Australia
Australia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Australia and New Zealand. UN Tourism counted 9.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 78% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.
- International arrivals
- 9.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 44th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Foilrarer than 22%
- Area
- 7,705,919 km² (2,975,270 sq mi)
- Population
- 25.4 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 12in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 155with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 21on Globestamp’s list
Does Australia count as a country?
Yes. Australia 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 Australia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Australia, Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Territory (Davis, Heard, Macquarie, Mawson) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Australia also has territories that most travelers count separately: Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island.
The Australia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Australia’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 9.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Australia is more visited 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 Australia
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 Australia 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 Australia 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 Australia, from 21 World Heritage Sites to 6 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 21
Great Barrier Reef (1981) · Sydney Opera House (2007) · Heard Island and McDonald Islands (1997) · Macquarie Island (1997) · K'gari (1992) · Purnululu National Park (2003) · Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (1987) · Tasmanian Wilderness (1982) · Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (1986) · Willandra Lakes Region (1981) and 11 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 8
Kakadu National Park · Purnululu National Park · Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park · Naracoorte Caves National Park · Royal National Park · Kosciuszko National Park · Blue Mountains National Park · Nambung National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 4
Sydney Opera House · Uluru · Sydney Harbour Bridge · The Twelve Apostles. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 6
Ball's Pyramid · Mawson Peak · Big Ben · Mount Warning · Mount Canobolas · Little Matterhorn. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 11
Falls Creek · Thredbo · Charlotte Pass · Perisher Ski Resort · Selwyn Snow Resort · Corin Forest and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Wine regions 43
Hunter Valley · Yarra Valley · Pyrenees · Coonawarra · Swan Valley · Clare Valley and 37 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 34
Warner Bros. Movie World · Luna Park · Luna Park · Dreamworld · Big Banana · Atlantis Marine Park and 28 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 62
Taronga Zoo · Australia Zoo · Melbourne Zoo · Sea Life Sydney Aquarium and 58 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 71
Carlton Gardens · Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney · City Botanic Gardens · Australian National Botanic Gardens and 67 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 7
Sydney Observatory · Museum of Applied Arts and Science · Questacon · Scienceworks and 3 more. On the bucket list →
Events in Australia
Globestamp’s calendar knows New Year's Eve on Sydney Harbour (Sydney Harbour, around the Opera House and Harbour Bridge): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Total solar eclipses over Australia that the app knows: 14 November 2012, 20 April 2023, 22 July 2028. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 4,630,000 |
| Melbourne | 4,170,000 |
| Brisbane | 1,860,000 |
| Perth | 1,532,000 |
| Adelaide | 1,145,000 |
| Newcastle | 540,796 |
| Gold Coast | 527,660 |
| Cranbourne | 460,491 |
Airports
Australia has 155 airports with scheduled flights, 15 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).
12 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Australia into 12 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 12
Ashmore and Cartier Islands · Australian Capital Territory · Coral Sea Islands · Jervis Bay Territory · Macquarie Island · New South Wales · Northern Territory · Queensland · South Australia · Tasmania · Victoria · Western Australia
Questions people ask
Is Australia a country?
Yes. Australia 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 Australia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 9,466,000 international arrivals in Australia in 2019, the 44th 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 Australia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 22% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Australia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Australia, and counts Tasmania, Australian Antarctic Territory (Davis, Heard, Macquarie, Mawson) as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Australia
Near Australia
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.