Nepal
Nepal is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Asia. UN Tourism counted 1.2 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 65% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1.2 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 129th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 65%
- Area
- 147,324 km² (56,882 sq mi)
- Population
- 28.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Administrative Zones
- 14in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 19with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 4on Globestamp’s list
Does Nepal count as a country?
Yes. Nepal 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 Nepal? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Nepal |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Nepal stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Nepal’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.2 million international arrivals in 2019, Nepal is rarer than 65% 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 Nepal
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 Nepal 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 Nepal 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 Nepal, from 4 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 4
Lumbini (1997) · Kathmandu Valley (1979) · Chitwan National Park (1984) · Sagarmatha National Park (1979). On the bucket list →
National parks 5
Chitwan National Park · Sagarmatha National Park · Langtang National Park · Makalu Barun National Park · Bardiya National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Mount Everest · Boudhanath. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Kathmandu Zoo. On the bucket list →
Events in Nepal
Total solar eclipses over Nepal that the app knows: 22 July 2009. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Kathmandu | 895,000 |
| Lalitpur | 337,785 |
| Hetauda | 232,334 |
| Pokhara | 200,000 |
| Biratnagar | 182,324 |
| Birganj | 133,238 |
| Dhangarhi | 92,294 |
| Nepalganj | 64,400 |
Airports
Nepal has 19 airports with scheduled flights, 3 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).
14 administrative zones to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Nepal into 14 administrative zones (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 14
Bagmati Zone · Bheri Zone · Bhojpur · Dhaulagiri Zone · Gandaki Zone · Janakpur Zone · Karnali Zone · Lumbini Zone · Mahakali Zone · Mechi Zone · Narayani Zone · Rapti Zone · Sagarmatha Zone · Seti Zone
Questions people ask
Is Nepal a country?
Yes. Nepal 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 Nepal a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,197,000 international arrivals in Nepal in 2019, the 129th 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 Nepal stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 65% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Nepal count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Nepal”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Nepal
Near Nepal
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.