Countries with the most neighbours

Countries ranked by how many countries they share a land border with, counting borders listed as recorded in Hookito’s country data that also appear on the Eurostat GISCO world map; sea neighbours are left out.

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Countries with the most neighbours
#	Country	Neighbours
1	Russia Azerbaijan Belarus Estonia Finland Georgia Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Mongolia North Korea Norway People's Republic of China Poland Ukraine	14
2	People's Republic of China Afghanistan Bhutan India Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Russia Tajikistan Vietnam	13
3	Brazil Argentina Bolivia Colombia Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela	9
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo Angola Burundi Central African Republic Republic of the Congo Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia	9
3	Germany Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark France Kingdom of the Netherlands Luxembourg Poland Switzerland	9
6	Austria Czech Republic Germany Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland	8
6	France Andorra Belgium Germany Italy Luxembourg Monaco Spain Switzerland	8
6	Serbia Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Hungary Montenegro North Macedonia Romania	8
6	Tanzania Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Malawi Mozambique Rwanda Uganda Zambia	8
10	Algeria Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Tunisia Western Sahara	7
10	Hungary Austria Croatia Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine	7
10	Iran Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Iraq Pakistan Turkey Turkmenistan	7
10	Mali Algeria Burkina Faso Guinea Ivory Coast Mauritania Niger Senegal	7
10	Niger Algeria Benin Burkina Faso Chad Libya Mali Nigeria	7
10	Poland Belarus Czech Republic Germany Lithuania Russia Slovakia Ukraine	7
10	Saudi Arabia Iraq Jordan Kuwait Oman Qatar United Arab Emirates Yemen	7
10	Sudan Central African Republic Chad Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Libya South Sudan	7
10	Turkey Armenia Bulgaria Georgia Greece Iran Iraq Syria	7
10	Ukraine Belarus Hungary Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia	7
10	Zambia Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Malawi Mozambique Namibia Tanzania Zimbabwe	7
21	Afghanistan Iran Pakistan People's Republic of China Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	6
21	Burkina Faso Benin Ghana Ivory Coast Mali Niger Togo	6
21	Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Equatorial Guinea Gabon Nigeria Republic of the Congo	6
21	Central African Republic Cameroon Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo South Sudan Sudan	6
21	Chad Cameroon Central African Republic Libya Niger Nigeria Sudan	6
21	Ethiopia Djibouti Eritrea Kenya Somalia South Sudan Sudan	6
21	Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Senegal Sierra Leone	6
21	India Bangladesh Bhutan Myanmar Nepal Pakistan People's Republic of China	6
21	Iraq Iran Jordan Kuwait Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey	6
21	Italy Austria France San Marino Slovenia Switzerland Vatican City	6
21	Libya Algeria Chad Egypt Niger Sudan Tunisia	6
21	Mozambique Eswatini Malawi South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe	6
21	South Africa Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Mozambique Namibia Zimbabwe	6
21	South Sudan Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethiopia Kenya Sudan Uganda	6
35	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay	5
35	Belarus Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Ukraine	5
35	Bolivia Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Peru	5
35	Bulgaria Greece North Macedonia Romania Serbia Turkey	5
35	Colombia Brazil Ecuador Panama Peru Venezuela	5
35	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary Montenegro Serbia Slovenia	5
35	Israel Egypt Jordan Lebanon Palestine Syria	5
35	Ivory Coast Burkina Faso Ghana Guinea Liberia Mali	5
35	Jordan Iraq Israel Palestine Saudi Arabia Syria	5
35	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan People's Republic of China Russia Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	5
35	Kenya Ethiopia Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda	5
35	Laos Cambodia Myanmar People's Republic of China Thailand Vietnam	5
35	Myanmar Bangladesh India Laos People's Republic of China Thailand	5
35	Peru Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador	5
35	Republic of the Congo Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon	5
35	Romania Bulgaria Hungary Moldova Serbia Ukraine	5

The top 50 of 158. Facts come from Hookito’s country data, largely based on Wikidata; city populations are from GeoNames. Spotted a mistake? Write to submissions@hookito.com.

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