Laos
Laos is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 4.8 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 64% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 4.8 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 72nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 36%
- Area
- 228,826 km² (88,350 sq mi)
- Population
- 7.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 16in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 7with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Laos count as a country?
Yes. Laos 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 Laos? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Laos |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Laos stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Laos’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 4.8 million international arrivals in 2019, Laos is more visited than 64% 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 Laos
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 Laos 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 Laos 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 Laos, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Luang Prabang (1995) · Plain of Jars (2019) · Champasak cultural landscape (2001). On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Vientiane | 754,000 |
| Louangphrabang | 107,142 |
| Pakxe | 102,775 |
| Savannakhet | 84,898 |
| Thakhek | 76,928 |
Airports
Laos has 7 airports with scheduled flights, 3 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 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Laos into 16 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 16
Attapeu · Bokeo · Bolikhamsai · Champasak · Houaphanh · Khammouane · Luang Namtha · Luang Prabang · Oudomxay · Phongsaly · Sainyabuli · Salavan · Savannakhet · Sekong · Vientiane Prefecture · Xiangkhouang
Questions people ask
Is Laos a country?
Yes. Laos 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 Laos a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 4,791,000 international arrivals in Laos in 2019, the 72nd 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 Laos stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 36% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Laos count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Laos”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Laos
Near Laos
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.