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Eswatini

Eswatini is one of the 193 UN member states, in Southern Africa. UN Tourism counted 1.2 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 63% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.

Eswatini’s stamp in Globestamp
Hologram · 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year
International arrivals
1.2 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
126th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Hologramrarer than 63%
Area
17,143 km² (6,619 sq mi)
Population
1.1 millionNatural Earth estimate
Districts
4in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
1with scheduled flights

Does Eswatini count as a country?

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

The Eswatini stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Eswatini’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.2 million international arrivals in 2019, Eswatini is rarer than 63% 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 Eswatini

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 Eswatini 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 (King Mswati III International Airport, SHO), 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.

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Manzini110,537
Mbabane90,138

Airports

Eswatini 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).

4 districts to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Eswatini into 4 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 4

Hhohho · Lubombo · Manzini · Shiselweni

Questions people ask

Is Eswatini a country?

Yes. Eswatini 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 Eswatini a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,226,000 international arrivals in Eswatini in 2019, the 126th 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 Eswatini stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 63% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Eswatini count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Eswatini (Swaziland)”, one of its 330 destinations.

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Near Eswatini

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