Mongolia
Mongolia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 637,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 75% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 637,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 150th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 75%
- Area
- 1,560,554 km² (602,533 sq mi)
- Population
- 3.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 22in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 13with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Mongolia count as a country?
Yes. Mongolia 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 Mongolia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Mongolia, Republic |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Mongolia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Mongolia’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 637,000 international arrivals in 2019, Mongolia is rarer than 75% 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 Mongolia
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 Mongolia 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 Mongolia 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 Mongolia, from 6 World Heritage Sites to 2 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 6
Burkhan Khaldun (2015) · Orkhon Valley (2004) · Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai (2011) · Landscapes of Dauria (2017) · The Cemetery Complexes of the Xiongnu Nobility (2026) · Deer Stone Monuments, the Heart of Bronze Age Culture (2023). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 2
Dariganga Volcanic Field · Bus-Obo. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 2
13th Century Complex · National Amusement Park. On the bucket list →
Events in Mongolia
Total solar eclipses over Mongolia 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) |
|---|---|
| Ulaanbaatar | 885,000 |
| Erdenet | 79,647 |
| Darkhan | 74,738 |
Airports
Mongolia 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).
22 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Mongolia into 22 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 22
Arkhangai · Bayan-Ölgii · Bayankhongor · Bulgan · Darkhan-Uul · Dornod · Dornogovi · Dundgovi · Govi-Altai · Govisümber · Khentii · Khovd · Khövsgöl · Ömnögovi · Orkhon · Övörkhangai · Selenge · Sükhbaatar · Töv · Ulaanbaatar · Uvs · Zavkhan
Questions people ask
Is Mongolia a country?
Yes. Mongolia 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 Mongolia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 637,000 international arrivals in Mongolia in 2019, the 150th 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 Mongolia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 75% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Mongolia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Mongolia, Republic”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Mongolia
Near Mongolia
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.