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Djibouti

Djibouti is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 63,000 international arrivals there in 2013, rarer than 96% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.

Djibouti’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
International arrivals
63,000in 2013, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
190th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Prismrarer than 96%
Area
21,934 km² (8,469 sq mi)
Population
974,000Natural Earth estimate
Regions
6in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Djibouti count as a country?

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

The Djibouti stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Djibouti’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 63,000 international arrivals in 2013, Djibouti is rarer than 96% 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 Djibouti

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 Djibouti 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 (Djibouti-Ambouli Airport, JIB), 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 Djibouti 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 Djibouti to 1 volcano.

Volcanoes 1

Ardoukoba. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Djibouti923,000

Airports

Djibouti 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).

6 regions to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Djibouti into 6 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 6

Ali Sabieh · Arta · Dikhil · Djibouti · Obock · Tadjourah

Questions people ask

Is Djibouti a country?

Yes. Djibouti 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 Djibouti a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 63,000 international arrivals in Djibouti in 2013, the 190th 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 Djibouti stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 96% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Djibouti count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

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

Places as rare as Djibouti

Near Djibouti

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