Namibia
Namibia is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Africa. UN Tourism counted 1.7 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 58% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1.7 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 115th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 58%
- Area
- 824,825 km² (318,466 sq mi)
- Population
- 2.5 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 13in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 9with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does Namibia count as a country?
Yes. Namibia 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 Namibia? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Namibia |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Namibia stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Namibia’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.7 million international arrivals in 2019, Namibia is rarer than 58% 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 Namibia
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 Namibia 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 Namibia 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 Namibia, from 2 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 2
Twyfelfontein (2007) · Namib Sand Sea (2013). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Etosha National Park · Namib-Naukluft National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Sossusvlei. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
National Marine Aquarium of Namibia. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
National Botanic Garden of Namibia. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Windhoek | 268,132 |
| Rundu | 58,172 |
| Walvis Bay | 52,058 |
Airports
Namibia has 9 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).
13 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Namibia into 13 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 13
Erongo · Hardap · Karas · Kavango · Khomas · Kunene · Ohangwena · Omaheke · Omusati · Oshana · Oshikoto · Otjozondjupa · Zambezi
Questions people ask
Is Namibia a country?
Yes. Namibia 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 Namibia a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,651,000 international arrivals in Namibia in 2019, the 115th 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 Namibia stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 58% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Namibia count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Namibia”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Namibia
Near Namibia
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.