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Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is one of the 193 UN member states, in Middle 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.

Equatorial Guinea’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
Stamp finish
Prismplaced by estimate
Area
26,791 km² (10,344 sq mi)
Population
1.4 millionNatural Earth estimate
Provinces
7in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
5with scheduled flights

Does Equatorial Guinea count as a country?

Yes. Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea?
UN member states (193)Yes, a member
Globestamp’s countries and territories (250)Yes
Travelers’ Century Club (330)Yes: Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
European UnionNo
Schengen areaNo

The Equatorial Guinea stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Equatorial Guinea’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 Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea

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 Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea to 2 volcanoes.

Volcanoes 2

Pico Basilé · San Carlos. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Bata173,046
Malabo155,963

Airports

Equatorial Guinea 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).

7 provinces to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Equatorial Guinea into 7 provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 7

Annobón · Bioko Norte · Bioko Sur · Centro Sur · Kié-Ntem · Litoral · Wele-Nzas

Questions people ask

Is Equatorial Guinea a country?

Yes. Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea?

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

How rare is a Equatorial Guinea 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 Equatorial Guinea count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni), and counts Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Equatorial Guinea

Near Equatorial Guinea

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