Sudan
Sudan is one of the 193 UN member states, in Northern Africa. UN Tourism counted 836,000 international arrivals there in 2018, rarer than 72% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 836,000in 2018, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 144th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 72%
- Area
- 1,861,998 km² (718,921 sq mi)
- Population
- 42.8 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 16in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 7with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Sudan count as a country?
Yes. 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.
| List | Counts Sudan? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Sudan |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Sudan stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Sudan’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 836,000 international arrivals in 2018, Sudan is rarer than 72% 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 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 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 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 Sudan, from 3 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 3
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park · Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (2011) · Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (2003). On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Sudan National Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Events in Sudan
Total solar eclipses over Sudan that the app knows: 2 August 2027. A photo inside the path of totality that day ticks “Watch a total eclipse”.
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Khartoum | 4,754,000 |
| Omdurman | 2,395,159 |
| Port Sudan | 489,725 |
| Kassala | 401,477 |
| Al-Ubayyid | 393,311 |
| Nyala | 392,373 |
| Kosti | 345,068 |
| Medani | 332,714 |
Airports
Sudan has 7 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).
16 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Sudan into 16 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 16
Al Jazirah · Al Qadarif · Blue Nile · Central Darfur · Kassala · Khartoum · North Darfur · North Kordofan · Northern · Red Sea · River Nile · Sennar · South Darfur · South Kordofan · West Soudan · White Nile
Questions people ask
Is Sudan a country?
Yes. 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 Sudan a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 836,000 international arrivals in Sudan in 2018, the 144th 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 Sudan stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 72% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Sudan count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Sudan”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Sudan
Near Sudan
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.