List of countries and territories by number of land borders explained

This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders.

Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders. However, borders along lakes, rivers, and other internal waters are considered land borders for the purposes of this article.

Land borders

Coastline paradox

Due to the coastline paradox, it is not always possible to determine border lengths, especially where borders are marked by rivers and coastlines, as the resulting measurements are highly dependent on the resolution at which the borders are recorded. For instance, the more accurately you measure the nooks and crannies of a given beach, the longer the border will inevitably become.

width=150pt align="left" valign="top" scope="col" rowspan=2Total length of land borderswidth=80pt align="left" valign="top" data-sort-type="number" scope="col" rowspan=2No. of distinct land borderswidth=80pt align="left" valign="top" data-sort-type="number" scope="col" rowspan=2No. of distinct land neighbours
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Afghanistan5529km (3,436miles)66


:
Pakistan:
Tajikistan:
Turkmenistan:
Uzbekistan:

Albania720km (450miles)44 Greece


:
:
Montenegro:

Algeria6470km (4,020miles)77 Libya


Mali:
Mauritania:
Morocco:
Niger:
Tunisia:
Western Sahara:

Andorra120km (80miles)22 France


Spain:

Angola5198km (3,230miles)54 (2):
:
Namibia:
Zambia:
Antigua and Barbuda0km (00miles)00
Argentina9665km (6,006miles)65


Brazil:
Chile (2):
Paraguay:
Uruguay:

Armenia1254km (779miles)94 Azerbaijan (6):
Georgia:
:
Turkey:
Australia0km (00miles)00
Austria2562km (1,592miles)98 Czech Republic


Germany:
Hungary:
Italy:
Liechtenstein:
Slovakia:
Slovenia:
Switzerland (2):

Azerbaijan2013km (1,251miles)115 Armenia (6):
Georgia:
(2):
:
Turkey:
Bahamas 0km (00miles)00
Bahrain0.196km (00.122miles)11
Bangladesh4246km (2,638miles)32 India (2), including Dahagram-Angarpota:
Myanmar:
Barbados0km (00miles)00
Belarus2900km (1,800miles)65 Latvia


Lithuania:
Poland:
(2):
Ukraine:

Belgium1385km (861miles)394 France


Germany (6):
Luxembourg:
Netherlands (31):

Belize516km (321miles)22 Guatemala


Mexico:

Benin1989km (1,236miles)44 Burkina Faso


Niger:
Nigeria:
Togo:

Bhutan1075km (668miles)22


India:

6743km (4,190miles)55 Argentina


Brazil:
Chile:
Paraguay:
Peru:

Bosnia and Herzegovina1459km (907miles)53 Croatia (2):
Montenegro:
Serbia (2):
Botswana4015km (2,495miles)44 Namibia


South Africa:
Zambia:
Zimbabwe:

Brazil14691km (9,129miles)1010 Argentina


:
Colombia:
French Guiana (France):
Guyana:
Paraguay:
Peru:
Suriname:
Uruguay:
:

381km (237miles)21 Malaysia (2):
Bulgaria1808km (1,123miles)55 Greece


:
Romania:
Serbia:
Turkey:

Burkina Faso3193km (1,984miles)66 Benin


Cote d'Ivoire:
Ghana:
Mali:
Niger:
Togo:

Burundi974km (605miles)33


Rwanda:
:

Cambodia 2572km (1,598miles)33


Thailand:
:

Cameroon4591km (2,853miles)66 Central African Republic


Chad:
:
Equatorial Guinea:
Gabon:
Nigeria:

Canada8894km (5,526miles)62 United States (4):
Greenland (Denmark):
Cape Verde0km (00miles)00
Central African Republic5213km (3,239miles)66 Cameroon


Chad:
:
:
:
Sudan:

Chad5968km (3,708miles)66 Cameroon


Central African Republic:
Libya:
Niger:
Nigeria:
Sudan:

Chile6171km (3,834miles)43 Argentina (2):
:
Peru:
22147km (13,762miles)1714 Afghanistan


Bhutan:
India (3):
Kazakhstan:
:
Kyrgyzstan:
:
Mongolia:
Myanmar:
Nepal:
Pakistan


(2):
Tajikistan:
:

Colombia6004km (3,731miles)55 Brazil


Ecuador:
Panama:
Peru:
:

Comoros0km (00miles)00
10730km (6,670miles)109 Angola (2):
Burundi:
Central African Republic:
:
Rwanda:
:
:
Uganda:
Zambia:
5504km (3,420miles)55 Angola


Cameroon:
Central African Republic:
:
Gabon:

Costa Rica639km (397miles)22 Nicaragua


Panama:

Cote d'Ivoire3110km (1,930miles)55 Burkina Faso


Ghana:
Guinea:
Liberia:
Mali:

Croatia2197km (1,365miles)65 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2):
Hungary:
Montenegro:
Serbia:
Slovenia:
Cuba0km (00miles)00
Cyprus152km (94miles)61 (United Kingdom) (6):
Czech Republic1881km (1,169miles)44 Austria


Germany: [1]
Poland:
Slovakia:

Denmark (constituent country)68km (42miles)11 Germany
Denmark, Kingdom of 69km (43miles)22 Germany


Canada:

Djibouti528km (328miles)33 Eritrea


Ethiopia:
:

Dominica0km (00miles)00
Dominican Republic360km (220miles)11 Haiti
228km (142miles)21 Indonesia (2):
Ecuador2010km (1,250miles)22 Colombia


Peru:

Egypt2665km (1,656miles)44 (State of Palestine):
Israel:
Libya:
Sudan:
El Salvador545km (339miles)22 Guatemala


Honduras:

Equatorial Guinea539km (335miles)22 Cameroon


Gabon:

Eritrea1626km (1,010miles)33 Djibouti


Ethiopia:
Sudan:

Estonia633km (393miles)22 Latvia


:

535km (332miles)22 Mozambique


South Africa:

Ethiopia5328km (3,311miles)66 Djibouti


Eritrea:
Kenya:
Somalia:
:
Sudan:

Fiji0km (00miles)00
Finland2690km (1,670miles)43 Norway


Sweden (2):
:

France, Metropolitan2889km (1,795miles)108 Andorra


Belgium:
Germany:
Italy:
Luxembourg:
Monaco:
Spain (3):
Switzerland:

France (including French overseas departments, collectivities, and territories) 4082km (2,536miles)1412 Andorra


Belgium:
Brazil:
Canada
Germany


Italy:
Luxembourg:
Monaco:
(Netherlands):
Spain (3):
Suriname:
Switzerland:

Gabon2551km (1,585miles)33 Cameroon


:
Equatorial Guinea:

740km (460miles)11 Senegal
Georgia1461km (908miles)64 Armenia


Azerbaijan:
:
Turkey:
:

Germany3621km (2,250miles)159 Austria


Belgium (6):
Czech Republic:
Denmark:
France:
Luxembourg:
Netherlands:
Poland:
Switzerland (2):

Ghana2094km (1,301miles)33 Burkina Faso


Cote d'Ivoire:
Togo:

Greece1228km (763miles)44 Albania


Bulgaria:
Turkey:
:

Grenada0km (00miles)00
Guatemala1687km (1,048miles)44 Belize


El Salvador:
Honduras:
Mexico:

Guinea3399km (2,112miles)66 Cote d'Ivoire


Guinea-Bissau:
Liberia:
Mali:
Senegal:
Sierra Leone:

Guinea-Bissau724km (450miles)22 Guinea


Senegal:

Guyana2462km (1,530miles)33 Brazil


Suriname:
:

Haiti360km (220miles)11 Dominican Republic
Honduras1520km (940miles)33 Guatemala


El Salvador:
Nicaragua:

Hong Kong30km (20miles)11
Hungary2171km (1,349miles)77 Austria


Croatia:
Romania:
Serbia:
Slovakia:
Slovenia:
Ukraine:

Iceland0km (00miles)00
India14209km (8,829miles)107 Bangladesh (2):
Bhutan:
(3):
Myanmar:
Nepal:
Pakistan:
Sri Lanka: on a land shoal on Ram Setu,[2] see also Borders of India.
Indonesia2830km (1,760miles)43 (2):
Malaysia:
Papua New Guinea:
5440km (3,380miles)87 Afghanistan


Armenia:
Azerbaijan (2):
Iraq:
Pakistan:
Turkey:
Turkmenistan:

Iraq3650km (2,270miles)66


Jordan:
Kuwait:
Saudi Arabia:
:
Turkey:

Ireland499km (310miles)11 United Kingdom
Israel1017km (632miles)65 Egypt


(State of Palestine):
Jordan:
Lebanon:
:
(state of Palestine):

Italy1932km (1,200miles)76 Austria


France:
San Marino:
Slovenia:
Switzerland (2):
:

Jamaica0km (00miles)00
Japan0km (00miles)00
Jordan1635km (1,016miles)55 Iraq


Israel:
Saudi Arabia:
:
(State of Palestine):

Kazakhstan12012km (7,464miles)55


Kyrgyzstan:
:
Turkmenistan:
Uzbekistan:

Kenya3477km (2,161miles)55 Ethiopia


Somalia:
:
:
Uganda:

Kiribati0km (00miles)00
1673km (1,040miles)33


:
:

238km (148miles)11
701km (436miles)44 Albania


Montenegro:
:
Serbia:

Kuwait462km (287miles)22 Iraq


Saudi Arabia:

Kyrgyzstan3878km (2,410miles)114


Kazakhstan:
Tajikistan (3):
Uzbekistan (6):

5083km (3,158miles)55 Cambodia


:
Myanmar:
Thailand:
:

Latvia1150km (720miles)44 Belarus


Estonia:
Lithuania:
:

Lebanon454km (282miles)22 Israel


:

Lesotho909km (565miles)11 South Africa
Liberia1585km (985miles)33 Guinea


Cote d'Ivoire:
Sierra Leone:

Libya4348km (2,702miles)66 Algeria


Chad:
Egypt:
Niger:
Sudan:
Tunisia:

Liechtenstein76km (47miles)22 Austria


Switzerland:

Lithuania1273km (791miles)44 Belarus


Latvia:
Poland:
:

Luxembourg359km (223miles)33 Belgium


France:
Germany:

(People's Republic of China)0.34km (00.21miles)11
Madagascar0km (00miles)00
(Portugal)0km (00miles)00
Malawi2881km (1,790miles)33 Mozambique


:
Zambia:

Malaysia3147km (1,955miles)43 (2):
Indonesia:
Thailand:
Maldives0km (00miles)00
Mali7243km (4,501miles)77 Algeria


Burkina Faso:
Cote d'Ivoire:
Guinea:
Mauritania:
Niger:
Senegal:

Malta0km (00miles)00
Marshall Islands0km (00miles)00
Mauritania5074km (3,153miles)44 Algeria


Mali:
Senegal:
Western Sahara:

Mauritius0km (00miles)00
Mexico4353km (2,705miles)33 Belize


Guatemala:
United States:

0km (00miles)00
1389km (863miles)22 Romania


Ukraine:

Monaco4.4km (02.7miles)11 France
Mongolia8220km (5,110miles)22


:

Montenegro625km (388miles)55 Albania


Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Croatia:
:
Serbia:

Morocco2018km (1,254miles)53 Algeria


Western Sahara:
Spain (3):

Mozambique4571km (2,840miles)66


Malawi:
South Africa (2):
:
Zambia:
Zimbabwe:

Myanmar5876km (3,651miles)55 Bangladesh


:
India:
:
Thailand:

Namibia3936km (2,446miles)44 Angola


Botswana:
South Africa:
Zambia:

Nauru0km (00miles)00
Nepal2926km (1,818miles)22


India:

Netherlands (constituent country)1027km (638miles)322 Belgium (31):
Germany:
Netherlands, Kingdom of 1037km (644miles)333 Belgium (31):
Germany:
(France):
New Zealand0km (00miles)00
Nicaragua1231km (765miles)22 Costa Rica


Honduras:

Niger5697km (3,540miles)77 Algeria


Benin:
Burkina Faso:
Chad:
Libya:
Mali:
Nigeria:

Nigeria4047km (2,515miles)44 Benin


Cameroon:
Chad:
Niger:

766km (476miles)55 Albania


Bulgaria:
Greece:
:
Serbia:

Norway2551km (1,585miles)33 Finland


Sweden:
:

Oman1374km (854miles)63 Saudi Arabia


United Arab Emirates (4):
Yemen:

Pakistan6774km (4,209miles)44 Afghanistan


India:
:
:

Palau0km (00miles)00
466km (290miles)43 Egypt


Israel (2):
Jordan:

Panama555km (345miles)22 Colombia


Costa Rica:

Papua New Guinea820km (510miles)11 Indonesia
Paraguay3920km (2,440miles)33 Argentina


:
Brazil:

Peru5536km (3,440miles)55


Brazil:
Chile:
Colombia:
Ecuador:

Philippines0km (00miles)00
Poland2788km (1,732miles)77 Belarus


Czech Republic:
Germany:
Lithuania:
:
Slovakia:
Ukraine:

Portugal1214km (754miles)11 Spain
Qatar60km (40miles)11 Saudi Arabia
Romania2508km (1,558miles)65 Bulgaria


Hungary:
:
Serbia:
Ukraine (2):

20017km (12,438miles)1614 Azerbaijan


Belarus (2):
(2):
Estonia:
Finland:
Georgia:
Kazakhstan:
:
Latvia:
Lithuania:
Mongolia:
Norway:
Poland:
Ukraine:

Rwanda893km (555miles)44 Burundi


:
:
Uganda:

Saint Kitts and Nevis0km (00miles)00
Saint Lucia0km (00miles)00
Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.054km (00.034miles)11 Canada [3]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0km (00miles)00
Samoa0km (00miles)00
San Marino39km (24miles)11 Italy
0km (00miles)00
Saudi Arabia4431km (2,753miles)88 Bahrain
Iraq:
Jordan:
Kuwait:
Oman:
Qatar:
United Arab Emirates:
Yemen:
Senegal2640km (1,640miles)55


Guinea:
Guinea-Bissau:
Mali:
Mauritania:

Serbia2027km (1,260miles)98 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2):
Bulgaria:
Croatia:
Hungary:
:
Montenegro:
:
Romania:
Seychelles0km (00miles)00
Sierra Leone958km (595miles)22 Guinea


Liberia:

Singapore0km (00miles)00
Slovakia1524km (947miles)55 Austria


Czech Republic:
Hungary:
Poland:
Ukraine:

Slovenia1334km (829miles)44 Austria


Croatia:
Italy:
Hungary:

Solomon Islands0km (00miles)00
Somalia2340km (1,450miles)33 Djibouti


Ethiopia:
Kenya:

South Africa4862km (3,021miles)76 Botswana


:
Lesotho:
Mozambique (2):
Namibia:
Zimbabwe:

466km (290miles)22


Georgia:

4797km (2,981miles)66 Central African Republic


:
Ethiopia:
Kenya:
Sudan:
Uganda:

Spain1918km (1,192miles)95 Andorra


France (3):
Gibraltar: (United Kingdom)
Portugal:
Morocco (3):

Sri Lanka0km (00miles)00
Sudan6764km (4,203miles)77 Central African Republic


Chad:
Egypt:
Eritrea:
Ethiopia:
Libya:
:

Suriname1707km (1,061miles)33 Brazil


French Guiana (France):
Guyana:

Sweden2233km (1,388miles)32 Finland (2): (including segment with Åland)
Norway:
Switzerland1852km (1,151miles)85 Austria (2):
France:
Italy (2):
Liechtenstein:
Germany (2):
2253km (1,400miles)65 Iraq


Israel:
Jordan:
Lebanon:
Turkey (2):

0km (00miles)00
Tajikistan3651km (2,269miles)74 Afghanistan


:
Kyrgyzstan (3):
Uzbekistan (2):

3861km (2,399miles)88 Burundi


:
Kenya:
Malawi:
Mozambique:
Rwanda:
Uganda:
Zambia:

Thailand4863km (3,022miles)44 Cambodia


:
Malaysia:
Myanmar:

Togo1647km (1,023miles)33 Benin


Burkina Faso:
Ghana:

Tonga0km (00miles)00
Trinidad and Tobago0km (00miles)00
Tunisia1469km (913miles)22 Algeria


Libya:

Turkey2648km (1,645miles)98 Armenia


Azerbaijan:
Bulgaria:
Georgia:
Greece:
:
Iraq:
(2):

Turkmenistan3736km (2,321miles)44 Afghanistan


:
Kazakhstan:
Uzbekistan:

Tuvalu0km (00miles)00
Uganda2698km (1,676miles)55


Kenya:
Rwanda:
:
:

Ukraine4663km (2,897miles)87 Belarus


Hungary:
:
Poland:
Romania (2):
:
Slovakia:

United Arab Emirates867km (539miles)52 Oman (4):
Saudi Arabia:
United Kingdom499km (310miles)11 Ireland
United Kingdom (plus British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) 652.2km (405.3miles)83 Cyprus (6):
Ireland:
Spain:
United States12034km (7,478miles)52 Canada (4):
Mexico:
Uruguay1564km (972miles)22 Argentina


Brazil:

Uzbekistan6221km (3,866miles)115 Afghanistan


Kazakhstan:
Kyrgyzstan (6):
Tajikistan (2):
Turkmenistan:

Vanuatu0km (00miles)00
3.2km (02miles)11 Italy
4993km (3,103miles)33 Brazil


Colombia:
Guyana:

4639km (2,883miles)33 Cambodia


:
:

Western Sahara2046km (1,271miles)33 Algeria


Mauritania:
Morocco:

Yemen1746km (1,085miles)22 Oman


Saudi Arabia:

Zambia5667km (3,521miles)88 Angola


Botswana:
:
Malawi:
Mozambique:
Namibia:
:
Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe3066km (1,905miles)44 Botswana


Mozambique:
South Africa:
Zambia:

Superlatives

14 (16 if Hong Kong and are included)

14 (16 if and are included)

Artificial border crossings

In addition to the above number of land borders per country, some countries have a man-made bridge, causeway or tunnel between each other without having any proper land border. These artificial land borders are usually less than 50m (160feet) long.

CountryCountryArtificial connection
United Kingdom FranceChannel Tunnel
Denmark SwedenØresund Bridge
Bahrain Saudi ArabiaKing Fahd Causeway
Singapore MalaysiaJohor Causeway and Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
Hong KongHZMB
Botswana ZambiaKazungula Bridge

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CIA – The World Factbook – Czech Republic . . . May 31, 2012 . 2012-05-31 .
  2. https://scroll.in/article/830499/what-will-you-see-if-you-visit-the-precise-point-where-india-ends-and-sri-lanka-begins What will you see if you visit the precise point where India ends and Sri Lanka begins?
  3. Web site: OpenStreetMap .
  4. Web site: Smith . Oliver . 2018-09-06 . The country with the most national borders may surprise you . 2022-09-25 . Traveller . en-au.
  5. Web site: Науково-дослідна установа «Український науково-дослідний інститут екологічних проблем». Анотований зведений заключний звіт про науково-дослідну роботу. UNECE. 26 May 2017.
  6. https://www.google.com/maps and https://norgeskart.no/ have the best aerial view

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