Mexico
Mexico is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central America. UN Tourism counted 97.4 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 98% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Ink.
- International arrivals
- 97.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 5th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Inkrarer than 2%
- Area
- 1,962,224 km² (757,619 sq mi)
- Population
- 128 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 33in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 63with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 35on Globestamp’s list
Does Mexico count as a country?
Yes. Mexico 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 Mexico? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Mexico |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Mexico stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Mexico’s is Ink: plain rubber-stamp ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more. With 97.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Mexico is more visited than 98% 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 Mexico
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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Mexico, from 35 World Heritage Sites to 21 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 35
Chichen Itza (1989) · Teotihuacan (1987) · Palenque (1987) · Calakmul (2002) · Revillagigedo Islands (2016) · Tajín Veracruz (1992) · Xochicalco (1999) · Sian Ka'an (1987) · Tlacotalpan (1998) · Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (2008) and 25 more. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 3
Chichen Itza · Teotihuacan · Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. On the bucket list →
Wonders of the world 1
Chichen Itza. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 21
Popocatépetl · Parícutin · Iztaccihuatl · El Chichón · Nevado de Toluca · Socorro Island and 15 more. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Bosques de Monterreal. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 7
Six Flags México · Xcaret · Xel-Ha Park · Aztlán Parque Urbano · Reino Aventura · Iztapasauria and 1 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 16
Chapultepec Zoo · Xcaret · Zoológico Los Coyotes · Guadalajara Zoo and 12 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 7
Texcotzingo · Cosmovitral · Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca · Vallarta Botanical Gardens and 3 more. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Alfa Planetarium · Planetario Luis Enrique Erro. On the bucket list →
Events in Mexico
Globestamp’s calendar knows Day of the Dead (Mexico (nationwide)): a photo there on the days it runs ticks “Be in a city for its big festival”.
Total solar eclipses over Mexico that the app knows: 8 April 2024. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Mexico City | 19,028,000 |
| Guadalajara | 4,198,000 |
| Monterrey | 3,712,000 |
| Puebla | 2,195,000 |
| Tijuana | 1,553,000 |
| Toluca | 1,531,000 |
| León | 1,488,000 |
| Ciudad Juárez | 1,343,000 |
Airports
Mexico has 63 airports with scheduled flights, 29 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).
33 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Mexico into 33 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 33
Aguascalientes · Baja California · Baja California Sur · Campeche · Chiapas · Chihuahua · Coahuila · Colima · Durango · Guanajuato · Guerrero · Hidalgo · Jalisco · MEX+99? · Mexico · Michoacán · Morelos · Nayarit · Nuevo León · Oaxaca · Puebla · Querétaro · Quintana Roo · San Luis Potosí · Sinaloa · Sonora · State of Mexico · Tabasco · Tamaulipas · Tlaxcala · Veracruz · Yucatán · Zacatecas
Questions people ask
Is Mexico a country?
Yes. Mexico 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 Mexico a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 97,406,000 international arrivals in Mexico in 2019, the 5th 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 Mexico stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Ink, the finish for places with 40 million international visitors a year or more, rarer than 2% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Mexico count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Mexico”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Mexico
Near Mexico
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.