Cape Verde
Cape Verde is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 758,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 74% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 758,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 147th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 74%
- Area
- 3,940 km² (1,521 sq mi)
- Population
- 550,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 22in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 7with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 1on Globestamp’s list
Does Cape Verde count as a country?
Yes. Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Cape Verde Islands |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Cape Verde stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Cape Verde’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 758,000 international arrivals in 2019, Cape Verde is rarer than 74% 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 Cape Verde
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 Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde, from 1 World Heritage Site to 2 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 1
Cidade Velha (2009). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 2
Pico do Fogo · Monte Gordo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Jardim Botânico. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Praia | 113,364 |
| Mindelo | 70,611 |
Airports
Cape Verde has 7 airports with scheduled flights, 4 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).
22 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Cape Verde into 22 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 22
Boa Vista · Brava · Maio · Mosteiros · Paul · Porto Novo · Praia · Ribeira Brava · Ribeira Grande · Ribeira Grande de Santiago · Sal · Santa Catarina · Santa Catarina do Fogo · Santa Cruz · São Domingos · São Filipe · São Lourenço dos Órgãos · São Miguel · São Salvador do Mundo · São Vicente · Tarrafal · Tarrafal de São Nicolau
Questions people ask
Is Cape Verde a country?
Yes. Cape Verde 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 Cape Verde a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 758,000 international arrivals in Cape Verde in 2019, the 147th 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 Cape Verde stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 74% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Cape Verde count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Cape Verde Islands”, one of its 330 destinations.
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Near Cape Verde
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.