Nigeria
Nigeria is one of the 193 UN member states, in Western Africa. UN Tourism counted 5.3 million international arrivals there in 2016, more visited than 66% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Colour-shift.
- International arrivals
- 5.3 millionin 2016, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 69th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Colour-shiftrarer than 34%
- Area
- 911,217 km² (351,823 sq mi)
- Population
- 201 millionNatural Earth estimate
- States
- 37in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 24with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 2on Globestamp’s list
Does Nigeria count as a country?
Yes. Nigeria 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 Nigeria? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes, as Nigeria |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Nigeria stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Nigeria’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 5.3 million international arrivals in 2016, Nigeria is more visited than 66% 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 Nigeria
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 Nigeria 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 Nigeria 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 Nigeria, from 2 World Heritage Sites to 1 volcano.
World Heritage Sites 2
Sukur (1999) · Osun-Osogbo Grove (2005). On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 1
Biu Plateau. On the bucket list →
Theme parks 3
Apapa Amusement Park · Dreamworld Africana · Hi-Impact Planet. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 6
Port Harcourt Zoo · Sumu Wildlife Park · Kano Zoo · Ogba Zoo & Nature Park and 2 more. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Lagos | 9,466,000 |
| Kano | 3,140,000 |
| Ibadan | 2,628,000 |
| Abuja | 1,576,000 |
| Kaduna | 1,442,000 |
| Benin City | 1,190,000 |
| Ikare | 1,099,931 |
| Port Harcourt | 1,020,000 |
Airports
Nigeria has 24 airports with scheduled flights, 11 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).
37 states to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Nigeria into 37 states (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 37
Abia State · Adamawa State · Akwa Ibom State · Anambra State · Bauchi State · Bayelsa State · Benue State · Borno State · Cross River State · Delta State · Ebonyi State · Edo State · Ekiti State · Enugu State · Federal Capital Territory · Gombe State · Imo State · Jigawa State · Kaduna State · Kano State · Katsina State · Kebbi State · Kogi State · Kwara State · Lagos · Nasarawa State · Niger State · Ogun State · Ondo State · Osun State · Oyo State · Plateau State · Rivers State · Sokoto State · Taraba State · Yobe State · Zamfara State
Questions people ask
Is Nigeria a country?
Yes. Nigeria 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 Nigeria a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 5,265,000 international arrivals in Nigeria in 2016, the 69th 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 Nigeria stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Colour-shift, the finish for places with 2 to 6 million visitors a year, rarer than 34% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Nigeria count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Nigeria”, one of its 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Nigeria
Near Nigeria
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.