Countries by Number of Land Borders - Ranking

Discover which countries have the most (and least) neighboring nations

About This Ranking

Welcome to our Countries by Land Borders Ranking! This ranking shows all 250 countries ordered by the number of neighboring countries they share land borders with.

Key Statistics:

  • Most Borders: Country with the most land borders has 16 neighbors
  • Countries with Borders: 164 countries share land borders
  • Island Nations: 86 countries have no land borders
  • Interactive Maps: Click any country to see its neighbors on an interactive map

Countries are ranked from those with the most land borders to those with the least. Island nations and countries without land borders appear at the end of the ranking.

Top 3 countries with the most neighbors: China (16 borders), Russia (14 borders), Brazil (10 borders).

250

Total Countries

16

Most Borders

86

Island Nations

Complete Ranking (250 Countries)

Rank Flag Country Capital ISO Code Land Borders Action
🥇 #1 China flag China Beijing CN 16 View
🥈 #2 Russia flag Russia Moscow RU 14 View
🥉 #3 Brazil flag Brazil Brasília BR 10 View
#4 DR Congo flag DR Congo Kinshasa CD 9 View
#4 Germany flag Germany Berlin DE 9 View
#6 Austria flag Austria Vienna AT 8 View
#6 France flag France Paris FR 8 View
#6 Serbia flag Serbia Belgrade RS 8 View
#6 Tanzania flag Tanzania Dodoma TZ 8 View
#6 Turkey flag Turkey Ankara TR 8 View
#6 Zambia flag Zambia Lusaka ZM 8 View
#12 Algeria flag Algeria Algiers DZ 7 View
#12 Hungary flag Hungary Budapest HU 7 View
#12 Iran flag Iran Tehran IR 7 View
#12 Mali flag Mali Bamako ML 7 View
#12 Niger flag Niger Niamey NE 7 View
#12 Poland flag Poland Warsaw PL 7 View
#12 Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia Riyadh SA 7 View
#12 Sudan flag Sudan Khartoum SD 7 View
#12 Ukraine flag Ukraine Kyiv UA 7 View
#21 Afghanistan flag Afghanistan Kabul AF 6 View
#21 Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso Ouagadougou BF 6 View
#21 Cameroon flag Cameroon Yaoundé CM 6 View
#21 Central African Republic flag Central African Republic Bangui CF 6 View
#21 Chad flag Chad N'Djamena TD 6 View
#21 Ethiopia flag Ethiopia Addis Ababa ET 6 View
#21 Guinea flag Guinea Conakry GN 6 View
#21 India flag India New Delhi IN 6 View
#21 Iraq flag Iraq Baghdad IQ 6 View
#21 Italy flag Italy Rome IT 6 View
#21 Libya flag Libya Tripoli LY 6 View
#21 Mozambique flag Mozambique Maputo MZ 6 View
#21 South Africa flag South Africa Pretoria ZA 6 View
#21 South Sudan flag South Sudan Juba SS 6 View
#35 Argentina flag Argentina Buenos Aires AR 5 View
#35 Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan Baku AZ 5 View
#35 Belarus flag Belarus Minsk BY 5 View
#35 Bolivia flag Bolivia Sucre BO 5 View
#35 Bulgaria flag Bulgaria Sofia BG 5 View
#35 Colombia flag Colombia Bogotá CO 5 View
#35 Croatia flag Croatia Zagreb HR 5 View
#35 Israel flag Israel Jerusalem IL 5 View
#35 Ivory Coast flag Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro CI 5 View
#35 Jordan flag Jordan Amman JO 5 View
#35 Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan Astana KZ 5 View
#35 Kenya flag Kenya Nairobi KE 5 View
#35 Laos flag Laos Vientiane LA 5 View
#35 Montenegro flag Montenegro Podgorica ME 5 View
#35 Myanmar flag Myanmar Naypyidaw MM 5 View
#35 North Macedonia flag North Macedonia Skopje MK 5 View
#35 Peru flag Peru Lima PE 5 View
#35 Republic of the Congo flag Republic of the Congo Brazzaville CG 5 View
#35 Romania flag Romania Bucharest RO 5 View
#35 Senegal flag Senegal Dakar SN 5 View
#35 Slovakia flag Slovakia Bratislava SK 5 View
#35 Spain flag Spain Madrid ES 5 View
#35 Switzerland flag Switzerland Bern CH 5 View
#35 Syria flag Syria Damascus SY 5 View
#35 Uganda flag Uganda Kampala UG 5 View
#35 Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan Tashkent UZ 5 View
#61 Albania flag Albania Tirana AL 4 View
#61 Angola flag Angola Luanda AO 4 View
#61 Armenia flag Armenia Yerevan AM 4 View
#61 Belgium flag Belgium Brussels BE 4 View
#61 Benin flag Benin Porto-Novo BJ 4 View
#61 Botswana flag Botswana Gaborone BW 4 View
#61 Czechia flag Czechia Prague CZ 4 View
#61 Egypt flag Egypt Cairo EG 4 View
#61 Georgia flag Georgia Tbilisi GE 4 View
#61 Greece flag Greece Athens GR 4 View
#61 Guatemala flag Guatemala Guatemala City GT 4 View
#61 Kosovo flag Kosovo Pristina XK 4 View
#61 Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan Bishkek KG 4 View
#61 Latvia flag Latvia Riga LV 4 View
#61 Lithuania flag Lithuania Vilnius LT 4 View
#61 Mauritania flag Mauritania Nouakchott MR 4 View
#61 Namibia flag Namibia Windhoek NA 4 View
#61 Nigeria flag Nigeria Abuja NG 4 View
#61 Pakistan flag Pakistan Islamabad PK 4 View
#61 Rwanda flag Rwanda Kigali RW 4 View
#61 Slovenia flag Slovenia Ljubljana SI 4 View
#61 Tajikistan flag Tajikistan Dushanbe TJ 4 View
#61 Thailand flag Thailand Bangkok TH 4 View
#61 Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan Ashgabat TM 4 View
#61 Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe Harare ZW 4 View
#86 Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo BA 3 View
#86 Burundi flag Burundi Gitega BI 3 View
#86 Cambodia flag Cambodia Phnom Penh KH 3 View
#86 Chile flag Chile Santiago CL 3 View
#86 Djibouti flag Djibouti Djibouti DJ 3 View
#86 Eritrea flag Eritrea Asmara ER 3 View
#86 Finland flag Finland Helsinki FI 3 View
#86 Gabon flag Gabon Libreville GA 3 View
#86 Ghana flag Ghana Accra GH 3 View
#86 Guyana flag Guyana Georgetown GY 3 View
#86 Honduras flag Honduras Tegucigalpa HN 3 View
#86 Indonesia flag Indonesia Jakarta ID 3 View
#86 Liberia flag Liberia Monrovia LR 3 View
#86 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg Luxembourg LU 3 View
#86 Malawi flag Malawi Lilongwe MW 3 View
#86 Malaysia flag Malaysia Kuala Lumpur MY 3 View
#86 Mexico flag Mexico Mexico City MX 3 View
#86 Morocco flag Morocco Rabat MA 3 View
#86 North Korea flag North Korea Pyongyang KP 3 View
#86 Norway flag Norway Oslo NO 3 View
#86 Oman flag Oman Muscat OM 3 View
#86 Palestine flag Palestine Ramallah PS 3 View
#86 Paraguay flag Paraguay Asunción PY 3 View
#86 Somalia flag Somalia Mogadishu SO 3 View
#86 Suriname flag Suriname Paramaribo SR 3 View
#86 Togo flag Togo Lomé TG 3 View
#86 Venezuela flag Venezuela Caracas VE 3 View
#86 Vietnam flag Vietnam Hanoi VN 3 View
#86 Western Sahara flag Western Sahara El Aaiún EH 3 View
#115 Andorra flag Andorra Andorra la Vella AD 2 View
#115 Bangladesh flag Bangladesh Dhaka BD 2 View
#115 Belize flag Belize Belmopan BZ 2 View
#115 Bhutan flag Bhutan Thimphu BT 2 View
#115 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica San José CR 2 View
#115 Ecuador flag Ecuador Quito EC 2 View
#115 El Salvador flag El Salvador San Salvador SV 2 View
#115 Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea Malabo GQ 2 View
#115 Estonia flag Estonia Tallinn EE 2 View
#115 Eswatini flag Eswatini Mbabane SZ 2 View
#115 French Guiana flag French Guiana Cayenne GF 2 View
#115 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau Bissau GW 2 View
#115 Kuwait flag Kuwait Kuwait City KW 2 View
#115 Lebanon flag Lebanon Beirut LB 2 View
#115 Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein Vaduz LI 2 View
#115 Moldova flag Moldova Chișinău MD 2 View
#115 Mongolia flag Mongolia Ulan Bator MN 2 View
#115 Nepal flag Nepal Kathmandu NP 2 View
#115 Netherlands flag Netherlands Amsterdam NL 2 View
#115 Nicaragua flag Nicaragua Managua NI 2 View
#115 Panama flag Panama Panama City PA 2 View
#115 Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone Freetown SL 2 View
#115 Sweden flag Sweden Stockholm SE 2 View
#115 Tunisia flag Tunisia Tunis TN 2 View
#115 United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi AE 2 View
#115 United States flag United States Washington, D.C. US 2 View
#115 Uruguay flag Uruguay Montevideo UY 2 View
#115 Yemen flag Yemen Sana'a YE 2 View
#143 Brunei flag Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan BN 1 View
#143 Canada flag Canada Ottawa CA 1 View
#143 Denmark flag Denmark Copenhagen DK 1 View
#143 Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic Santo Domingo DO 1 View
#143 Gambia flag Gambia Banjul GM 1 View
#143 Gibraltar flag Gibraltar Gibraltar GI 1 View
#143 Haiti flag Haiti Port-au-Prince HT 1 View
#143 Hong Kong flag Hong Kong City of Victoria HK 1 View
#143 Ireland flag Ireland Dublin IE 1 View
#143 Lesotho flag Lesotho Maseru LS 1 View
#143 Macau flag Macau N/A MO 1 View
#143 Monaco flag Monaco Monaco MC 1 View
#143 Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea Port Moresby PG 1 View
#143 Portugal flag Portugal Lisbon PT 1 View
#143 Qatar flag Qatar Doha QA 1 View
#143 Saint Martin flag Saint Martin Marigot MF 1 View
#143 San Marino flag San Marino City of San Marino SM 1 View
#143 Sint Maarten flag Sint Maarten Philipsburg SX 1 View
#143 South Korea flag South Korea Seoul KR 1 View
#143 Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste Dili TL 1 View
#143 United Kingdom flag United Kingdom London GB 1 View
#143 Vatican City flag Vatican City Vatican City VA 1 View
#165 American Samoa flag American Samoa Pago Pago AS 0 View
#165 Anguilla flag Anguilla The Valley AI 0 View
#165 Antarctica flag Antarctica N/A AQ 0 View
#165 Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's AG 0 View
#165 Aruba flag Aruba Oranjestad AW 0 View
#165 Australia flag Australia Canberra AU 0 View
#165 Bahamas flag Bahamas Nassau BS 0 View
#165 Bahrain flag Bahrain Manama BH 0 View
#165 Barbados flag Barbados Bridgetown BB 0 View
#165 Bermuda flag Bermuda Hamilton BM 0 View
#165 Bouvet Island flag Bouvet Island N/A BV 0 View
#165 British Indian Ocean Territory flag British Indian Ocean Territory Diego Garcia IO 0 View
#165 British Virgin Islands flag British Virgin Islands Road Town VG 0 View
#165 Cape Verde flag Cape Verde Praia CV 0 View
#165 Caribbean Netherlands flag Caribbean Netherlands Kralendijk BQ 0 View
#165 Cayman Islands flag Cayman Islands George Town KY 0 View
#165 Christmas Island flag Christmas Island Flying Fish Cove CX 0 View
#165 Cocos (Keeling) Islands flag Cocos (Keeling) Islands West Island CC 0 View
#165 Comoros flag Comoros Moroni KM 0 View
#165 Cook Islands flag Cook Islands Avarua CK 0 View
#165 Cuba flag Cuba Havana CU 0 View
#165 Curaçao flag Curaçao Willemstad CW 0 View
#165 Cyprus flag Cyprus Nicosia CY 0 View
#165 Dominica flag Dominica Roseau DM 0 View
#165 Falkland Islands flag Falkland Islands Stanley FK 0 View
#165 Faroe Islands flag Faroe Islands Tórshavn FO 0 View
#165 Fiji flag Fiji Suva FJ 0 View
#165 French Polynesia flag French Polynesia Papeetē PF 0 View
#165 French Southern and Antarctic Lands flag French Southern and Antarctic Lands Port-aux-Français TF 0 View
#165 Greenland flag Greenland Nuuk GL 0 View
#165 Grenada flag Grenada St. George's GD 0 View
#165 Guadeloupe flag Guadeloupe Basse-Terre GP 0 View
#165 Guam flag Guam Hagåtña GU 0 View
#165 Guernsey flag Guernsey St. Peter Port GG 0 View
#165 Heard Island and McDonald Islands flag Heard Island and McDonald Islands N/A HM 0 View
#165 Iceland flag Iceland Reykjavik IS 0 View
#165 Isle of Man flag Isle of Man Douglas IM 0 View
#165 Jamaica flag Jamaica Kingston JM 0 View
#165 Japan flag Japan Tokyo JP 0 View
#165 Jersey flag Jersey Saint Helier JE 0 View
#165 Kiribati flag Kiribati South Tarawa KI 0 View
#165 Madagascar flag Madagascar Antananarivo MG 0 View
#165 Maldives flag Maldives Malé MV 0 View
#165 Malta flag Malta Valletta MT 0 View
#165 Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands Majuro MH 0 View
#165 Martinique flag Martinique Fort-de-France MQ 0 View
#165 Mauritius flag Mauritius Port Louis MU 0 View
#165 Mayotte flag Mayotte Mamoudzou YT 0 View
#165 Micronesia flag Micronesia Palikir FM 0 View
#165 Montserrat flag Montserrat Plymouth MS 0 View
#165 Nauru flag Nauru Yaren NR 0 View
#165 New Caledonia flag New Caledonia Nouméa NC 0 View
#165 New Zealand flag New Zealand Wellington NZ 0 View
#165 Niue flag Niue Alofi NU 0 View
#165 Norfolk Island flag Norfolk Island Kingston NF 0 View
#165 Northern Mariana Islands flag Northern Mariana Islands Saipan MP 0 View
#165 Palau flag Palau Ngerulmud PW 0 View
#165 Philippines flag Philippines Manila PH 0 View
#165 Pitcairn Islands flag Pitcairn Islands Adamstown PN 0 View
#165 Puerto Rico flag Puerto Rico San Juan PR 0 View
#165 Réunion flag Réunion Saint-Denis RE 0 View
#165 Saint Barthélemy flag Saint Barthélemy Gustavia BL 0 View
#165 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha flag Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Jamestown SH 0 View
#165 Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre KN 0 View
#165 Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia Castries LC 0 View
#165 Saint Pierre and Miquelon flag Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre PM 0 View
#165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown VC 0 View
#165 Samoa flag Samoa Apia WS 0 View
#165 Seychelles flag Seychelles Victoria SC 0 View
#165 Singapore flag Singapore Singapore SG 0 View
#165 Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands Honiara SB 0 View
#165 South Georgia flag South Georgia King Edward Point GS 0 View
#165 Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte LK 0 View
#165 Svalbard and Jan Mayen flag Svalbard and Jan Mayen Longyearbyen SJ 0 View
#165 São Tomé and Príncipe flag São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé ST 0 View
#165 Taiwan flag Taiwan Taipei TW 0 View
#165 Tokelau flag Tokelau Fakaofo TK 0 View
#165 Tonga flag Tonga Nuku'alofa TO 0 View
#165 Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain TT 0 View
#165 Turks and Caicos Islands flag Turks and Caicos Islands Cockburn Town TC 0 View
#165 Tuvalu flag Tuvalu Funafuti TV 0 View
#165 United States Minor Outlying Islands flag United States Minor Outlying Islands Washington DC UM 0 View
#165 United States Virgin Islands flag United States Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie VI 0 View
#165 Vanuatu flag Vanuatu Port Vila VU 0 View
#165 Wallis and Futuna flag Wallis and Futuna Mata-Utu WF 0 View
#165 Ã…land Islands flag Ã…land Islands Mariehamn AX 0 View