Countries by Border Neighbors

Complete ranking of 230 countries • count • Updated 2026

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China leads all 230 countries in Border Neighbors with a value of 16, while Samoa ranks last at 0. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.

What Border Neighbors Measures

Number of TerraBrawl countries or territories that share a land border in the Natural Earth/World Atlas map topology.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Border Neighbors across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0 (Samoa) to 16 (China) — an infinitely large difference across 230 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries lead with 9 entries in the top 20, though representation spans multiple continents. Regional factors clearly play a role, but outliers from other parts of the world show that national policy and geography matter as much as continental trends.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 0 to 4.00. The overall spread from 0 to 16 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: China and Russia are separated by only 14%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Asia

China

Europe

Russia

South America

Brazil

Africa

Congo, Democratic Republic

9.00

North America

Colombia

5.00

Oceania

Papua New Guinea

1.00

Highest Ranked

The five strongest Border Neighbors reads.

China16 Russia14 Brazil10 France10 Congo, Democratic Republic9.00

Lowest Ranked

The other end of the global spread.

Samoa0 Wallis and Futuna0 Vanuatu0 U.S. Virgin Islands0 British Virgin Islands0

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from Natural Earth, covering 230 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

5thCongo, Democratic Republic9.00

Country Ladder

1stChinaAsia16 2ndRussiaEurope14 3rdBrazilSouth America10 4thFranceEurope10 5thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica9.00 6thGermanyEurope9.00 7thAustriaEurope8.00 8thTurkeyEurope8.00 9thTanzaniaAfrica8.00 10thAlgeriaAfrica7.00 11thHungaryEurope7.00 12thIranAsia7.00 13thMaliAfrica7.00 14thNigerAfrica7.00 15thPolandEurope7.00 16thSerbiaEurope7.00 17thSaudi ArabiaAsia7.00 18thSudanAfrica7.00 19thUkraineEurope7.00 20thZambiaAfrica7.00 21stAfghanistanAsia6.00 22ndBurkina FasoAfrica6.00 23rdCentral African RepublicAfrica6.00 24thCameroonAfrica6.00 25thEthiopiaAfrica6.00 26thGuineaAfrica6.00 27thIndiaAsia6.00 28thIraqAsia6.00 29thItalyEurope6.00 30thLibyaAfrica6.00 31stMozambiqueAfrica6.00 32ndSouth SudanAfrica6.00 33rdChadAfrica6.00 34thSouth AfricaAfrica6.00 35thArgentinaSouth America5.00 36thAzerbaijanEurope5.00 37thBulgariaEurope5.00 38thBoliviaSouth America5.00 39thBelarusEurope5.00 40thCongoAfrica5.00 41stSwitzerlandEurope5.00 42ndCôte d'IvoireAfrica5.00 43rdColombiaNorth America5.00 44thCroatiaEurope5.00 45thIsraelAsia5.00 46thJordanAsia5.00 47thKenyaAfrica5.00 48thKazakhstanAsia5.00 49thLaosAsia5.00 50thMyanmarAsia5.00 51stPeruSouth America5.00 52ndRomaniaEurope5.00 53rdSlovakiaEurope5.00 54thSenegalAfrica5.00 55thSyriaAsia5.00 56thUgandaAfrica5.00 57thUzbekistanAsia5.00 58thArmeniaEurope4.00 59thAngolaAfrica4.00 60thBelgiumEurope4.00 61stBeninAfrica4.00 62ndCzechiaEurope4.00 63rdEgyptAfrica4.00 64thGeorgiaEurope4.00 65thGreeceEurope4.00 66thGuatemalaNorth America4.00 67thKyrgyzstanAsia4.00 68thLithuaniaEurope4.00 69thLatviaEurope4.00 70thMontenegroEurope4.00 71stNorth MacedoniaEurope4.00 72ndMauritaniaAfrica4.00 73rdNamibiaAfrica4.00 74thNigeriaAfrica4.00 75thPakistanAsia4.00 76thRwandaAfrica4.00 77thSloveniaEurope4.00 78thThailandAsia4.00 79thTajikistanAsia4.00 80thTurkmenistanAsia4.00 81stZimbabweAfrica4.00 82ndAlbaniaEurope3.00 83rdBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope3.00 84thBurundiAfrica3.00 85thBotswanaAfrica3.00 86thChileSouth America3.00 87thWestern SaharaAfrica3.00 88thEritreaAfrica3.00 89thSpainEurope3.00 90thFinlandEurope3.00 91stGabonAfrica3.00 92ndGhanaAfrica3.00 93rdGuyanaNorth America3.00 94thHondurasNorth America3.00 95thIndonesiaAsia3.00 96thCambodiaAsia3.00 97thNorth KoreaAsia3.00 98thLiberiaAfrica3.00 99thLuxembourgEurope3.00 100thMalawiAfrica3.00 101stMexicoNorth America3.00 102ndMalaysiaAsia3.00 103rdNorwayEurope3.00 104thOmanAsia3.00 105thPalestineAsia3.00 106thParaguaySouth America3.00 107thSurinameNorth America3.00 108thTogoAfrica3.00 109thVenezuelaNorth America3.00 110thVietnamAsia3.00 111stAndorraEurope2.00 112ndUnited Arab EmiratesAsia2.00 113rdBangladeshAsia2.00 114thBhutanAsia2.00 115thBelizeNorth America2.00 116thCosta RicaNorth America2.00 117thDjiboutiAfrica2.00 118thEcuadorSouth America2.00 119thEstoniaEurope2.00 120thEquatorial GuineaAfrica2.00 121stGuinea-BissauAfrica2.00 122ndKuwaitAsia2.00 123rdLebanonAsia2.00 124thLiechtensteinEurope2.00 125thMoroccoAfrica2.00 126thMoldovaEurope2.00 127thMongoliaAsia2.00 128thNicaraguaNorth America2.00 129thNetherlandsEurope2.00 130thNepalAsia2.00 131stPanamaNorth America2.00 132ndSwedenEurope2.00 133rdSierra LeoneAfrica2.00 134thSomaliaAfrica2.00 135thEl SalvadorNorth America2.00 136thEswatiniAfrica2.00 137thTunisiaAfrica2.00 138thUnited StatesNorth America2.00 139thUruguaySouth America2.00 140thYemenAsia2.00 141stBruneiAsia1.00 142ndCanadaNorth America1.00 143rdDenmarkEurope1.00 144thDominican RepublicNorth America1.00 145thUnited KingdomEurope1.00 146thGambiaAfrica1.00 147thHong KongAsia1.00 148thHaitiNorth America1.00 149thIrelandEurope1.00 150thSouth KoreaAsia1.00 151stLesothoAfrica1.00 152ndMonacoEurope1.00 153rdSaint MartinNorth America1.00 154thMacaoAsia1.00 155thPapua New GuineaOceania1.00 156thPortugalEurope1.00 157thQatarAsia1.00 158thSan MarinoEurope1.00 159thSint MaartenNorth America1.00 160thTimor-LesteAsia1.00 161stHoly SeeEurope1.00 162ndAntigua and BarbudaNorth America0 163rdAnguillaNorth America0 164thAmerican SamoaOceania0 165thAustraliaOceania0 166thArubaNorth America0 167thÅland IslandsEurope0 168thBarbadosNorth America0 169thBahrainAsia0 170thSaint BarthélemyNorth America0 171stBermudaNorth America0 172ndBahamasNorth America0 173rdCook IslandsOceania0 174thCubaNorth America0 175thCabo VerdeAfrica0 176thCuraçaoNorth America0 177thCyprusEurope0 178thDominicaNorth America0 179thFijiOceania0 180thFalkland IslandsSouth America0 181stMicronesiaOceania0 182ndFaroe IslandsEurope0 183rdGrenadaNorth America0 184thGuernseyEurope0 185thGreenlandNorth America0 186thSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth America0 187thGuamOceania0 188thIsle of ManEurope0 189thBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryAsia0 190thIcelandEurope0 191stJerseyEurope0 192ndJamaicaNorth America0 193rdJapanAsia0 194thKiribatiOceania0 195thComorosAfrica0 196thSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America0 197thCayman IslandsNorth America0 198thSaint LuciaNorth America0 199thSri LankaAsia0 200thMadagascarAfrica0 201stMarshall IslandsOceania0 202ndNorthern Mariana IslandsOceania0 203rdMontserratNorth America0 204thMaltaEurope0 205thMauritiusAfrica0 206thMaldivesAsia0 207thNew CaledoniaOceania0 208thNorfolk IslandOceania0 209thNauruOceania0 210thNew ZealandOceania0 211stFrench PolynesiaOceania0 212ndPhilippinesAsia0 213rdSaint Pierre and MiquelonNorth America0 214thPuerto RicoNorth America0 215thPalauOceania0 216thSolomon IslandsOceania0 217thSeychellesAfrica0 218thSingaporeAsia0 219thSaint HelenaAfrica0 220thSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica0 221stTurks and Caicos IslandsNorth America0 222ndTongaOceania0 223rdTrinidad and TobagoNorth America0 224thTaiwanAsia0 225thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America0 226thBritish Virgin IslandsNorth America0 227thU.S. Virgin IslandsNorth America0 228thVanuatuOceania0 229thWallis and FutunaOceania0 230thSamoaOceania0

Border Neighbors ranking for 230 countries
				Percentile
1st	China	16	Asia	100%
2nd	Russia	14	Europe	100%
3rd	Brazil	10	South America	99%
4th	France	10	Europe	99%
5th	Congo, Democratic Republic	9.00	Africa	98%
6th	Germany	9.00	Europe	98%
7th	Austria	8.00	Europe	97%
8th	Turkey	8.00	Europe	97%
9th	Tanzania	8.00	Africa	97%
10th	Algeria	7.00	Africa	96%
11th	Hungary	7.00	Europe	96%
12th	Iran	7.00	Asia	95%
13th	Mali	7.00	Africa	95%
14th	Niger	7.00	Africa	94%
15th	Poland	7.00	Europe	94%
16th	Serbia	7.00	Europe	93%
17th	Saudi Arabia	7.00	Asia	93%
18th	Sudan	7.00	Africa	93%
19th	Ukraine	7.00	Europe	92%
20th	Zambia	7.00	Africa	92%
21st	Afghanistan	6.00	Asia	91%
22nd	Burkina Faso	6.00	Africa	91%
23rd	Central African Republic	6.00	Africa	90%
24th	Cameroon	6.00	Africa	90%
25th	Ethiopia	6.00	Africa	90%
26th	Guinea	6.00	Africa	89%
27th	India	6.00	Asia	89%
28th	Iraq	6.00	Asia	88%
29th	Italy	6.00	Europe	88%
30th	Libya	6.00	Africa	87%
31st	Mozambique	6.00	Africa	87%
32nd	South Sudan	6.00	Africa	87%
33rd	Chad	6.00	Africa	86%
34th	South Africa	6.00	Africa	86%
35th	Argentina	5.00	South America	85%
36th	Azerbaijan	5.00	Europe	85%
37th	Bulgaria	5.00	Europe	84%
38th	Bolivia	5.00	South America	84%
39th	Belarus	5.00	Europe	83%
40th	Congo	5.00	Africa	83%
41st	Switzerland	5.00	Europe	83%
42nd	Côte d'Ivoire	5.00	Africa	82%
43rd	Colombia	5.00	North America	82%
44th	Croatia	5.00	Europe	81%
45th	Israel	5.00	Asia	81%
46th	Jordan	5.00	Asia	80%
47th	Kenya	5.00	Africa	80%
48th	Kazakhstan	5.00	Asia	80%
49th	Laos	5.00	Asia	79%
50th	Myanmar	5.00	Asia	79%
51st	Peru	5.00	South America	78%
52nd	Romania	5.00	Europe	78%
53rd	Slovakia	5.00	Europe	77%
54th	Senegal	5.00	Africa	77%
55th	Syria	5.00	Asia	77%
56th	Uganda	5.00	Africa	76%
57th	Uzbekistan	5.00	Asia	76%
58th	Armenia	4.00	Europe	75%
59th	Angola	4.00	Africa	75%
60th	Belgium	4.00	Europe	74%
61st	Benin	4.00	Africa	74%
62nd	Czechia	4.00	Europe	73%
63rd	Egypt	4.00	Africa	73%
64th	Georgia	4.00	Europe	73%
65th	Greece	4.00	Europe	72%
66th	Guatemala	4.00	North America	72%
67th	Kyrgyzstan	4.00	Asia	71%
68th	Lithuania	4.00	Europe	71%
69th	Latvia	4.00	Europe	70%
70th	Montenegro	4.00	Europe	70%
71st	North Macedonia	4.00	Europe	70%
72nd	Mauritania	4.00	Africa	69%
73rd	Namibia	4.00	Africa	69%
74th	Nigeria	4.00	Africa	68%
75th	Pakistan	4.00	Asia	68%
76th	Rwanda	4.00	Africa	67%
77th	Slovenia	4.00	Europe	67%
78th	Thailand	4.00	Asia	67%
79th	Tajikistan	4.00	Asia	66%
80th	Turkmenistan	4.00	Asia	66%
81st	Zimbabwe	4.00	Africa	65%
82nd	Albania	3.00	Europe	65%
83rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.00	Europe	64%
84th	Burundi	3.00	Africa	64%
85th	Botswana	3.00	Africa	63%
86th	Chile	3.00	South America	63%
87th	Western Sahara	3.00	Africa	63%
88th	Eritrea	3.00	Africa	62%
89th	Spain	3.00	Europe	62%
90th	Finland	3.00	Europe	61%
91st	Gabon	3.00	Africa	61%
92nd	Ghana	3.00	Africa	60%
93rd	Guyana	3.00	North America	60%
94th	Honduras	3.00	North America	60%
95th	Indonesia	3.00	Asia	59%
96th	Cambodia	3.00	Asia	59%
97th	North Korea	3.00	Asia	58%
98th	Liberia	3.00	Africa	58%
99th	Luxembourg	3.00	Europe	57%
100th	Malawi	3.00	Africa	57%
101st	Mexico	3.00	North America	57%
102nd	Malaysia	3.00	Asia	56%
103rd	Norway	3.00	Europe	56%
104th	Oman	3.00	Asia	55%
105th	Palestine	3.00	Asia	55%
106th	Paraguay	3.00	South America	54%
107th	Suriname	3.00	North America	54%
108th	Togo	3.00	Africa	53%
109th	Venezuela	3.00	North America	53%
110th	Vietnam	3.00	Asia	53%
111st	Andorra	2.00	Europe	52%
112nd	United Arab Emirates	2.00	Asia	52%
113rd	Bangladesh	2.00	Asia	51%
114th	Bhutan	2.00	Asia	51%
115th	Belize	2.00	North America	50%
116th	Costa Rica	2.00	North America	50%
117th	Djibouti	2.00	Africa	50%
118th	Ecuador	2.00	South America	49%
119th	Estonia	2.00	Europe	49%
120th	Equatorial Guinea	2.00	Africa	48%
121st	Guinea-Bissau	2.00	Africa	48%
122nd	Kuwait	2.00	Asia	47%
123rd	Lebanon	2.00	Asia	47%
124th	Liechtenstein	2.00	Europe	47%
125th	Morocco	2.00	Africa	46%
126th	Moldova	2.00	Europe	46%
127th	Mongolia	2.00	Asia	45%
128th	Nicaragua	2.00	North America	45%
129th	Netherlands	2.00	Europe	44%
130th	Nepal	2.00	Asia	44%
131st	Panama	2.00	North America	43%
132nd	Sweden	2.00	Europe	43%
133rd	Sierra Leone	2.00	Africa	43%
134th	Somalia	2.00	Africa	42%
135th	El Salvador	2.00	North America	42%
136th	Eswatini	2.00	Africa	41%
137th	Tunisia	2.00	Africa	41%
138th	United States	2.00	North America	40%
139th	Uruguay	2.00	South America	40%
140th	Yemen	2.00	Asia	40%
141st	Brunei	1.00	Asia	39%
142nd	Canada	1.00	North America	39%
143rd	Denmark	1.00	Europe	38%
144th	Dominican Republic	1.00	North America	38%
145th	United Kingdom	1.00	Europe	37%
146th	Gambia	1.00	Africa	37%
147th	Hong Kong	1.00	Asia	37%
148th	Haiti	1.00	North America	36%
149th	Ireland	1.00	Europe	36%
150th	South Korea	1.00	Asia	35%
151st	Lesotho	1.00	Africa	35%
152nd	Monaco	1.00	Europe	34%
153rd	Saint Martin	1.00	North America	34%
154th	Macao	1.00	Asia	33%
155th	Papua New Guinea	1.00	Oceania	33%
156th	Portugal	1.00	Europe	33%
157th	Qatar	1.00	Asia	32%
158th	San Marino	1.00	Europe	32%
159th	Sint Maarten	1.00	North America	31%
160th	Timor-Leste	1.00	Asia	31%
161st	Holy See	1.00	Europe	30%
162nd	Antigua and Barbuda	0	North America	30%
163rd	Anguilla	0	North America	30%
164th	American Samoa	0	Oceania	29%
165th	Australia	0	Oceania	29%
166th	Aruba	0	North America	28%
167th	Åland Islands	0	Europe	28%
168th	Barbados	0	North America	27%
169th	Bahrain	0	Asia	27%
170th	Saint Barthélemy	0	North America	27%
171st	Bermuda	0	North America	26%
172nd	Bahamas	0	North America	26%
173rd	Cook Islands	0	Oceania	25%
174th	Cuba	0	North America	25%
175th	Cabo Verde	0	Africa	24%
176th	Curaçao	0	North America	24%
177th	Cyprus	0	Europe	23%
178th	Dominica	0	North America	23%
179th	Fiji	0	Oceania	23%
180th	Falkland Islands	0	South America	22%
181st	Micronesia	0	Oceania	22%
182nd	Faroe Islands	0	Europe	21%
183rd	Grenada	0	North America	21%
184th	Guernsey	0	Europe	20%
185th	Greenland	0	North America	20%
186th	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	South America	20%
187th	Guam	0	Oceania	19%
188th	Isle of Man	0	Europe	19%
189th	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	Asia	18%
190th	Iceland	0	Europe	18%
191st	Jersey	0	Europe	17%
192nd	Jamaica	0	North America	17%
193rd	Japan	0	Asia	17%
194th	Kiribati	0	Oceania	16%
195th	Comoros	0	Africa	16%
196th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	North America	15%
197th	Cayman Islands	0	North America	15%
198th	Saint Lucia	0	North America	14%
199th	Sri Lanka	0	Asia	14%
200th	Madagascar	0	Africa	13%
201st	Marshall Islands	0	Oceania	13%
202nd	Northern Mariana Islands	0	Oceania	13%
203rd	Montserrat	0	North America	12%
204th	Malta	0	Europe	12%
205th	Mauritius	0	Africa	11%
206th	Maldives	0	Asia	11%
207th	New Caledonia	0	Oceania	10%
208th	Norfolk Island	0	Oceania	10%
209th	Nauru	0	Oceania	10%
210th	New Zealand	0	Oceania	9%
211st	French Polynesia	0	Oceania	9%
212nd	Philippines	0	Asia	8%
213rd	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	North America	8%
214th	Puerto Rico	0	North America	7%
215th	Palau	0	Oceania	7%
216th	Solomon Islands	0	Oceania	7%
217th	Seychelles	0	Africa	6%
218th	Singapore	0	Asia	6%
219th	Saint Helena	0	Africa	5%
220th	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Africa	5%
221st	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	North America	4%
222nd	Tonga	0	Oceania	4%
223rd	Trinidad and Tobago	0	North America	3%
224th	Taiwan	0	Asia	3%
225th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	North America	3%
226th	British Virgin Islands	0	North America	2%
227th	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	North America	2%
228th	Vanuatu	0	Oceania	1%
229th	Wallis and Futuna	0	Oceania	1%
230th	Samoa	0	Oceania	0%

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