Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 2.1 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 51% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 2.1 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 101st of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 51%
- Area
- 322,039 km² (124,340 sq mi)
- Population
- 25.7 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Departments
- 19in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 4with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 5on Globestamp’s list
Does Ivory Coast count as a country?
Yes. Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Ivory Coast stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Ivory Coast’s is Colour-shift: one colour straight on, another at an angle, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year. With 2.1 million international arrivals in 2019, Ivory Coast is rarer than 51% 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 Ivory Coast
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 Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast, from 5 World Heritage Sites.
World Heritage Sites 5
Comoé National Park (1983) · Taï National Park (1982) · Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (1981) · Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d'Ivoire (2021) · Historic town of Grand-Bassam (2012). On the bucket list →
National parks 2
Comoé National Park · Taï National Park. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Abidjan zoo. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 1
Bingerville Botanical Garden. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Abidjan | 3,802,000 |
| Bouaké | 567,481 |
| Daloa | 255,168 |
| San-Pedro | 210,273 |
| Yamoussoukro | 206,499 |
| Korhogo | 177,711 |
| Man | 146,974 |
| Divo | 127,867 |
Airports
Ivory Coast has 4 airports with scheduled flights, 1 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).
19 departments to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Ivory Coast into 19 departments (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 19
Agnéby · Bafing · Bas-Sassandra · Comoé · Denguélé · Dix-Huit Montagnes · Fromager · Haut-Sassandra · Lacs · Lagunes · Marahoué · Moyen-Cavally · N'zi-Comoé · Savanes · Sud-Bandama · Sud-Comoé · Vallée du Bandama · Worodougou · Zanzan
Questions people ask
Is Ivory Coast a country?
Yes. Ivory Coast 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 Ivory Coast a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 2,070,000 international arrivals in Ivory Coast in 2019, the 101st 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 Ivory Coast stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 51% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Ivory Coast count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)”, 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.