Tuvalu
Tuvalu is one of the 193 UN member states, in Polynesia. UN Tourism counted 3,600 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 100% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Mythic.
- International arrivals
- 3,600in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 199th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Mythicrarer than 100%
- Area
- 23 km² (8.9 sq mi)
- Population
- 12,000Natural Earth estimate
- Airports
- 1with scheduled flights
Does Tuvalu count as a country?
Yes. Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Tuvalu (Ellice Island, Funafuti, Vaitapu) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Tuvalu stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Tuvalu’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. With 3,600 international arrivals in 2019, Tuvalu is rarer than 100% 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 Tuvalu
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 Tuvalu when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Funafuti International Airport, FUN), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.
Airports
Tuvalu has 1 airport with scheduled flights. 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).
Questions people ask
Is Tuvalu a country?
Yes. Tuvalu 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 Tuvalu a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 3,600 international arrivals in Tuvalu in 2019, the 199th 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 Tuvalu stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year, rarer than 100% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Tuvalu count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Tuvalu (Ellice Island, Funafuti, Vaitapu)”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Tuvalu
Near Tuvalu
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.