Uruguay
Uruguay is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 3.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 58% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 3.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 84th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 42%
- Area
- 177,440 km² (68,510 sq mi)
- Population
- 3.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Departments
- 19in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 3with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Uruguay count as a country?
Yes. Uruguay 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 Uruguay? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Uruguay |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Uruguay stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Uruguay’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 3.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Uruguay is more visited than 58% 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 Uruguay
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 Uruguay 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 Uruguay 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 Uruguay, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Church of Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes (2021) · Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del Sacramento (1995) · Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape (2015). On the bucket list →
Wine regions 1
Viña Varela Zarranz. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
Parque Lecocq · Zoológico Municipal Dr. Mauricio López Lomba. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Arboretum Lussich · Prof. Atilio Lombardo Museum and Botanical Garden · Reserva de Flora y fauna Dr. Rodolfo Tálice. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Museo de UTE · Planetario Municipal Agrimensor Germán Barbato. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Montevideo | 1,513,000 |
| Rivera | 200,000 |
| Punta del Este | 159,000 |
| Salto | 105,690 |
| Paysandú | 79,016 |
| Melo | 55,494 |
| Maldonado | 55,478 |
| Tacuarembó | 54,277 |
Airports
Uruguay has 3 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).
19 departments to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Uruguay into 19 departments (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 19
Artigas · Canelones · Cerro Largo · Colonia · Durazno · Flores · Florida · Lavalleja · Maldonado · Montevideo · Paysandú · Río Negro · Rivera · Rocha · Salto · San José · Soriano · Tacuarembó · Treinta y Tres
Questions people ask
Is Uruguay a country?
Yes. Uruguay 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 Uruguay a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 3,480,000 international arrivals in Uruguay in 2019, the 84th 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 Uruguay stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 42% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Uruguay count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Uruguay”, one of its 330 destinations.
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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.