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Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as 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. [1]
A high border/area ratio means that the country or territory has a long border compared to its surface area. A border/area ratio of zero indicates that the country has no land borders. Countries or territories that are connected only by bridges or other man-made causeways are not considered to have land borders.
Land borders and maritime boundaries are included and are tabulated separately and in combination. For purposes of this list, " maritime boundary " includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , which includes boundaries of territorial waters , contiguous zones , and exclusive economic zones .
List of countries and territories by land borders; List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries; List of international border rivers; List of land borders with dates of establishment; List of political and geographic borders
To the west, PRC has maritime borders with North Korea, Japan and contested limits with Taiwan and other countries in the South China Sea, among other territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China. At 22,457 kilometres (13,954 mi), [1] China has the longest land borders of any country.
The country has an internationally recognized land border running 22,407 kilometres (13,923 mi) in total, [1] and has the second-longest land border of any country in the world, after China (22,457 kilometres (13,954 mi) [2]).
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 oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.
a peninsula or a semi-enclave, where one country has a land border with a neighbouring one but is otherwise surrounded by sea, while the neighbour borders other countries—examples are Portugal (neighbouring Spain), The Gambia (surrounded by Senegal) and Brunei (surrounded by Malaysia).