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Togo

Togo is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 876,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 71% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Togo’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
876,000in 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
142nd of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 71%
Area
57,100 km² (22,046 sq mi)
Population
8.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
Regions
5in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
1on Globestamp’s list

Does Togo count as a country?

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

The Togo stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Togo’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 876,000 international arrivals in 2019, Togo is rarer than 71% 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 Togo

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 Togo when one of your photos was taken on its ground, or just off its coast; a photo taken from a plane never counts. With a single airport with scheduled flights (Lomé–Tokoin International Airport, LFW), photos only at the airport make a transit stamp, counted only if you count layovers. Read more in how to count the countries you’ve visited.

Places in Togo 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 Togo, from 1 World Heritage Site.

World Heritage Sites 1

Koutammakou (2004). On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Lomé1,452,000
Sokodé117,811
Kpalimé100,479
Atakpamé80,683
Bassar61,845

Airports

Togo has 1 airport with scheduled flights. 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).

5 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Togo into 5 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 5

Centre · Kara · Maritime · Plateaux · Savanes

Questions people ask

Is Togo a country?

Yes. Togo 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 Togo a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 876,000 international arrivals in Togo in 2019, the 142nd 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 Togo stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 71% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Togo count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Togo

Near Togo

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