Nicaragua
Nicaragua is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central America. UN Tourism counted 1.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 60% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 120th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 60%
- Area
- 129,178 km² (49,876 sq mi)
- Population
- 6.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Departments
- 17in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does Nicaragua count as a country?
Yes. Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Nicaragua |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Nicaragua stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Nicaragua’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Nicaragua is rarer than 60% 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 Nicaragua
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 Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua, from 2 World Heritage Sites to 17 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 2
León Cathedral (2011) · Ruínas de León Viejo (2000). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 17
Momotombo · Concepción · Maderas · Volcán San Cristóbal · Telica · Volcán Cerro Negro and 11 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
National Zoo of Nicaragua. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Managua | 920,000 |
| León | 164,441 |
| Chinandega | 139,023 |
| Masaya | 130,113 |
| Matagalpa | 109,089 |
| Estelí | 107,839 |
| Granada | 105,219 |
| Juigalpa | 54,731 |
Airports
Nicaragua has 4 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).
17 departments to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Nicaragua into 17 departments (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 17
Boaco · Carazo · Chinandega · Chontales · Estelí · Granada · Jinotega · León · Madriz · Managua · Masaya · Matagalpa · North Caribbean Coast · Nueva Segovia · Río San Juan · Rivas · South Caribbean Coast
Questions people ask
Is Nicaragua a country?
Yes. Nicaragua 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 Nicaragua a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,455,000 international arrivals in Nicaragua in 2019, the 120th 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 Nicaragua stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 60% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Nicaragua count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Nicaragua”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Nicaragua
Near Nicaragua
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.