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Eastern Africa

South Sudan

South Sudan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism publishes no arrivals figure for it, so Globestamp places its stamp by estimate: Prism, for 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

South Sudan’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
629,530 km² (243,063 sq mi)
Population
11.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
States
10in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
3with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does South Sudan count as a country?

Yes. South Sudan 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.

ListCounts South Sudan?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes, as South Sudan
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The South Sudan stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. South Sudan’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. UN Tourism has no figure for South Sudan, so its finish is placed by hand from what is known of its visitors. See every stamp on the stamp wall, or the rarest on the least-visited countries.

What counts as a visit to South Sudan

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 South Sudan 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 South Sudan 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 South Sudan, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape (2026). On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Yei185,000
Malakal160,765
Wau127,384
Juba111,975
Gogrial50,065

Airports

South Sudan has 3 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).

10 states to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits South Sudan into 10 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 10

Central Equatoria · Eastern Equatoria · Jonglei · Lakes · Northern Bahr el Ghazal · Unity · Upper Nile · Warrap · Western Bahr el Ghazal · Western Equatoria

Questions people ask

Is South Sudan a country?

Yes. South Sudan 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 South Sudan?

UN Tourism, the usual source, publishes no arrivals figure for South Sudan. Globestamp places its stamp by estimate, as Prism: 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year.

How rare is a South Sudan stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does South Sudan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “South Sudan”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as South Sudan

Near South Sudan

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