Guatemala
Guatemala is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central America. UN Tourism counted 2.6 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 56% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.6 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 89th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 44%
- Area
- 109,191 km² (42,159 sq mi)
- Population
- 16.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Departments
- 22in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 6with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 4on Globestamp’s list
Does Guatemala count as a country?
Yes. Guatemala 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 Guatemala? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Guatemala |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Guatemala stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Guatemala’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 2.6 million international arrivals in 2019, Guatemala is more visited than 56% 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 Guatemala
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 Guatemala 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 Guatemala 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 Guatemala, from 4 World Heritage Sites to 14 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 4
Quiriguá (1981) · Takalik Abaj (2023) · Tikal National Park (1979) · Antigua Guatemala (1979). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Takalik Abaj. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Tikal. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 14
Volcán de Fuego · Volcán Tajumulco · Santa María · Pacaya · Acatenango · Volcán Tacaná and 8 more. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Xetulul. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
La Aurora Zoo · Auto Safari Chapin. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Botanical Garden of Guatemala. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Guatemala City | 1,024,000 |
| Quetzaltenango | 575,263 |
| El Progreso | 147,197 |
| San Luis | 132,470 |
| Escuintla | 107,638 |
| Huehuetenango | 85,992 |
| Chimaltenango | 82,370 |
| Totonicapán | 69,734 |
Airports
Guatemala has 6 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
22 departments to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Guatemala into 22 departments (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 22
Alta Verapaz · Baja Verapaz · Chimaltenango · Chiquimula · El Progreso · Escuintla · Guatemala · Huehuetenango · Izabal · Jalapa · Jutiapa · Petén · Quetzaltenango · Quiché · Retalhuleu · Sacatepéquez · San Marcos · Santa Rosa · Sololá · Suchitepéquez · Totonicapán · Zacapa
Questions people ask
Is Guatemala a country?
Yes. Guatemala 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 Guatemala a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,560,000 international arrivals in Guatemala in 2019, the 89th 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 Guatemala stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 44% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Guatemala count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Guatemala”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Guatemala
Near Guatemala
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.