Angola
Angola is one of the 193 UN member states, in Middle Africa. UN Tourism counted 218,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 86% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 218,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 172nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 86%
- Area
- 1,249,440 km² (482,411 sq mi)
- Population
- 31.8 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 18in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 14with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 1on Globestamp’s list
Does Angola count as a country?
Yes. Angola 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 Angola? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Angola, Cabinda |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Angola stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Angola’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 218,000 international arrivals in 2019, Angola is rarer than 86% 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 Angola
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 Angola 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 Angola 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 Angola, from 1 World Heritage Site.
World Heritage Sites 1
M'banza-Kongo (2017). On the bucket list →
National parks 1
Quissama National Park. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Luanda | 5,172,900 |
| Huambo | 1,100,000 |
| Lobito | 207,932 |
| Benguela | 151,226 |
| Moçâmedes | 132,900 |
| Malanje | 125,856 |
| Lubango | 125,632 |
| Kuito | 114,286 |
Airports
Angola has 14 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).
18 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Angola into 18 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 18
Bengo · Benguela · Bié · Cabinda · Cuando Cubango · Cuanza Norte · Cuanza Sul · Cunene · Huambo · Huíla · Luanda · Lunda Norte · Lunda Sul · Malanje · Moxico · Namibe · Uíge · Zaire
Questions people ask
Is Angola a country?
Yes. Angola 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 Angola a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 218,000 international arrivals in Angola in 2019, the 172nd 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 Angola stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 86% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Angola count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Angola, and counts Cabinda as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Angola
Near Angola
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.