Yemen
Yemen is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 398,000 international arrivals there in 2015, rarer than 79% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 398,000in 2015, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 158th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 79%
- Area
- 454,650 km² (175,541 sq mi)
- Population
- 29.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Governorates
- 21in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 7with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 5on Globestamp’s list
Does Yemen count as a country?
Yes. Yemen 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 Yemen? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Yemen |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Yemen stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Yemen’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 398,000 international arrivals in 2015, Yemen is rarer than 79% 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 Yemen
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 Yemen 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 Yemen 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 Yemen, from 5 World Heritage Sites to 7 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 5
Shibam (1982) · Zabid (1993) · Socotra Archipelago (2008) · Landmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of Saba (2023) · Old Sana'a (1986). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 7
Hanish Islands · Jabal al-Tair Island · Zuqar Island · Harra es-Sawad · Harra of Arhab · Harras of Dhamar and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Yemen
Total solar eclipses over Yemen that the app knows: 2 August 2027. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Sanaa | 2,008,000 |
| Aden | 1,000,000 |
| Al Hudaydah | 780,000 |
| Taizz | 751,000 |
| Al Mukalla | 258,132 |
| Ibb | 234,837 |
| Hajjah | 208,287 |
| Dhamar | 191,259 |
Airports
Yemen has 7 airports with scheduled flights, 4 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).
21 governorates to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Yemen into 21 governorates (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 21
'Adan · 'Amran · Abyan · Ad Dali' · Al Bayda' · Al Hudaydah · Al Jawf · Al Mahrah · Al Mahwit · Dhamar · Hadhramaut · Hajjah · Ibb · Lahij · Ma'rib · Raymah · Sa'dah · Sanaa · Sanaa · Shabwah · Ta'izz
Questions people ask
Is Yemen a country?
Yes. Yemen 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 Yemen a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 398,000 international arrivals in Yemen in 2015, the 158th 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 Yemen stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 79% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Yemen count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Yemen”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Yemen
Near Yemen
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.