Venezuela
Venezuela is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 429,000 international arrivals there in 2017, rarer than 78% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 429,000in 2017, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 156th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 78%
- Area
- 916,567 km² (353,888 sq mi)
- Population
- 28.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 26in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 22with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Venezuela count as a country?
Yes. Venezuela 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 Venezuela? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Venezuela, Nueva Esparta (Margarita Island) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Venezuela stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Venezuela’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 429,000 international arrivals in 2017, Venezuela is rarer than 78% 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 Venezuela
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 Venezuela 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 Venezuela 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 Venezuela, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Canaima National Park (1994) · University City of Caracas (2000) · Coro and its Port. On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Canaima National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Angel Falls. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 4
Parque Zoológico Caricuao · Valencia's Aquarium · Parque Zoológico Chorros de Milla · Paraguaná Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 4
Botanical Garden of Mérida · Central University Botanical Garden · Naguanagua Botanical Garden · Unellez Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
William Phelps Ornithological Collection. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Caracas | 2,985,000 |
| Maracaibo | 2,072,000 |
| Valencia | 1,770,000 |
| Barquisimeto | 1,116,000 |
| Maracay | 1,007,000 |
| Ciudad Guayana | 746,535 |
| Barcelona | 600,954 |
| Puerto la Cruz | 546,616 |
Airports
Venezuela has 22 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).
26 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Venezuela into 26 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 26
Amazonas · Anzoátegui · Apure · Aragua · Barinas · Bolívar · Capital · Carabobo · Cojedes · Delta Amacuro · Falcón · Federal Dependencies · Guárico State · Lara · Merida · Miranda · Monagas · Nueva Esparta · Portuguesa · Sucre · Tachira · Trujillo · Vargas state · VEN+99? · Yaracuy · Zulia
Questions people ask
Is Venezuela a country?
Yes. Venezuela 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 Venezuela a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 429,000 international arrivals in Venezuela in 2017, the 156th 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 Venezuela stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 78% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Venezuela count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Venezuela, and counts Nueva Esparta (Margarita Island) as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Venezuela
Near Venezuela
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.