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Eastern Africa

Burundi

Burundi is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 299,000 international arrivals there in 2017, rarer than 85% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.

Burundi’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
International arrivals
299,000in 2017, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
169th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Prismrarer than 85%
Area
27,161 km² (10,487 sq mi)
Population
11.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
17in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
3with scheduled flights

Does Burundi count as a country?

Yes. Burundi 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.

ListCounts Burundi?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as Burundi
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Burundi stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Burundi’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 299,000 international arrivals in 2017, Burundi is rarer than 85% 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 Burundi

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 Burundi 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.

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Bujumbura331,700
Muyinga71,076

Airports

Burundi has 3 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).

17 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Burundi into 17 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 17

Bubanza · Bujumbura Mairie · Bujumbura Rural · Bururi · Cankuzo · Cibitoke · Gitega · Karuzi · Kayanza · Kirundo · Makamba · Muramvya · Muyinga · Mwaro · Ngozi · Rutana · Ruyigi

Questions people ask

Is Burundi a country?

Yes. Burundi 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 Burundi a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 299,000 international arrivals in Burundi in 2017, the 169th 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 Burundi stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 85% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Burundi count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Burundi”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Burundi

Near Burundi

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