Iraq
Iraq is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 892,000 international arrivals there in 2013, rarer than 71% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 892,000in 2013, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 141st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 71%
- Area
- 437,585 km² (168,952 sq mi)
- Population
- 39.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 18in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 6with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Iraq count as a country?
Yes. Iraq 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 Iraq? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Iraq |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Iraq stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Iraq’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 892,000 international arrivals in 2013, Iraq is rarer than 71% 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 Iraq
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 Iraq 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 Iraq 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 Iraq, from 6 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 6
Samarra (2007) · Assur (2003) · Hatra (1985) · Citadel of Erbil (2014) · Ahwar of Southern Iraq (2016) · Babylon (2019). On the bucket list →
Theme parks 1
Baghdad Tourist Island. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Baghdad Zoo. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Baghdad | 5,054,000 |
| Mosul | 1,316,000 |
| Duhok | 986,000 |
| Irbil | 926,000 |
| Basra | 870,000 |
| As Sulaymaniyah | 723,170 |
| Najaf | 665,552 |
| Kirkuk | 601,433 |
Airports
Iraq has 6 airports with scheduled flights, 5 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).
18 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Iraq into 18 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 18
Al Anbar · Al Muthanna · Al-Qādisiyyah · Babylon · Baghdad · Basra · Dhi Qar · Diyala · Duhok · Erbil · Karbala · Kirkuk · Maysan · Najaf · Nineveh · Saladin · Sulaymaniyah · Wasit
Questions people ask
Is Iraq a country?
Yes. Iraq 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 Iraq a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 892,000 international arrivals in Iraq in 2013, the 141st 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 Iraq stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 71% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Iraq count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Iraq”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Iraq
Near Iraq
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.