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Kuwait

Kuwait is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 8.6 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 76% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Foil.

Kuwait’s stamp in Globestamp
Foil · 6 to 15 million visitors a year
International arrivals
8.6 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
48th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Foilrarer than 24%
Area
17,496 km² (6,755 sq mi)
Population
4.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
6in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Kuwait count as a country?

Yes. Kuwait 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.

ListCounts Kuwait?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Kuwait
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Kuwait stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Kuwait’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 8.6 million international arrivals in 2019, Kuwait is more visited than 76% 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 Kuwait

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 Kuwait when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Kuwait International Airport, KWI), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Kuwait 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 Kuwait.

Theme parks 1

Kuwait Entertainment City. On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Kuwait Zoo. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Kuwait City2,063,000
Al Jahra194,193
Hawalli164,212
Al Ahmadi68,763

Airports

Kuwait has 1 airport with scheduled flights. 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).

6 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Kuwait into 6 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 6

Al Ahmadi · Al Farwaniyah · Al Jahra · Capital · Hawally · Mubarak Al-Kabeer

Questions people ask

Is Kuwait a country?

Yes. Kuwait 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 Kuwait a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 8,565,000 international arrivals in Kuwait in 2019, the 48th 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 Kuwait stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Foil, the finish for places with 6 to 15 million visitors a year, rarer than 24% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Kuwait count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Kuwait”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Kuwait

Near Kuwait

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