Which countries border Azerbaijan?

Azerbaijan shares a land border with five countries: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.

Azerbaijan and its neighbours on a map

Azerbaijan is shown in green and its five neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.

  • Azerbaijan
  • Land neighbours

Every neighbour of Azerbaijan

CountryIts own land neighbours
Armenia4
Georgia4
Iran7
Russia14
Turkey8

Two borders away

These 19 countries border a neighbour of Azerbaijan but not Azerbaijan itself, so you cross exactly two borders to reach them by land.

Think you know your neighbours?

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

How far are you from Azerbaijan?

On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator shows the straight-line distance to the nearest country border from where you are.

Questions

Which countries border Azerbaijan?

Azerbaijan shares a land border with five countries: Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey.

How many countries border Azerbaijan?

Five. That is more than 98 of the 157 countries that have a land border.

Which countries are two borders away from Azerbaijan?

Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, North Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Syria, Turkmenistan and Ukraine. Each one borders a neighbour of Azerbaijan without touching Azerbaijan itself.

Are borders across the sea counted?

No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Azerbaijan across water are not listed here, and neither are borders of overseas territories far from the mainland. This is the same list the Border Chain game plays with.

Countries with the most neighbours

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Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth.