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World Heritage Sites Map

Tick off every UNESCO World Heritage Site you've been to, watch your world map fill in, and see how far you've travelled.

1,248world heritage sites

170countries

3cultural, natural, mixed

How It Works

Three simple steps

Mark your sites

Tap any site on the world map or check sites off by country. Tap again to remove one.

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Watch your site count, percentage, countries reached and category breakdown update in real time.

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Send a link with your sites built in, or open the native share sheet on mobile.

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By the numbers

World Heritage at a glance

1,248

world heritage sites

170

countries

972

cultural sites

235

natural sites

mixed sites

1978

first sites inscribed

added in 2025

Italy

country with the most

Countries with the most World Heritage Sites

Italy has the most, narrowly ahead of China, with Germany, France and Spain close behind.

1Italy61
2China60
3Germany55
4France54
5Spain50
6India44
7Mexico36
followed by the UK, Russia and Iran

Totals and country counts: UNESCO World Heritage List, 2025. The interactive map plots 1294 individual locations (a few serial sites are shown as separate points).

About this tool

Map the world's greatest places

The World Heritage Sites Map is a free interactive tracker for the UNESCO World Heritage List, the official roll call of the planet's most extraordinary cultural and natural places. Tap a site on the world map or check it off by country, and your stats update instantly: sites visited, percentage complete, countries reached, and a breakdown by category.

UNESCO groups sites into three types. Cultural sites cover human achievement, from the Pyramids and the Great Wall to historic city centres and works of art. Natural sites protect outstanding ecosystems and landscapes, like the Great Barrier Reef, the Galápagos Islands and Serengeti. A small number are mixed, recognised for both, such as Machu Picchu and Mount Athos.

Visiting World Heritage Sites has become one of travel's great lifelong goals. Whether you have seen a handful or hundreds, this map shows you exactly where you have been and what is still out there. Your selections are saved in the page URL, so you can bookmark or share your map with no signup. To turn your travels into a lasting record with photos and dates, use the TripMemo app on iOS.

FAQ

Common questions

How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there?

As of 2025 there are 1,248 UNESCO World Heritage Sites across 170 countries: 972 cultural, 235 natural and 41 mixed. UNESCO added 26 new sites in 2025, and the list grows almost every year. This interactive map plots more than 1,200 of them so you can track which ones you've visited.

What are the newest World Heritage Sites?

UNESCO added 26 new World Heritage Sites in 2025 at its 47th session, including Italy's prehistoric Domus de Janas rock-cut tombs in Sardinia. New sites are inscribed each year by the World Heritage Committee, so the total keeps growing.

What is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

A World Heritage Site is a place recognised by UNESCO as having outstanding universal value to humanity, protected under the 1972 World Heritage Convention. Sites can be cultural (like cities, monuments and archaeological ruins), natural (like reefs, forests and mountains), or mixed.

Which country has the most World Heritage Sites?

Italy has the most World Heritage Sites, with China and Germany close behind. France, Spain and India round out the top of the list. Use the map and the browse-by-country section below to explore every country's sites.

What is the difference between cultural, natural and mixed sites?

UNESCO assesses sites against ten selection criteria. Criteria one to six cover cultural value, and seven to ten cover natural value. A site that meets at least one cultural and one natural criterion is listed as mixed. Most World Heritage Sites are cultural.

What was the first World Heritage Site?

The first 12 sites were inscribed in 1978, including the Galápagos Islands, Yellowstone, Aachen Cathedral, the City of Quito, Mesa Verde and the Simien Mountains. The list has grown every year since.

Can a place lose its World Heritage status?

Yes. A handful of sites have been delisted, including Liverpool's waterfront in 2021, the Dresden Elbe Valley in 2009, and Oman's Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in 2007, usually after development damaged the qualities that earned the listing.

Can I share my World Heritage map?

Yes. The Share button creates a link with your visited sites encoded, so anyone who opens it sees your exact map. On mobile it opens your phone's native share sheet.

Is my progress saved automatically?

Your visited sites are stored in the page URL, so bookmark the page or copy your link to keep your progress with no signup. For a permanent travel journal with photos and dates for every trip, use the TripMemo app on iOS.

What is the difference between this and the TripMemo app?

This tool is a quick, free way to map the World Heritage Sites you have been to. The TripMemo app goes further: it lets you build full trip journals with photos, offline maps, and memories tied to each place and date.

Browse by country

Sites in every country

World Heritage Sites span 170 countries, from Italy and China at the top to nations with a single listing. Use the search on the map or the checklist above to find and tick off individual sites.

Browse every country on the map

Italy64Germany62China57France55Spain53India48United Kingdom41Mexico37Russia34Iran31Brazil29United States27Japan26Canada22Turkey22Australia21Greece20Portugal19Sweden19South Korea18Belgium17Czechia17Poland17Switzerland14Ethiopia13Peru13Argentina12Austria12Indonesia12Netherlands12South Africa12Romania11Thailand11Ukraine11Bulgaria10Colombia10Israel10Morocco10Vietnam10Croatia9Denmark9Hungary9Slovakia9Sri Lanka9Tunisia9Bolivia8Norway8Saudi Arabia8Algeria7Chile7Cuba7Finland7Jordan7Kenya7Senegal7Syria7Tanzania7Uzbekistan7Egypt6Iraq6Kazakhstan6Lebanon6Malaysia6Mongolia6Pakistan6Palestine6Panama6Serbia6Azerbaijan5Democratic Republic of the Congo5Ecuador5Ivory Coast5Libya5Oman5Philippines5Slovenia5Tajikistan5Turkmenistan5Yemen5Zimbabwe5Albania4Belarus4Bosnia and Herzegovina4Burkina Faso4Cambodia4Georgia4Guatemala4Laos4Lithuania4Mali4Nepal4Armenia3Bahrain3Benin3Cameroon3Costa Rica3Cyprus3Greenland3Iceland3Kyrgyzstan3Latvia3Madagascar3Malawi3Malta3Montenegro3New Zealand3Niger3North Korea3Rwanda3Suriname3Uganda3Uruguay3Afghanistan2Bangladesh2Botswana2Central African Republic2Chad2Estonia2Gabon2Ghana2Honduras2Ireland2Jamaica2Mauritania2Mauritius2Mozambique2Myanmar2Namibia2Nicaragua2Nigeria2North Macedonia2Republic of the Congo2Seychelles2Soviet Union2Sudan2United Arab Emirates2Vatican City2Venezuela2Andorra1Angola1Antigua and Barbuda1Barbados1Belize1Cape Verde1Curaçao1Dominica1Dominican Republic1El Salvador1Eritrea1Fiji1Gambia1Guinea1Guinea-Bissau1Haiti1Kiribati1Lesotho1Luxembourg1Mahra Sultanate1Marshall Islands1Micronesia1Moldova1Palau1Papua New Guinea1Paraguay1Portuguese Empire1Qatar1Qing dynasty1Republic of China1Roman Empire1Russian Empire1Saint Kitts and Nevis1Saint Lucia1San Marino1Sierra Leone1Singapore1Solomon Islands1South Yemen1Togo1Vanuatu1Zambia1

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Methodology

UNESCO’s World Heritage List held 1,248 sites across 170 countries as of its 2025 session (972 cultural, 235 natural, 41 mixed). Names, countries, categories, inscription years and coordinates are compiled from the UNESCO World Heritage List via Wikidata, last updated June 2026. The interactive map plots 1294 individual locations, slightly more than the official total because a few serial sites are shown as separate points. UNESCO updates the list each year, so figures may differ from the latest session.