Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central Asia. UN Tourism counted 6.7 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
- 6.7 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 59th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 29%
- Area
- 447,238 km² (172,680 sq mi)
- Population
- 33.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 14in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 13with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 5on Globestamp’s list
Does Uzbekistan count as a country?
Yes. Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Uzbekistan |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Uzbekistan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Uzbekistan’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 6.7 million international arrivals in 2019, Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan
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 Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan, from 5 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 5
Shahrisabz (2000) · Itchan Kala (1990) · Historic Centre of Bukhara (1993) · Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia (2026) · Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures (2001). On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Registan. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 2
Chimgan · Amirsoy Mountain Resort. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 2
Afsonalar Vodiysi Park · Navruz Ethnographic Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Tashkent Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Tashkent botanical garden. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
The Museum of Communication History in Uzbekistan. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Tashkent | 2,184,000 |
| Fargona | 750,000 |
| Namangan | 750,000 |
| Samarkand | 708,000 |
| Andijan | 650,000 |
| Shahrisabz | 498,545 |
| Qarshi | 386,361 |
| Qoqon | 350,000 |
Airports
Uzbekistan has 13 airports with scheduled flights, 6 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).
14 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Uzbekistan into 14 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 14
Andijan · Bukhara · Fergana · Jizzakh · Karakalpakstan · Namangan · Navoiy · Qashqadaryo · Samarqand · Sirdaryo · Surxondaryo · Tashkent · Tashkent · Xorazm
Questions people ask
Is Uzbekistan a country?
Yes. Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 6,749,000 international arrivals in Uzbekistan in 2019, the 59th 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 Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Uzbekistan”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Uzbekistan
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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.