Madagascar
Madagascar is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 486,000 international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 77% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.
- International arrivals
- 486,000in 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 154th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Prismrarer than 77%
- Area
- 594,753 km² (229,635 sq mi)
- Population
- 27 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Autonomous Provinces
- 6in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 16with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 3on Globestamp’s list
Does Madagascar count as a country?
Yes. Madagascar 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 Madagascar? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Madagascar |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Madagascar stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Madagascar’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 486,000 international arrivals in 2019, Madagascar is rarer than 77% 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 Madagascar
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 Madagascar 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 Madagascar 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 Madagascar, from 3 World Heritage Sites to 4 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 3
Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (1990) · Ambohimanga (2001) · Rainforests of the Atsinanana (2007). On the bucket list →
National parks 4
Marojejy National Park · Masoala National Park · Isalo National Park · Ranomafana National Park. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 4
Ankaratra · Itasy Volcanic Field · Antaninaomby · Mont Lokobe. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 2
Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza · Peyrieras Reptile Reserve. On the bucket list →
Botanical gardens 4
Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza · Arboretum d'Antsokay · Lemurs' Park · Reniala reservation. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Antananarivo | 1,697,000 |
| Antsirabe | 307,921 |
| Toamasina | 210,226 |
| Fianarantsoa | 184,184 |
| Mahajanga | 154,657 |
| Toliara | 115,319 |
| Antsiranana | 82,937 |
Airports
Madagascar has 16 airports with scheduled flights, 4 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).
6 autonomous provinces to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Madagascar into 6 autonomous provinces (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 6
Anosy · Antananarivo · Boeny · Diana · Toamasina · Vatovavy-Fitovinany
Questions people ask
Is Madagascar a country?
Yes. Madagascar 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 Madagascar a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 486,000 international arrivals in Madagascar in 2019, the 154th 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 Madagascar stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 77% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Madagascar count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Madagascar”, 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.