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This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders. However, borders along lakes, rivers, and other
internal waters According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a nation's internal waters include waters on the side of the baseline of a nation's territorial waters that is facing toward the land, except in archipelagic states. It includes wat ...
are considered land borders for the purposes of this article.


Land borders


Superlatives

* Longest land border: : * Longest land border between two countries: *# – : ( Canada–United States border) *# – : (
Kazakhstan–Russia border The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federatio ...
) *# – : 5,308 km (3,298 mi) (
Argentina–Chile border The Argentina–Chile border is the longest international border of South America and the third longest in the world after the Canada–United States border and the Kazakhstan–Russia border. With a length of , it separates Argentina from Chile ...
) *# - : 4,677 km (2,906 mi) (
China–Mongolia border The China–Mongolia border is the international border between China and Mongolia. It runs from west to east between the two tripoints with Russia for , with most of the boundary area lying in the Gobi Desert. It is the world's fourth longest ...
) *# - : ( Bangladesh–India border) *# - : (
China–Russia border The Chinese–Russian border or the Sino-Russian border is the international border between China and Russia. After the final demarcation carried out in the early 2000s, it measures , and is the world's sixth-longest international border. The Ch ...
) *# - : (
Mongolia–Russia border The Mongolia–Russia border ( mn, Монгол-Оросын хил, Mongol-Orosiin hil, ; russian: Российско-монгольская граница, Rossijsko-mongoljskaja granica) is the international border between Mongolia and the Rus ...
) *# - : (
Bolivia–Brazil border The Bolivia–Brazil border is the international border between the territories of Bolivia and Brazil. It extends from Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, to Assis Brasil, in Acre. The boundary line crosses a variety of terrains, going from large urba ...
) *# - : (
Line of Actual Control The Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the context of the Sino-Indian border dispute, is a notional demarcation lineAnanth KrishnanLine of Actual Control , India-China: the line of actual contest, 13 June 2020: "In contrast, the alignment of ...
) *# - : (
Mexico–United States border The Mexico–United States border ( es, frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. The border trave ...
) * Longest single segments of land borders: *# – : *# – : *# – : * Shortest land borders between two countries: *# – : near
Kazungula Kazungula is a small border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about west of Livingstone on the M10 Road. At Kazungula, the territories of four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia) come close to meeti ...
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) – : *# (Greenland) – : at Hans Island *# – : *# – : *# – : * Shortest single segments of land border: *# – : at Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera *# – : at K Island *# – : at what was previously thought to be the
Kazungula Kazungula is a small border town in Zambia, lying on the north bank of the Zambezi River about west of Livingstone on the M10 Road. At Kazungula, the territories of four countries (Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Namibia) come close to meeti ...
quadripoint *# – : at
Baarle-Nassau Baarle-Nassau () is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. It had a population of in . The town is the site of a complicated borderline between Belgium and the Netherlands, with 22 small ...
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Baarle-Hertog (; french: Baerle-Duc, ) is a Flanders, Flemish Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Belgium, much of which consists of a number of small Belgian enclaves fully surrounded by the Netherlands. Parts of are surrounded by the Dutch province ...
*# – : at Baarle-Nassau / Baarle-Hertog *# – : north of Baarle-Nassau / Baarle-Hertog *# – : at Baarle-Nassau / Baarle-Hertog *# (
Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1,580 km2, and a populat ...
) – : at Kataja * Most separate segments of land borders between any two countries or territories: *# – : 31 *# – : 6 *# – : 6 *# – : 6 *# – (UK): 6 *# – : 4 * Highest number of bordering countries: **: 14 (16 if and are included) **: 14 (16 if and are included) * has borders with all countries of
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
except for and .


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List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories that neighbor it are listed. Land borders and maritime boundaries are included a ...
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List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries __NOTOC__ This is a list of countries and territories by maritime boundaries with other countries and territories. The list encompasses adjacent maritime nations and territories with a special focus on the boundaries or borders which distinguish t ...
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List of countries that border only one other country This is a list of countries that have a land border with only one other country. Some on this list have a maritime border with additional countries. Some countries, which are not listed here, have no land border but do have a maritime border with ...
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List of land borders with dates of establishment This list of land borders with date of establishment identifies the historical year in which borders were established between countries. Europe Albania–Greece **1913/1914 after Greek withdrawal due to international diplomatic pressure. Al ...
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List of island countries This is a list of island countries. An island is a landmass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. Many island countries are spread over an archipelago, as is the case with Indonesia and the Philippines (both countries consist ...
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List of political and geographic borders Boundaries Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and ...
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List of bordering countries with greatest relative differences in GDP (PPP) per capita This is a list of bordering countries with the greatest relative differences in GDP (PPP) per person; specifically those pairs of neighbouring countries where the richer country is at least twice as wealthy on a per capita basis than the poorer. Th ...
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Separation barrier A separation barrier or separation wall is a barrier, wall or fence, constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border, or to separate peoples or cultures. A separation barrier that runs along an internationally recogn ...


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References

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*Land Countries and territories by land borders