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Countries ranked by Number of land borders

How many other countries share a land border with this country.

#1 China (14), #1 Russia (14), #3 Brazil (10), and other countries tied at #3. Several countries are tied for last place, including Samoa (0).

How to read this number

The number of countries that share a land border with the country. This site counted them from the border lines in the Natural Earth map data, counting only borders between UN member states.

Countries across the sea are not counted. Overseas territories that touch other countries are included, so France also counts Brazil and Suriname, which border French Guiana in South America. Many countries have the same number, so there are many ties.

  • Countries listed: 193 (of 193)

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Ranking table

Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryNumber of land bordersYearBar
1= China 14
1= Russia 14
3= Brazil 10
3= France 10
5= Democratic Republic of the Congo 9
5= Germany 9
7= Austria 8
7= Türkiye 8
7= Tanzania 8
10= Hungary 7
10= Iran 7
10= Mali 7
10= Niger 7
10= Poland 7
10= Serbia 7
10= Saudi Arabia 7
10= Sudan 7
10= Ukraine 7
10= Zambia 7
20= Afghanistan 6
20= Burkina Faso 6
20= Central African Republic 6
20= Cameroon 6
20= Algeria 6
20= Ethiopia 6
20= Guinea 6
20= India 6
20= Iraq 6
20= Libya 6
20= Mozambique 6
20= South Sudan 6
20= Chad 6
20= South Africa 6
34= Argentina 5
34= Azerbaijan 5
34= Bulgaria 5
34= Bolivia 5
34= Belarus 5
34= Republic of the Congo 5
34= Switzerland 5
34= Côte d’Ivoire 5
34= Colombia 5
34= Croatia 5
34= Italy 5
34= Kenya 5
34= Kazakhstan 5
34= Laos 5
34= Myanmar 5
34= Peru 5
34= Romania 5
34= Slovakia 5
34= Senegal 5
34= Syria 5
34= Uganda 5
34= Uzbekistan 5
56= Armenia 4
56= Angola 4
56= Belgium 4
56= Benin 4
56= Czechia 4
56= Georgia 4
56= Greece 4
56= Guatemala 4
56= Israel 4
56= Jordan 4
56= Kyrgyzstan 4
56= Lithuania 4
56= Latvia 4
56= Montenegro 4
56= North Macedonia 4
56= Namibia 4
56= Nigeria 4
56= Pakistan 4
56= Rwanda 4
56= Slovenia 4
56= Thailand 4
56= Tajikistan 4
56= Turkmenistan 4
56= Zimbabwe 4
80= Albania 3
80= Bosnia & Herzegovina 3
80= Burundi 3
80= Botswana 3
80= Chile 3
80= Egypt 3
80= Eritrea 3
80= Spain 3
80= Finland 3
80= Gabon 3
80= Ghana 3
80= Guyana 3
80= Honduras 3
80= Indonesia 3
80= Cambodia 3
80= North Korea 3
80= Liberia 3
80= Luxembourg 3
80= Mauritania 3
80= Malawi 3
80= Mexico 3
80= Malaysia 3
80= Norway 3
80= Oman 3
80= Paraguay 3
80= Suriname 3
80= Togo 3
80= Venezuela 3
80= Vietnam 3
109= Andorra 2
109= United Arab Emirates 2
109= Bangladesh 2
109= Bhutan 2
109= Belize 2
109= Costa Rica 2
109= Djibouti 2
109= Ecuador 2
109= Estonia 2
109= Equatorial Guinea 2
109= Guinea-Bissau 2
109= Kuwait 2
109= Lebanon 2
109= Liechtenstein 2
109= Moldova 2
109= Mongolia 2
109= Nicaragua 2
109= Netherlands 2
109= Nepal 2
109= Panama 2
109= Sweden 2
109= Sierra Leone 2
109= Somalia 2
109= El Salvador 2
109= Eswatini 2
109= Tunisia 2
109= United States 2
109= Uruguay 2
109= Yemen 2
138= Brunei 1
138= Canada 1
138= Denmark 1
138= Dominican Republic 1
138= United Kingdom 1
138= Gambia 1
138= Haiti 1
138= Ireland 1
138= South Korea 1
138= Lesotho 1
138= Morocco 1
138= Monaco 1
138= Papua New Guinea 1
138= Portugal 1
138= Qatar 1
138= San Marino 1
138= Timor-Leste 1
155= Antigua & Barbuda 0
155= Australia 0
155= Barbados 0
155= Bahrain 0
155= Bahamas 0
155= Cuba 0
155= Cape Verde 0
155= Cyprus 0
155= Dominica 0
155= Fiji 0
155= Micronesia 0
155= Grenada 0
155= Iceland 0
155= Jamaica 0
155= Japan 0
155= Kiribati 0
155= Comoros 0
155= St. Kitts & Nevis 0
155= St. Lucia 0
155= Sri Lanka 0
155= Madagascar 0
155= Marshall Islands 0
155= Malta 0
155= Mauritius 0
155= Maldives 0
155= Nauru 0
155= New Zealand 0
155= Philippines 0
155= Palau 0
155= Solomon Islands 0
155= Seychelles 0
155= Singapore 0
155= São Tomé & Príncipe 0
155= Tonga 0
155= Trinidad & Tobago 0
155= Tuvalu 0
155= St. Vincent & Grenadines 0
155= Vanuatu 0
155= Samoa 0

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 193 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

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