United States
The United States is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern America. UN Tourism counted 165 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 100% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 165 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 2nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 1%
- Area
- 9,447,729 km² (3,647,786 sq mi)
- Population
- 328 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 51in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 634with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 24on Globestamp’s list
Does the United States count as a country?
Yes. The United States 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 United States? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: United States (Contiguous), Alaska, Hawaiian Islands |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The United States also has territories that most travelers count separately: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Minor Outlying Islands and United States Virgin Islands.
The United States stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The United States’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 165 million international arrivals in 2019, the United States is more visited than 100% 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 United States
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 United States 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 United States 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 United States, from 24 World Heritage Sites to 125 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 24
Yellowstone National Park (1978) · Yosemite National Park (1984) · Everglades National Park (1979) · Grand Canyon National Park (1979) · Mesa Verde National Park (1978) · Liberty Island (1984) · Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (1987) · Olympic National Park (1981) · Cahokia (1982) · Mammoth Cave National Park (1981) and 14 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 64
Yellowstone National Park · Yosemite National Park · Everglades National Park · Bryce Canyon National Park · Grand Canyon National Park · Mesa Verde National Park · Glacier National Park · Zion National Park and 56 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 8
Statue of Liberty · White House · Niagara Falls · Empire State Building · Grand Canyon · Golden Gate Bridge · Mount Rushmore · Central Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 125
Mauna Kea · Mount St. Helens · Mauna Loa · Mount Rainier · Kīlauea · Mount Hood and 119 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 334
Aspen · Vail · Sun Valley · Teton Village · Palisades Tahoe · Deer Valley and 328 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 337
Sonoma County · Napa · Sonoma · Paso Robles · St. Helena · Calistoga and 331 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 330
Disneyland · Walt Disney World Resort · Magic Kingdom · Epcot · Disney's Animal Kingdom · Disney's Hollywood Studios and 324 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 327
Bronx Zoo · San Diego Zoo · Disney's Animal Kingdom · National Zoological Park and 323 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 561
Missouri Botanical Garden · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden · New York Botanical Garden · The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and 557 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 74
Lowell Observatory · Griffith Observatory · California Academy of Sciences · Adler Planetarium and 70 more. On the bucket list →
Events in the United States
Globestamp’s calendar knows New Year's Eve in Times Square (Times Square, New York City), Mardi Gras in New Orleans (French Quarter, New Orleans), Burning Man (Black Rock City, Black Rock Desert, Nevada), Coachella (Empire Polo Club, Indio, California): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Total solar eclipses over the United States that the app knows: 21 August 2017, 8 April 2024. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| New York | 19,040,000 |
| Los Angeles | 12,500,000 |
| Chicago | 8,990,000 |
| Miami | 5,585,000 |
| Philadelphia | 5,492,000 |
| Dallas | 4,798,000 |
| Atlanta | 4,506,000 |
| Boston | 4,467,000 |
Airports
The United States has 634 airports with scheduled flights, 95 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).
51 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the United States into 51 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 51
Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Questions people ask
Is the United States a country?
Yes. The United States 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 United States a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 165,478,000 international arrivals in the United States in 2019, the 2nd 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 United States stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 1% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the United States count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists United States (Contiguous), and counts Alaska, Hawaiian Islands as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as the United States
Near the United States
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.