Panama
Panama is one of the 193 UN member states, in Central America. UN Tourism counted 2.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 54% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 91st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 46%
- Area
- 74,847 km² (28,899 sq mi)
- Population
- 4.2 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 12in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 12with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 5on Globestamp’s list
Does Panama count as a country?
Yes. Panama 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 Panama? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Panama |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Panama stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Panama’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 2.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Panama is more visited than 54% 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 Panama
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 Panama 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 Panama 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 Panama, from 5 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 5
Coiba (2005) · Darién National Park (1981) · fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo (1980) · The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (2025) · Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá (1997). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Coiba · Darién National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Panama Canal. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Volcan Baru. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Parque Municipal Summit. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 1
Biomuseo. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Panama City | 1,281,000 |
| Colón | 204,000 |
| David | 110,037 |
| Balboa | 62,882 |
Airports
Panama has 12 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
12 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Panama into 12 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 12
Chiriquí · Coclé · Colón · comarca Ngäbe-Buglé · Darién · Emberá-Wounaan Comarca · Guna Yala · Herrera · Los Santos · Ngöbe-Buglé Comarca · Panamá · Veraguas
Questions people ask
Is Panama a country?
Yes. Panama 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 Panama a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,494,000 international arrivals in Panama in 2019, the 91st 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 Panama stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 46% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Panama count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Panama”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Panama
Near Panama
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.