Land Border Length
Overview
Total land border length shapes a country’s defense requirements and military posture. Nations with extensive land borders must spread forces across multiple frontiers, investing heavily in border surveillance, fortifications, and rapid deployment capabilities. Longer borders generally demand larger ground forces and more complex logistics.
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| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | 22,147 km | |
| 2 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 20,017 km | |
| 3 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 14,691 km | |
| 4 | 🇮🇳 India | 14,209 km | |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 United States | 12,034 km | |
| 6 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 12,012 km | |
| 7 | 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic | 10,730 km | |
| 8 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 9,665 km | |
| 9 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 8,894 km | |
| 10 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 8,220 km | |
| 11 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 7,545 km | |
| 12 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 7,243 km | |
| 13 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 6,764 km | |
| 14 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 6,743 km | |
| 15 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 6,470 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 6,221 km | |
| 17 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 6,171 km | |
| 18 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 6,004 km | |
| 19 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 5,968 km | |
| 20 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 5,876 km | |
| 21 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 5,697 km | |
| 22 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 5,667 km | |
| 23 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 5,536 km | |
| 24 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 5,529 km | |
| 25 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 5,504 km | |
| 26 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 5,440 km | |
| 27 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 5,328 km | |
| 28 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 5,213 km | |
| 29 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 5,198 km | |
| 30 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 5,083 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 5,074 km | |
| 32 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 4,993 km | |
| 33 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 4,863 km | |
| 34 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 4,862 km | |
| 35 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 4,797 km | |
| 36 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 4,663 km | |
| 37 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 4,639 km | |
| 38 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 4,591 km | |
| 39 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 4,571 km | |
| 40 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 4,431 km | |
| 41 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 4,353 km | |
| 42 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 4,348 km | |
| 43 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 4,246 km | |
| 44 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 4,047 km | |
| 45 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 4,015 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3,936 km | |
| 47 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 3,920 km | |
| 48 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 3,878 km | |
| 49 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 3,861 km | |
| 50 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 3,736 km | |
| 51 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 3,651 km | |
| 52 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 3,650 km | |
| 53 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 3,621 km | |
| 54 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 3,477 km | |
| 55 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 3,399 km | |
| 56 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 3,193 km | |
| 57 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 3,147 km | |
| 58 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 3,110 km | |
| 59 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 3,066 km | |
| 60 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 2,926 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 2,900 km | |
| 62 | 🇫🇷 France | 2,889 km | |
| 63 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 2,881 km | |
| 64 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 2,830 km | |
| 65 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 2,788 km | |
| 66 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 2,698 km | |
| 67 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 2,690 km | |
| 68 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 2,665 km | |
| 69 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 2,648 km | |
| 70 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 2,640 km | |
| 71 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 2,572 km | |
| 72 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 2,562 km | |
| 73 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2,551 km | |
| 74 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 2,551 km | |
| 75 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 2,508 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 2,462 km | |
| 77 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 2,340 km | |
| 78 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 2,253 km | |
| 79 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 2,233 km | |
| 80 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 2,197 km | |
| 81 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 2,171 km | |
| 82 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 2,094 km | |
| 83 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 2,027 km | |
| 84 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 2,018 km | |
| 85 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 2,013 km | |
| 86 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 2,010 km | |
| 87 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 1,989 km | |
| 88 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1,932 km | |
| 89 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1,918 km | |
| 90 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 1,881 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1,852 km | |
| 92 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 1,814 km | |
| 93 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 1,808 km | |
| 94 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 1,746 km | |
| 95 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1,707 km | |
| 96 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 1,687 km | |
| 97 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 1,673 km | |
| 98 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 1,647 km | |
| 99 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 1,635 km | |
| 100 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 1,626 km | |
| 101 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 1,585 km | |
| 102 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1,564 km | |
| 103 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 1,524 km | |
| 104 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 1,520 km | |
| 105 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 1,469 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,459 km | |
| 107 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 1,389 km | |
| 108 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1,385 km | |
| 109 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 1,374 km | |
| 110 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1,334 km | |
| 111 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 1,273 km | |
| 112 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1,254 km | |
| 113 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 1,231 km | |
| 114 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 1,228 km | |
| 115 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1,214 km | |
| 116 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 1,150 km | |
| 117 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 1,075 km | |
| 118 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1,027 km | |
| 119 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 1,017 km | |
| 120 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 974 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 958 km | |
| 122 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 909 km | |
| 123 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 893 km | |
| 124 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 867 km | |
| 125 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 820 km | |
| 126 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 766 km | |
| 127 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 740 km | |
| 128 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 724 km | |
| 129 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 720 km | |
| 130 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 639 km | |
| 131 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 633 km | |
| 132 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 625 km | |
| 133 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 555 km | |
| 134 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 545 km | |
| 135 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 539 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 535 km | |
| 137 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 528 km | |
| 138 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 516 km | |
| 139 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 499 km | |
| 140 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 499 km | |
| 141 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 466 km | |
| 142 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 462 km | |
| 143 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 454 km | |
| 144 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 381 km | |
| 145 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 360 km | |
| 146 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 360 km | |
| 147 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 359 km | |
| 148 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 238 km | |
| 149 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 228 km | |
| 150 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 152 km |
| # | Country | Land Borders | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 120 km | |
| 152 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 76 km | |
| 153 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 68 km | |
| 154 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 60 km | |
| 155 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 39 km | |
| 156 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 30 km | |
| 157 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 13 km | |
| 158 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 4 km | |
| 159 | 🇻🇦 Vatican | 3 km | |
| 160 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 1 km |