Which countries border Chad?
Chad shares a land border with six countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan. That is more than 123 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Chad and its neighbours on a map
Chad is shown in green and its six neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Chad
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Chad
Two borders away
These 13 countries border a neighbour of Chad but not Chad 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 Chad?
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 Chad?
Chad shares a land border with six countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan.
How many countries border Chad?
Six. That is more than 123 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Chad?
Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Mali, the Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Tunisia. Each one borders a neighbour of Chad without touching Chad itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Chad 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
Land borders as used by the Border Chain game, checked October 8, 2026. Country outlines from Natural Earth.