Number of Neighboring Countries
Overview
The number of neighboring countries directly impacts a nation’s security calculus. More neighbors means more potential friction points, more bilateral defense relationships to manage, and greater complexity in military planning. Countries surrounded by many neighbors often maintain larger standing armies and more diversified defense strategies.
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| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐จ๐ณ China | 14 | |
| 2 | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 14 | |
| 3 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 10 | |
| 4 | ๐จ๐ฉ Congo Democratic Republic | 9 | |
| 5 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 9 | |
| 6 | ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 8 | |
| 7 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 8 | |
| 8 | ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia | 8 | |
| 9 | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | 8 | |
| 10 | ๐น๐ท Turkey | 8 | |
| 11 | ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania | 8 | |
| 12 | ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia | 8 | |
| 13 | ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria | 7 | |
| 14 | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 7 | |
| 15 | ๐ฎ๐ท Iran | 7 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali | 7 | |
| 17 | ๐ณ๐ช Niger | 7 | |
| 18 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | 7 | |
| 19 | ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan | 7 | |
| 20 | ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine | 7 | |
| 21 | ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan | 6 | |
| 22 | ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso | 6 | |
| 23 | ๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic | 6 | |
| 24 | ๐จ๐ฒ Cameroon | 6 | |
| 25 | ๐ช๐น Ethiopia | 6 | |
| 26 | ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea | 6 | |
| 27 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 6 | |
| 28 | ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq | 6 | |
| 29 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 6 | |
| 30 | ๐ฑ๐พ Libya | 6 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique | 6 | |
| 32 | ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan | 6 | |
| 33 | ๐น๐ฉ Chad | 6 | |
| 34 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | 6 | |
| 35 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | 5 | |
| 36 | ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan | 5 | |
| 37 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | 5 | |
| 38 | ๐ง๐พ Belarus | 5 | |
| 39 | ๐ง๐ด Bolivia | 5 | |
| 40 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 5 | |
| 41 | ๐จ๐ฎ Ivory Coast | 5 | |
| 42 | ๐จ๐ฌ Congo | 5 | |
| 43 | ๐จ๐ด Colombia | 5 | |
| 44 | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 5 | |
| 45 | ๐ญ๐ท Croatia | 5 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 5 | |
| 47 | ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan | 5 | |
| 48 | ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan | 5 | |
| 49 | ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya | 5 | |
| 50 | ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos | 5 | |
| 51 | ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia | 5 | |
| 52 | ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar | 5 | |
| 53 | ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro | 5 | |
| 54 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | 5 | |
| 55 | ๐ท๐ด Romania | 5 | |
| 56 | ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal | 5 | |
| 57 | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia | 5 | |
| 58 | ๐ธ๐พ Syria | 5 | |
| 59 | ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda | 5 | |
| 60 | ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan | 5 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | ๐ฆ๐ด Angola | 4 | |
| 62 | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | 4 | |
| 63 | ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia | 4 | |
| 64 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 4 | |
| 65 | ๐ง๐ฏ Benin | 4 | |
| 66 | ๐ง๐ผ Botswana | 4 | |
| 67 | ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia | 4 | |
| 68 | ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt | 4 | |
| 69 | ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia | 4 | |
| 70 | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | 4 | |
| 71 | ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala | 4 | |
| 72 | ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan | 4 | |
| 73 | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | 4 | |
| 74 | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | 4 | |
| 75 | ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania | 4 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia | 4 | |
| 77 | ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria | 4 | |
| 78 | ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan | 4 | |
| 79 | ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda | 4 | |
| 80 | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia | 4 | |
| 81 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | 4 | |
| 82 | ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan | 4 | |
| 83 | ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan | 4 | |
| 84 | ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe | 4 | |
| 85 | ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi | 3 | |
| 86 | ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | |
| 87 | ๐จ๐ฑ Chile | 3 | |
| 88 | ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti | 3 | |
| 89 | ๐ช๐ท Eritrea | 3 | |
| 90 | ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | 3 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon | 3 | |
| 92 | ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana | 3 | |
| 93 | ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana | 3 | |
| 94 | ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras | 3 | |
| 95 | ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia | 3 | |
| 96 | ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia | 3 | |
| 97 | ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia | 3 | |
| 98 | ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg | 3 | |
| 99 | ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco | 3 | |
| 100 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 3 | |
| 101 | ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi | 3 | |
| 102 | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | 3 | |
| 103 | ๐ณ๐ด Norway | 3 | |
| 104 | ๐ด๐ฒ Oman | 3 | |
| 105 | ๐ฐ๐ต North Korea | 3 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | ๐ต๐พ Paraguay | 3 | |
| 107 | ๐ต๐ธ Palestine | 3 | |
| 108 | ๐ธ๐ด Somalia | 3 | |
| 109 | ๐ธ๐ท Suriname | 3 | |
| 110 | ๐น๐ฌ Togo | 3 | |
| 111 | ๐ป๐ช Venezuela | 3 | |
| 112 | ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam | 3 | |
| 113 | ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra | 2 | |
| 114 | ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates | 2 | |
| 115 | ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh | 2 | |
| 116 | ๐ง๐ฟ Belize | 2 | |
| 117 | ๐ง๐น Bhutan | 2 | |
| 118 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 2 | |
| 119 | ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica | 2 | |
| 120 | ๐ช๐จ Ecuador | 2 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | 2 | |
| 122 | ๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau | 2 | |
| 123 | ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea | 2 | |
| 124 | ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait | 2 | |
| 125 | ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon | 2 | |
| 126 | ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein | 2 | |
| 127 | ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova | 2 | |
| 128 | ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia | 2 | |
| 129 | ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua | 2 | |
| 130 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 2 | |
| 131 | ๐ณ๐ต Nepal | 2 | |
| 132 | ๐ต๐ฆ Panama | 2 | |
| 133 | ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone | 2 | |
| 134 | ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador | 2 | |
| 135 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 2 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini | 2 | |
| 137 | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | 2 | |
| 138 | ๐บ๐พ Uruguay | 2 | |
| 139 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 2 | |
| 140 | ๐พ๐ช Yemen | 2 | |
| 141 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 1 | |
| 142 | ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain | 1 | |
| 143 | ๐ง๐ณ Brunei | 1 | |
| 144 | ๐จ๐พ Cyprus | 1 | |
| 145 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark | 1 | |
| 146 | ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic | 1 | |
| 147 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 1 | |
| 148 | ๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar | 1 | |
| 149 | ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia | 1 | |
| 150 | ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong | 1 |
| # | Country | Neighbors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | ๐ญ๐น Haiti | 1 | |
| 152 | ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland | 1 | |
| 153 | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 1 | |
| 154 | ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho | 1 | |
| 155 | ๐ฒ๐ด Macao | 1 | |
| 156 | ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco | 1 | |
| 157 | ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
| 158 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | 1 | |
| 159 | ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar | 1 | |
| 160 | ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino | 1 | |
| 161 | ๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste | 1 | |
| 162 | ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican | 1 |