Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central Asia. UN Tourism counted 8.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 76% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 8.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 49th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 24%
- Area
- 2,725,815 km² (1,052,442 sq mi)
- Population
- 18.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 16in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 24with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Kazakhstan count as a country?
Yes. Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Kazakhstan |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Kazakhstan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Kazakhstan’s is Foil: a hot-stamped foil block in the ink’s own colour, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year. With 8.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Kazakhstan is more visited than 76% 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 Kazakhstan
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 Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan, from 6 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 6
Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (2003) · Tamgaly (2004) · Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (2008) · Cold Winter Deserts of Turan (2023) · Western Tian Shan (2016) · Rock Mosques and Associated Sacred Sites of Mangystau (2026). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Altyn-Emel National Park. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 2
Shymbulak · Aq Bulaq. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 3
Karagandy Zoo · Almaty Zoo · Shymkent Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 8
Almaty Botanical Garden · Botanical Garden · Mangyshlak experimental Botanical Garden · Ily Botanical Garden and 4 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
Aktobe Planetarium. On the bucket list →
Events in Kazakhstan
Total solar eclipses over Kazakhstan that the app knows: 1 August 2008. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Almaty | 1,209,000 |
| Shymkent | 465,392 |
| Qaraghandy | 451,800 |
| Taraz | 358,153 |
| Nur-Sultan | 345,604 |
| Pavlodar | 329,002 |
| Oskemen | 319,067 |
| Semey | 311,353 |
Airports
Kazakhstan has 24 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).
16 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Kazakhstan into 16 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 16
Akmola · Aktobe · Almaty · Atyrau · Baikonur · East Kazakhstan · Jambyl · Karaganda · Kostanay · Kyzylorda · Mangystau · North Kazakhstan · Nur-Sultan · Pavlodar · Turkistan · West Kazakhstan
Questions people ask
Is Kazakhstan a country?
Yes. Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 8,515,000 international arrivals in Kazakhstan in 2019, the 49th 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 Kazakhstan stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 24% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Kazakhstan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Kazakhstan”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Kazakhstan
Near Kazakhstan
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.