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Suriname

Suriname is one of the 193 UN member states, in South America. UN Tourism counted 279,000 international arrivals there in 2017, rarer than 85% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Prism.

Suriname’s stamp in Globestamp
Prism · 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year
International arrivals
279,000in 2017, UN Tourism
Rank by visitors
170th of 199most visited first
Stamp finish
Prismrarer than 85%
Area
145,763 km² (56,280 sq mi)
Population
581,000Natural Earth estimate
Districts
10in Globestamp’s regions layer
Airports
6with scheduled flights
World Heritage Sites
3on Globestamp’s list

Does Suriname count as a country?

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

The Suriname stamp

Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Suriname’s is Prism: the full spectrum with glints, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year. With 279,000 international arrivals in 2017, Suriname is rarer than 85% 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 Suriname

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 Suriname 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 Suriname 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 Suriname, from 3 World Heritage Sites.

World Heritage Sites 3

Central Suriname Nature Reserve (2000) · Jodensavanne (2023) · Historic Inner City of Paramaribo (2002). On the bucket list →

Zoos and aquariums 1

Paramaribo Zoo. On the bucket list →

Largest cities

CityPeople (urban area)
Paramaribo254,169

Airports

Suriname has 6 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).

10 districts to fill in

Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Suriname into 10 districts (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.

All 10

Brokopondo · Commewijne · Coronie · Marowijne · Nickerie · Para · Paramaribo · Saramacca · Sipaliwini · Wanica

Questions people ask

Is Suriname a country?

Yes. Suriname 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 Suriname a year?

UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 279,000 international arrivals in Suriname in 2017, the 170th 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 Suriname stamp in Globestamp?

It is printed in Prism, the finish for places with 50,000 to 500,000 visitors a year, rarer than 85% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.

Does Suriname count for the Travelers’ Century Club?

Yes. The Travelers’ Century Club counts it as “Suriname”, one of its 330 destinations.

Places as rare as Suriname

Near Suriname

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