Cameroon
Cameroon is one of the 193 UN member states, in Middle Africa. UN Tourism counted 1 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 68% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 135th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 68%
- Area
- 466,330 km² (180,051 sq mi)
- Population
- 25.9 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Provinces
- 10in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 5with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Cameroon count as a country?
Yes. Cameroon 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 Cameroon? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Cameroon |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Cameroon stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Cameroon’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 million international arrivals in 2019, Cameroon is rarer than 68% 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 Cameroon
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 Cameroon 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 Cameroon 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 Cameroon, from 3 World Heritage Sites to 8 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 3
Dja Faunal Reserve (1987) · Sangha Trinational (2012) · Diy-Gid-Biy (2025). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Lobéké National Park · Bénoué National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 8
Mount Cameroon · Mount Manengouba · Mount Kupe · Mount Oku · Little Mount Cameroon · Oku Volcanic Field and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Mvog-Betsi Zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Limbe Botanical Gardens. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Douala | 1,906,000 |
| Yaoundé | 1,611,000 |
| Bamenda | 445,299 |
| Garoua | 436,899 |
| Maroua | 319,941 |
| Bafoussam | 290,768 |
| Ngaoundéré | 231,357 |
| Bertoua | 218,111 |
Airports
Cameroon has 5 airports with scheduled flights, 3 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 provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Cameroon into 10 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 10
Adamawa · Centre · East · Far North · Littoral · North · Northwest · South · Southwest · West
Questions people ask
Is Cameroon a country?
Yes. Cameroon 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 Cameroon a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,021,000 international arrivals in Cameroon in 2019, the 135th 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 Cameroon stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 68% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Cameroon count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Cameroon”, one of its 330 destinations.
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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.