Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia, in Australia and New Zealand. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Mythic, for fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.
- Stamp finish
- Mythicplaced by estimate
- Area
- 41 km² (16 sq mi)
- Population
- 2,169Natural Earth estimate
- Airports
- 1with scheduled flights
Does Norfolk Island count as a country?
It depends on the list. Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Norfolk Island”.
| List | Counts Norfolk Island? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Norfolk Island |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Norfolk Island belongs to Australia, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
The Norfolk Island stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Norfolk Island’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for Norfolk Island, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.
What counts as a visit to Norfolk Island
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 Norfolk Island when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Norfolk Island International Airport, NLK), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Airports
Norfolk Island has 1 airport with scheduled flights. 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).
Questions people ask
Is Norfolk Island a country?
It depends on the list. Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Norfolk Island”.
How many tourists visit Norfolk Island?
UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Norfolk Island. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Mythic: fewer than 50,000 visitors a year.
How rare is a Norfolk Island stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Norfolk Island count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Norfolk Island”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Norfolk Island
Near Norfolk Island
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.