Kiribati
Kiribati is one of the 193 UN member states, in Micronesia. UN Tourism counted 12,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 99% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Mythic.
- International arrivals
- 12,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 197th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Mythicrarer than 99%
- Area
- 954 km² (368 sq mi)
- Population
- 118,000Natural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 2in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 1on Globestamp’s list
Does Kiribati count as a country?
Yes. Kiribati 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 Kiribati? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Kiribati (Gilberts, Tarawa, Ocean Island), Line/Phoenix Islands (Canton, Christmas, Enderbury, Fanning) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Kiribati stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Kiribati’s is Mythic: a living finish taken from the place itself, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. With 12,000 international arrivals in 2019, Kiribati is rarer than 99% 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 Kiribati
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 Kiribati 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 Kiribati 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 Kiribati, from 1 World Heritage Site.
World Heritage Sites 1
Phoenix Islands Protected Area (2010). On the bucket list →
Events in Kiribati
Total solar eclipses over Kiribati that the app knows: 22 July 2009. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Airports
Kiribati has 4 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).
2 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Kiribati into 2 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 2
KIR+99? · Kiribati
Questions people ask
Is Kiribati a country?
Yes. Kiribati 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 Kiribati a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 12,000 international arrivals in Kiribati in 2019, the 197th 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 Kiribati stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Mythic, the finish for places with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year, rarer than 99% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Kiribati count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Kiribati (Gilberts, Tarawa, Ocean Island), and counts Line/Phoenix Islands (Canton, Christmas, Enderbury, Fanning) as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Kiribati
Near Kiribati
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.