Kenya
Kenya is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 2 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 51% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 102nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 51%
- Area
- 588,320 km² (227,152 sq mi)
- Population
- 52.6 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 8in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 12with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 8on Globestamp’s list
Does Kenya count as a country?
Yes. Kenya 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 Kenya? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Kenya |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Kenya stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Kenya’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 2 million international arrivals in 2019, Kenya is rarer than 51% 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 Kenya
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 Kenya 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 Kenya 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 Kenya, from 8 World Heritage Sites to 11 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 8
Fort Jesus Museum (2011) · Mount Kenya National Park (1997) · Lake Turkana National Parks (1997) · Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (2008) · Thimlich Ohinga (2018) · Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (2011) · Ruins of Gedi (2024) · Lamu Old Town. On the bucket list →
National parks 7
Mount Kenya National Park · Amboseli National Park · Nairobi National Park · Aberdare National Park · Sibiloi National Park · Tsavo East National Park · Hell's Gate National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 11
Mount Longonot · Central Island · Menengai · Mount Suswa · Namarunu · Korosi and 5 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Giraffe Centre. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 2
Nairobi Arboretum · Nairobi Botanic Garden. On the bucket list →
Events in Kenya
Total solar eclipses over Kenya 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) |
|---|---|
| Nairobi | 3,010,000 |
| Mombasa | 882,000 |
| Kisumu | 395,615 |
| Nakuru | 364,727 |
| Eldoret | 353,381 |
| Kitale | 150,495 |
| Machakos | 144,925 |
| Thika | 99,322 |
Airports
Kenya has 12 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).
8 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Kenya into 8 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 8
Central · Coast · Eastern · Nairobi · North Eastern · Nyanza · Rift Valley · Western
Questions people ask
Is Kenya a country?
Yes. Kenya 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 Kenya a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,049,000 international arrivals in Kenya in 2019, the 102nd 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 Kenya stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 51% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Kenya count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Kenya”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Kenya
Near Kenya
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.