Taiwan
Taiwan is governed by its own government (the Republic of China) and not a UN member; the People’s Republic of China claims it, in Eastern Asia. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Foil, for 6 to 15 million visitors a year.
- Stamp finish
- Foilplaced by estimate
- Area
- 36,281 km² (14,008 sq mi)
- Population
- 23.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Countys
- 21in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 13with scheduled flights
Does Taiwan count as a country?
It depends on the list. Taiwan is governed by its own government (the Republic of China) and not a UN member; the People’s Republic of China claims it, 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 “Taiwan. R.O.C.”.
| List | Counts Taiwan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Taiwan. R.O.C. |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Taiwan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Taiwan’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. UN Tourism has no figure for Taiwan, 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 Taiwan
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 Taiwan 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 Taiwan 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 Taiwan to 2 volcanoes.
National parks 3
Taroko National Park · Yangmingshan National Park · Kenting National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Taipei 101. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 2
Tatun Volcano Group · Zhuzi Mountain. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 17
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village · Leofoo Village Theme Park · Janfusun Fancyworld · Taroko Park · Chinese Culture and Movie Center · E-DA Theme Park and 11 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 12
Taipei Zoo · National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium · Leofoo Village Theme Park · Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 5
Taipei Botanical Garden · Chiayi Botanical Garden · Taichung Botanical Garden · Fushan Botanical Garden and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 6
National Museum of Natural Science · National Science and Technology Museum · National Taiwan Science Education Center · Taipei Astronomical Museum and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Taipei | 6,900,273 |
| New Taipei | 3,893,740 |
| Kaohsiung | 2,769,072 |
| Taichung | 2,629,323 |
| Tainan | 1,876,312 |
| Zhongli | 1,632,616 |
| Changhua | 750,000 |
| Hsinchu | 750,000 |
Airports
Taiwan has 13 airports with scheduled flights, 7 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).
21 countys to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Taiwan into 21 countys (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 21
Changhua · Chiayi · Chiayi · Hsinchu · Hsinchu · Hualien · Kaohsiung · Keelung · Kinmen · Miaoli · Nantou · New Taipei · Penghu · Pingtung · Taichung City · Tainan · Taipei · Taitung · Taoyuan · Yilan · Yunlin
Questions people ask
Is Taiwan a country?
It depends on the list. Taiwan is governed by its own government (the Republic of China) and not a UN member; the People’s Republic of China claims it, 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 “Taiwan. R.O.C.”.
How many tourists visit Taiwan?
UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for Taiwan. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Foil: 6 to 15 million visitors a year.
How rare is a Taiwan stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Taiwan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Taiwan. R.O.C.”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Taiwan
Near Taiwan
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.