The Bahamas
The Bahamas is one of the 193 UN member states, in Caribbean. UN Tourism counted 7.3 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 71% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 7.3 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 58th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 29%
- Area
- 12,632 km² (4,877 sq mi)
- Population
- 389,000Natural Earth estimate
- Districts
- 30in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 22with scheduled flights
Does the Bahamas count as a country?
Yes. The Bahamas 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 the Bahamas? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Bahamas |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The The Bahamas stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The Bahamas’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. With 7.3 million international arrivals in 2019, the Bahamas is more visited than 71% 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 the Bahamas
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 the Bahamas 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 the Bahamas 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 the Bahamas.
Zoos and aquariums 1
Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Nassau | 227,940 |
Airports
The Bahamas has 22 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).
30 districts to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the Bahamas into 30 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 30
Acklins · Berry Islands · Bimini · Black Point · Cat Island · Central Abaco · Central Andros · Central Eleuthera · Crooked Island · East Grand Bahama · Exuma · Freeport · Harbour Island · Inagua · Long Island · Mangrove Cay · Mayaguana · Moore's Island · New Providence · North Abaco · North Andros · North Eleuthera · Ragged Island · Rum Cay · San Salvador Island · South Abaco · South Andros · South Eleuthera · Spanish Wells · West Grand Bahama
Questions people ask
Is the Bahamas a country?
Yes. The Bahamas 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 the Bahamas a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 7,250,000 international arrivals in the Bahamas in 2019, the 58th 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 The Bahamas stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 29% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the Bahamas count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Bahamas”, one of its 330 destinations.
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Near the Bahamas
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.