Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Asia. UN Tourism counted 323,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 82% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 323,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 163rd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 82%
- Area
- 137,222 km² (52,982 sq mi)
- Population
- 163 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Divisions
- 7in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 8with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Bangladesh count as a country?
Yes. Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Bangladesh |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Bangladesh stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Bangladesh’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 323,000 international arrivals in 2019, Bangladesh is rarer than 82% 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 Bangladesh
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 Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur (1985) · Mosque City of Bagerhat (1985) · Sundarbans Reserved Forest (1997). On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Foy's Lake Concord. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 6
Bangladesh National Zoo · Chittagong Zoo · Dulhazra Safari Park · Comilla Zoo and Botanical Garden and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 4
National Botanical Garden · Sitakunda Botanical Garden and Eco Park · Baldha Garden · Comilla Zoo and Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Novo Theatre, Dhaka · National Museum of Science and Technology. On the bucket list →
Events in Bangladesh
Total solar eclipses over Bangladesh that the app knows: 22 July 2009. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Dhaka | 12,797,394 |
| Chattogram | 4,529,000 |
| Khulna | 1,553,000 |
| Rajshahi | 810,000 |
| Comilla | 389,411 |
| Mymensingh | 330,126 |
| Rangpur | 285,564 |
| Jashore | 243,987 |
Airports
Bangladesh has 8 airports with scheduled flights, 3 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).
7 divisions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Bangladesh into 7 divisions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 7
Barisal · Chattogram · Dhaka · Khulna · Rajshahi · Rangpur · Sylhet
Questions people ask
Is Bangladesh a country?
Yes. Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 323,000 international arrivals in Bangladesh in 2019, the 163rd 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 Bangladesh stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 82% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Bangladesh count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Bangladesh”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Bangladesh
Near Bangladesh
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.