United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands is a territory of the United States, in Caribbean. UN Tourism counted 2.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 50% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 100th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 50%
- Area
- 356 km² (137 sq mi)
- Population
- 107,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 3in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 2with scheduled flights
Does the United States Virgin Islands count as a country?
It depends on the list. The United States Virgin Islands is a territory of the United States, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas)”.
| List | Counts the United States Virgin Islands? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | No |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The United States Virgin Islands belongs to the United States, but travelers usually count it on its own, because it has its own entry rules, its own flag or its own place on the map. Other places in the same family: American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The United States Virgin Islands stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. The United States Virgin Islands’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 2.1 million international arrivals in 2019, the United States Virgin Islands is rarer than 50% 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 the United States Virgin Islands
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 the United States Virgin Islands 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.
Airports
The United States Virgin Islands has 2 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).
3 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits the United States Virgin Islands into 3 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 3
Saint Croix · Saint John · Saint Thomas
Questions people ask
Is the United States Virgin Islands a country?
It depends on the list. The United States Virgin Islands is a territory of the United States, so it is not one of the UN’s 193 members, but Globestamp’s list of 250 countries and territories counts it on its own. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas)”.
How many tourists visit the United States Virgin Islands a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,074,000 international arrivals in the United States Virgin Islands in 2019, the 100th 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 United States Virgin Islands stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 50% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does the United States Virgin Islands count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Virgin Islands, U.S. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas)”, one of its 330 destinations.
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Near the United States Virgin Islands
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.