Pakistan
Pakistan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Asia. UN Tourism counted 966,000 international arrivals there in 2012, rarer than 69% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 966,000in 2012, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 137th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 69%
- Area
- 873,938 km² (337,429 sq mi)
- Population
- 217 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 8in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 23with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Pakistan count as a country?
Yes. Pakistan 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 Pakistan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Pakistan, Kashmir |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Part of the map here is disputed (Jammu and Kashmir, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan). Globestamp takes no side: when a photo was taken in a disputed place, you decide which country it counts for.
The Pakistan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Pakistan’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 966,000 international arrivals in 2012, Pakistan is rarer than 69% 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 Pakistan
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 Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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 Pakistan, from 6 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 6
Mohenjo-daro (1980) · Taxila (1980) · Rohtas Fort (1997) · Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol (1980) · Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (1981) · Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta (1981). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Koh-i-Sultan. On the bucket list →
Ski resorts 1
Malam Jabba. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 3
Ayub National Park · Jungle World · Askari Amusement Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 18
Changa Manga · Islamabad Zoo · Karachi Zoo · Lahore Zoo and 14 more. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Bagh-e-Jinnah · Rani Bagh, Hyderabad · Herbarium and Botanical Garden, Shah Abdul Latif University. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
PIA Planetarium, Karachi · PIA Planetarium, Lahore. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Karachi | 12,130,000 |
| Lahore | 6,577,000 |
| Faisalabad | 2,617,000 |
| Saidu | 1,860,310 |
| Rawalpindi | 1,858,000 |
| Multan | 1,522,000 |
| Gujranwala | 1,513,000 |
| Hyderabad | 1,459,000 |
Airports
Pakistan has 23 airports with scheduled flights, 11 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).
8 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Pakistan into 8 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 8
Azad Kashmir · Balochistan · Federally Administered Tribal Areas · Gilgit-Baltistan · Islamabad Capital Territory · Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · Punjab · Sindh
Questions people ask
Is Pakistan a country?
Yes. Pakistan 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 Pakistan a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 966,000 international arrivals in Pakistan in 2012, the 137th 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 Pakistan stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 69% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Pakistan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Pakistan, and counts Kashmir as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Pakistan
Near Pakistan
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.