Which countries border Mauritania?
Mauritania shares a land border with four countries: Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Mauritania and its neighbours on a map
Mauritania is shown in green and its four neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Mauritania
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Mauritania
Two borders away
These nine countries border a neighbour of Mauritania but not Mauritania 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 Mauritania?
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 Mauritania?
Mauritania shares a land border with four countries: Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal.
How many countries border Mauritania?
Four. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Mauritania?
Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Libya, Niger, Spain and Tunisia. Each one borders a neighbour of Mauritania without touching Mauritania itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Mauritania 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.