Which countries border Egypt?
Egypt shares a land border with four countries: Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Egypt and its neighbours on a map
Egypt is shown in green and its four neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Egypt
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Egypt
Two borders away
These 11 countries border a neighbour of Egypt but not Egypt 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 Egypt?
On a phone this uses GPS. The calculator opens with Egypt already selected and measures the straight-line distance to its nearest border.
Questions
Which countries border Egypt?
Egypt shares a land border with four countries: Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan.
How many countries border Egypt?
Four. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Egypt?
Algeria, the Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Lebanon, Niger, South Sudan, Syria and Tunisia. Each one borders a neighbour of Egypt without touching Egypt itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Egypt 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.