Which countries border each other?

Turn the globe and point at any country to light up its neighbours, then click it for the full list, a map and the countries two borders away. Of 197 countries, 157 share a land border and 40 are surrounded by sea.

countries in the list: 197; countries in the list
share a land border: 157; share a land border
surrounded by sea: 40; surrounded by sea
most neighbours (China and Russia): 14; most neighbours (China and Russia)

Point at a country to see its land neighbours in blue. Click it for its page. Drag to turn the globe, scroll or use + and − to zoom. Very small countries are shown as dots.

Find a country

Search a country, or a neighbour to see every country that borders it.

157 countries

Countries with no land border

These 40 countries touch no other country by land, so they have no page of neighbours.

Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Cape Verde
Comoros
Cuba
Cyprus
Dominica
Fiji
Grenada
Iceland
Jamaica
Japan
Kiribati
Madagascar
Maldives
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Philippines
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

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Border Chain gives you two countries and you connect them by naming neighbours, one border at a time. A new puzzle every day.

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Questions

Which country borders the most countries?

China and Russia, with 14 land neighbours each.

How many countries are counted here?

197: the 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo and Taiwan. 157 of them share a land border with at least one other; the other 40 are surrounded by sea.

Which countries have only one neighbour?

17 countries share a land border with just one other: Brunei (Malaysia), Canada (the United States), Denmark (Germany), the Dominican Republic (Haiti), East Timor (Indonesia), the Gambia (Senegal), Haiti (the Dominican Republic), Ireland (the United Kingdom), Lesotho (South Africa), Monaco (France), Papua New Guinea (Indonesia), Portugal (Spain), Qatar (Saudi Arabia), San Marino (Italy), South Korea (North Korea), the United Kingdom (Ireland) and Vatican City (Italy).

How many countries have no land border?

40 of the 197 touch no other country by land. Every one is surrounded by sea, from Australia and Japan to Iceland and Madagascar.

Are borders across the sea counted?

No. Only land borders count, and borders of overseas territories far from the mainland are left out. This is the same list the Border Chain game plays with.

Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth. See also how far major cities are from each border.