Which countries border Nigeria?
Nigeria shares a land border with four countries: Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Nigeria and its neighbours on a map
Nigeria is shown in green and its four neighbours in blue. Click a neighbour to see the countries that border it.
- Nigeria
- Land neighbours
Every neighbour of Nigeria
Two borders away
These ten countries border a neighbour of Nigeria but not Nigeria 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 Nigeria?
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 Nigeria?
Nigeria shares a land border with four countries: Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
How many countries border Nigeria?
Four. That is more than 72 of the 157 countries that have a land border.
Which countries are two borders away from Nigeria?
Algeria, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Mali, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Togo. Each one borders a neighbour of Nigeria without touching Nigeria itself.
Are borders across the sea counted?
No. Only land borders count. Countries that face Nigeria 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.