Tanzania
Tanzania is one of the 193 UN member states, in Eastern Africa. UN Tourism counted 1.5 million international arrivals there in 2019, rarer than 60% of the 199 places with figures, so its stamp in Globestamp is printed in Hologram.
- International arrivals
- 1.5 millionin 2019, UN Tourism
- Rank by visitors
- 119th of 199most visited first
- Stamp finish
- Hologramrarer than 60%
- Area
- 945,559 km² (365,082 sq mi)
- Population
- 58 millionNatural Earth estimate
- Regions
- 30in Globestamp’s regions layer
- Airports
- 16with scheduled flights
- World Heritage Sites
- 7on Globestamp’s list
Does Tanzania count as a country?
Yes. Tanzania 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 Tanzania? |
|---|---|
| UN member states (193) | Yes, a member |
| Globestamp’s countries and territories (250) | Yes |
| Travelers’ Century Club (330) | Yes: Tanzania, Zanzibar |
| European Union | No |
| Schengen area | No |
The Tanzania stamp
Every country in Globestamp has its own stamp, drawn after a real entry stamp. Its finish shows how few travelers get there. Tanzania’s is Hologram: cracked ice, a mosaic of small mirrors, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year. With 1.5 million international arrivals in 2019, Tanzania is rarer than 60% 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 Tanzania
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 Tanzania 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 Tanzania 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 Tanzania, from 7 World Heritage Sites to 5 volcanoes.
World Heritage Sites 7
Serengeti National Park · Ngorongoro Conservation Area (1979) · Selous Game Reserve (1982) · Stone Town (2000) · Kilimanjaro National Park (1987) · Kondoa Rock Art Sites (2006) · Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara (1981). On the bucket list →
National parks 8
Serengeti National Park · Kilimanjaro National Park · Gombe National Park · Arusha National Park · Mikumi National Park · Tarangire National Park · Lake Manyara National Park · Ruaha National Park. On the bucket list →
Famous landmarks 1
Mount Kilimanjaro. On the bucket list →
Volcanoes 5
Mount Kilimanjaro · Ol Doinyo Lengai · Kitumbeine Volcano · Mount Kibo · Mawenzi. On the bucket list →
Zoos and aquariums 1
Dar es Salaam Zoo. On the bucket list →
Largest cities
| City | People (urban area) |
|---|---|
| Dar es Salaam | 2,930,000 |
| Moshi | 721,018 |
| Mwanza | 493,944 |
| Zanzibar | 403,658 |
| Arusha | 341,136 |
| Mbeya | 291,649 |
| Morogoro | 250,902 |
| Tanga | 224,876 |
Airports
Tanzania 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).
30 regions to fill in
Globestamp goes deeper than countries: its regions layer splits Tanzania into 30 regions (Natural Earth’s first-level divisions), and each one fills in when a photo was taken there.
All 30
Arusha · Dar es Salaam · Dodoma · Geita · Iringa · Kagera · Katavi · Kigoma · Kilimanjaro · Lindi · Manyara · Mara · Mbeya · Mjini Magharibi · Morogoro · Mtwara · Mwanza · Njombe · North Pemba · Pwani · Rukwa · Ruvuma · Shinyanga · Simiyu · Singida · South Pemba · Tabora · Tanga · Unguja North · Unguja South
Questions people ask
Is Tanzania a country?
Yes. Tanzania 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 Tanzania a year?
UN Tourism (via the World Bank) counted 1,527,000 international arrivals in Tanzania in 2019, the 119th 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 Tanzania stamp in Globestamp?
It is printed in Hologram, the finish for places with 500,000 to 2 million visitors a year, rarer than 60% of the places with figures. The fewer travelers a place receives, the rarer its finish, from plain Ink to Mythic.
Does Tanzania count for the Travelers’ Century Club?
Yes, and more than once: the Travelers’ Century Club lists Tanzania, and counts Zanzibar as separate destination. The club’s list has 330 destinations.
Places as rare as Tanzania
Near Tanzania
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.