Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 143,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 90% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 143,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 179th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 90%
- Area
- 273,827 km² (105,725 sq mi)
- Population
- 20.3 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 45in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 2with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Burkina Faso count as a country?
Yes. Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Burkina Faso |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Burkina Faso stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Burkina Faso’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 143,000 international arrivals in 2019, Burkina Faso is rarer than 90% 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 Burkina Faso
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 Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Ruins of Loropéni (2009) · Royal Court of Tiébélé (2024) · Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso (2019). On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Bantia Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Ouagadougou | 1,149,000 |
| Bobo Dioulasso | 360,106 |
| Koudougou | 87,347 |
| Ouahigouya | 79,504 |
| Banfora | 60,288 |
Airports
Burkina Faso has 2 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).
45 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Burkina Faso into 45 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 45
Balé · Bam · Banwa · Bazèga · Bougouriba · Boulgou · Boulkiemdé · Comoé · Ganzourgou · Gnagna · Gourma · Houet · Ioba · Kadiogo · Kénédougou · Komondjari · Kompienga · Kossi · Koulpélogo · Kouritenga · Kourwéogo · Léraba · Loroum · Mouhoun · Nahouri · Namentenga · Nayala · Noumbiel · Oubritenga · Oudalan · Passoré · Poni · Sanguié · Sanmatenga · Séno · Sissili · Soum · Sourou · Tapoa · Tuy · Yagha · Yatenga · Ziro · Zondoma · Zoundwéogo
Questions people ask
Is Burkina Faso a country?
Yes. Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 143,000 international arrivals in Burkina Faso in 2019, the 179th 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 Burkina Faso stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 90% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Burkina Faso count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Burkina Faso”, one of its 330 destinations.
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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.