor, Indonesia), Sulawesi (Celebes, Indonesia), Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), Maluku Islands, Papua (Irian Jaya) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Indonesia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Indonesia’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 16.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Indonesia is more visited than 84% 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 Indonesia
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 Indonesia 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 Indonesia 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 Indonesia, from 10 World Heritage Sites to 129 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 10
Prambanan Temple (1991) · Komodo National Park (1991) · Lorentz National Park (1999) · Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (2004) · Ujung Kulon National Park (1991) · Sangiran (1996) · Ombilin coal mine (2019) · Borobudur Temple Compounds (1991) · Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy (2012) · The Cosmological Axis of Yogyakarta and its Historic Landmarks (2023). On the bucket list →
National parks 13
Komodo National Park · Lorentz National Park · Ujung Kulon National Park · Gunung Leuser National Park · Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park · Baluran National Park · Kerinci Seblat National Park · West Bali National Park and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 3
Borobudur Temple · Mount Bromo · Tanah Lot. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 129
Merapi · Tambora · Mount Agung · Semeru · Mount Sinabung · Mount Kerinci and 123 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 10
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah · Jawa Timur Park · Trans Studio Bandung · KidZania Jakarta · Trans Studio Cibubur · Rumah Katu Marine Park and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 13
Ragunan Zoo · Surabaya Zoo · Taman Safari Indonesia · Bali Bird Park and 9 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 8
Bogor Botanical Gardens · Kebun Raya Cibodas · Bali Botanic Garden · Purwodadi Botanical Garden and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
Jakarta Planetarium. On the bucket list →
Events in Indonesia
Total solar eclipses over Indonesia that the app knows: 9 March 2016, 20 April 2023. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Jakarta | 9,125,000 |
| Surabaya | 2,845,000 |
| Bandung | 2,394,000 |
| Bekasi | 2,378,211 |
| Medan | 2,115,000 |
| Palembang | 1,749,000 |
| Semarang | 1,396,000 |
| Makassar | 1,262,000 |
Airports
Indonesia has 121 airports with scheduled flights, 19 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).
33 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Indonesia into 33 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 33
Aceh · Bali · Bangka Belitung Islands · Banten · Bengkulu · Central Java · Central Kalimantan · Central Sulawesi · East Java · East Kalimantan · East Nusa Tenggara · Gorontalo · Jakarta · Jambi · Lampung · Maluku · North Maluku · North Sulawesi · North Sumatra · Papua · Riau · Riau Islands · South Kalimantan · South Sulawesi · South Sumatra · Southeast Sulawesi · West Java · West Kalimantan · West Nusa Tenggara · West Papua · West Sulawesi · West Sumatra · Yogyakarta
Questions people ask
Is Indonesia a country?
Yes. Indonesia 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 Indonesia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 16,107,000 international arrivals in Indonesia in 2019, the 32nd 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 Indonesia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 16% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Indonesia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Indonesia (Java), and counts Sumatra (Indonesia), Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Timor, Indonesia), Sulawesi (Celebes, Indonesia), Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), Maluku Islands, Papua (Irian Jaya) as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Indonesia
Near Indonesia
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.