Malaysia
Malaysia is one of the 193 UN member states, in South-Eastern Asia. UN Tourism counted 26.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 89% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Metallic.
- International arrivals
- 26.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 22nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Metallicrarer than 11%
- Area
- 329,332 km² (127,156 sq mi)
- Population
- 31.9 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 16in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 34with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Malaysia count as a country?
Yes. Malaysia 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 Malaysia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Malaysia, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Malaysia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Malaysia’s is Metallic: ink with mica in it, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year. With 26.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Malaysia is more visited than 89% 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 Malaysia
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 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 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 Malaysia, from 6 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 6
Kinabalu Park (2000) · Gunung Mulu National Park (2000) · Niah National Park (2024) · Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (2012) · Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (2008) · Forest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor (2025). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Kinabalu Park · Gunung Mulu National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Petronas Towers. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Mount Maria, Malaysia. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 7
Legoland Malaysia · Sunway Lagoon · Berjaya Times Square Theme Park · i-City · A' Famosa Resort · Genting SkyWorlds Theme Park and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 11
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park · Aquaria KLCC · National Zoo of Malaysia · Melaka Zoo and Bird Park and 7 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 5
Penang Botanic Gardens · Putrajaya Botanical Garden · National Botanical Garden Shah Alam · Rimba Ilmu Botanical Gardens and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Planetarium Negara · Petrosains. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| George Town | 2,500,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 1,448,000 |
| Kelang | 956,000 |
| Johor Bahru | 875,000 |
| Butterworth | 821,652 |
| Malacca | 788,706 |
| Ipoh | 673,318 |
| Kuching | 570,407 |
Airports
Malaysia has 34 airports with scheduled flights, 8 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).
16 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Malaysia into 16 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 16
Johor · Kedah · Kelantan · Kuala Lumpur · Labuan · Melaka · Negeri Sembilan · Pahang · Penang · Perak · Perlis · Putrajaya · Sabah · Sarawak · Selangor · Terengganu
Questions people ask
Is Malaysia a country?
Yes. Malaysia 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 Malaysia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 26,101,000 international arrivals in Malaysia in 2019, the 22nd 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 Malaysia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Metallic, the finish for places with 15 to 40 million visitors a year, rarer than 11% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Malaysia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Malaysia, and counts Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak as separate destinations. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Malaysia
Near Malaysia
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.