Syria
Syria is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Asia. UN Tourism counted 2.4 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
- 2.4 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 92nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 46%
- Area
- 185,951 km² (71,796 sq mi)
- Population
- 17.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 15in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 6on Globestamp’s list
Does Syria count as a country?
Yes. Syria 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 Syria? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Syria |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
Part of the map here is disputed (Golan Heights). Globestamp takes no side: when a photo was taken in a disputed place, you decide which country it counts for.
The Syria stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Syria’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 2.4 million international arrivals in 2019, Syria 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 Syria
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 Syria 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 Syria 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 Syria, from 6 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 6
Palmyra (1980) · Dead Cities (2011) · Ancient City of Aleppo (1986) · Ancient City of Damascus (1979) · Ancient City of Bosra (1980) · Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (2006). On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Aleppo | 2,738,000 |
| Damascus | 2,466,000 |
| Homs | 1,005,000 |
| Latakia | 539,147 |
| Douma | 496,145 |
| Hamah | 460,602 |
| Dayr az Zawr | 309,141 |
| Ar Raqqah | 177,636 |
Airports
Syria has 4 airports with scheduled flights, 2 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).
15 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Syria into 15 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 15
Al-Hasakah · Al-Raqqah · Aleppo · As-Suwayda · Damascus · Daraa · Deir ez-Zor · Hama · Homs · Idlib · Latakia · Quneitra · Rif Dimashq · Tartus · Western al-Samadania
Questions people ask
Is Syria a country?
Yes. Syria 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 Syria a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,424,000 international arrivals in Syria in 2019, the 92nd 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 Syria 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 Syria count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Syria”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Syria
Near Syria
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.