Ethiopia
Ethiopia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 812,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 73% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 812,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 145th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 73%
- Area
- 1,132,065 km² (437,092 sq mi)
- Population
- 112 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Administrative States
- 11in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 24with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 12on Globestamp’s list
Does Ethiopia count as a country?
Yes. Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Ethiopia |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Ethiopia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Ethiopia’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 812,000 international arrivals in 2019, Ethiopia is rarer than 73% 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 Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia, from 12 World Heritage Sites to 17 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 12
Omo River (1980) · Simien Mountains National Park (1978) · Fasil Ghebbi (1979) · Bale Mountains National Park (2023) · Monolithic churches in Lalibela (1978) · Melka Kunture (2024) · Tiya archaeological site (1980) · The Gedeo Cultural Landscape (2023) · Lower Valley of the Awash (1980) · Konso Cultural Landscape (2011) and 2 more. On the bucket list →
National parks 6
Simien Mountains National Park · Bale Mountains National Park · Awash National Park · Mago National Park · Nechisar National Park · Omo National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Monolithic churches in Lalibela. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 17
Erta Ale · Hayli Gubbi · Adwa · Mount Ayalu · Borawli · Mount Alayta and 11 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Addis Ababa Zoo. On the bucket list →
Events in Ethiopia
Total solar eclipses over Ethiopia that the app knows: 3 November 2013. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | 3,100,000 |
| Nazret | 476,892 |
| Dire Dawa | 252,279 |
| Bahir Dar | 206,748 |
| Dese | 183,802 |
| Harar | 174,994 |
| Gondar | 156,230 |
| Awasa | 133,097 |
Airports
Ethiopia has 24 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).
11 administrative states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Ethiopia into 11 administrative states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 11
Addis Ababa · Afar · Amhara · Benishangul-Gumuz · Dire Dawa · Gambela · Harari · Oromia · Somali · Southern Nations · Tigray
Questions people ask
Is Ethiopia a country?
Yes. Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 812,000 international arrivals in Ethiopia in 2019, the 145th 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 Ethiopia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 73% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Ethiopia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Ethiopia”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Ethiopia
Near Ethiopia
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.