Peru
Peru is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 5.3 million international arrivals there in 2019, more visited than 66% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 5.3 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 68th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 34%
- Area
- 1,295,125 km² (500,050 sq mi)
- Population
- 32.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Departments
- 25in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 25with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 13on Globestamp’s list
Does Peru count as a country?
Yes. Peru 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 Peru? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Peru |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Peru stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Peru’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 5.3 million international arrivals in 2019, Peru is more visited than 66% 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 Peru
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 Peru 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 Peru 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 Peru, from 13 World Heritage Sites to 21 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 13
Nazca Lines (1994) · Chan Chan (1986) · Inca road system (2014) · Manu National Park (1987) · Sacred City of Caral-Supe (2009) · Chavin de Huantar (1985) · Huascarán National Park (1985) · Río Abiseo National Park (1990) · Historic Centre of Lima (1988) · Historic Centre of Arequipa (2000) and 3 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 3
Manu National Park · Huascarán National Park · Río Abiseo National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 2
Machu Picchu · Nazca Lines. On the bucket list →
Wonders of the world 1
Machu Picchu. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 21
Huaynaputina · Misti · Coropuna · Nevado Mismi · Ubinas · Ampato and 15 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
Parque de las Leyendas · Parque Natural de Pucallpa. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 3
Jardín botánico de Plantas Medicinales de Lima · Parque de las Leyendas · Lima Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Science museums and planetariums 2
Morro Solar Planetarium · Historical Museum of Physical Sciences. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Lima | 8,012,000 |
| Callao | 876,877 |
| Arequipa | 815,000 |
| Trujillo | 765,171 |
| Chiclayo | 596,792 |
| Iquitos | 458,729 |
| Huancayo | 412,733 |
| Piura | 396,932 |
Airports
Peru has 25 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).
25 departments to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Peru into 25 departments (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 25
Amazonas · Áncash · Apurímac · Arequipa · Ayacucho · Cajamarca · Callao · Cusco Departament · Huancavelica · Huanuco · Ica · Junín · La Libertad · Lambayeque · Lima · Loreto · Madre de Dios · Moquegua · Pasco · Piura · Puno · San Martín · Tacna · Tumbes · Ucayali
Questions people ask
Is Peru a country?
Yes. Peru 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 Peru a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 5,275,000 international arrivals in Peru in 2019, the 68th 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 Peru stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 34% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Peru count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Peru”, one of its 330 destinations.
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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.