Guinea
Guinea is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 99,000 international arrivals there in 2017, rarer than 91% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 99,000in 2017, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 182nd of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 91%
- Area
- 245,288 km² (94,706 sq mi)
- Population
- 12.8 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Prefectures
- 34in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 1with scheduled flights
Does Guinea count as a country?
Yes. 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.
| List | Counts Guinea? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Guinea |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Guinea stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Guinea’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 99,000 international arrivals in 2017, Guinea is rarer than 91% 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 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 Guinea 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 (Ahmed Sékou Touré International Airport, CKY), 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 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 Guinea.
Botanical gardens 1
Conakry Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Conakry | 1,494,000 |
| Gueckedou | 221,715 |
| Nzérékoré | 168,121 |
| Labé | 140,575 |
| Kindia | 117,062 |
| Boké | 116,270 |
| Kankan | 114,009 |
| Mamou | 71,153 |
Airports
Guinea 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).
34 prefectures to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Guinea into 34 prefectures (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 34
Beyla Prefecture · Boffa Prefecture · Boké · Conakry · Coyah Prefecture · Dabola Prefecture · Dalaba Prefecture · Dinguiraye Prefecture · Dubréka Prefecture · Faranah · Forécariah Prefecture · Fria Prefecture · Gaoual Prefecture · Guéckédou Prefecture · Kankan · Kérouané Prefecture · Kindia · Kissidougou Prefecture · Koubia Prefecture · Koundara Prefecture · Kouroussa Prefecture · Labé Prefecture · Lélouma Prefecture · Lola Prefecture · Macenta Prefecture · Mali Prefecture · Mamou Prefecture · Mandiana Prefecture · Nzérékoré Prefecture · Pita Prefecture · Siguiri Prefecture · Télimélé Prefecture · Tougué Prefecture · Yomou Prefecture
Questions people ask
Is Guinea a country?
Yes. 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 Guinea a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 99,000 international arrivals in Guinea in 2017, the 182nd 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 Guinea stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 91% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Guinea count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Guinea”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Guinea
Near Guinea
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.