External borders of the European Union

Since the United Kingdom left the European Union on February 1, 2020, the European Union has external borders with the following neighboring countries, with only land borders being taken into account:

EU state	EU external border			Neighboring country	Summary term
	14,303 km
Sweden	1,619 km	1,619 km	2,346 km	Norway	2,346 km north of the EU
Finland	2,040 km	0727 km
		1,313 km	1,895 km	Russia	4,695 km EU eastern border
Estonia	0290 km	0290 km
Latvia	0463 km	0292 km
		0171 km	1,091 km	Belarus
Lithuania	0502 km	0502 km
Poland	0953 km	0418 km
		0535 km	1,090 km	Ukraine
Slovakia	0090 km	0090 km
Hungary	0103 km	0103 km
Romania	0981 km	0362 km
		0450 km	0450 km	Republic of Moldova
		0169 km	0169 km	Ukraine
Bulgaria	0240 km	0240 km	0446 km	Turkey	446 km south-east of the EU
Greece	0206 km	0206 km
Republic of Cyprus	0181 km	0181 km	0181 km	Northern Cyprus	181 km UN demarcation line
	0152 km	0152 km	0152 km	Akrotiri and Dhekelia	152 km to military bases
Lithuania	0227 km	0227 km	0437 km	Russia	437 km Kaliningrad enclave
Poland	0210 km	0210 km
Austria	0125 km	0125 km	1,811 km	Switzerland	1,846 km of Alpine enclave
Italy	0740 km	0740 km
France	0573 km	0573 km
Germany	0334 km	0334 km
Austria	0074 km	0039 km
		0035 km	0035 km	Liechtenstein
Croatia	1,198 km	0025 km	0025 km	Montenegro	2,819 km of the Western Balkans enclave
		0932 km	0932 km	Bosnia and Herzegovina
		0241 km	1,186 km	Serbia
Hungary	0151 km	0151 km
Romania	0476 km	0476 km
Bulgaria	0466 km	0318 km
		0148 km	0394 km	North Macedonia
Greece	0528 km	0246 km
		0282 km	0282 km	Albania
Spain	0064 km	0064 km	0121 km	Andorra	167 km of dwarf states enclaves
France	0057 km	0057 km
	0004 km	0004 km	0004 km	Monaco
Italy	0039 km	0039 km	0039 km	San Marino
	0003 km	0003 km	0003 km	Vatican city
Spain ( Ceuta )	0007 km	0007 km	0007 km	Morocco	17 km North Africa exclaves
Spain ( Melilla )	0010 km	0010 km	0010 km
Spain , ( Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera )	0.085 km	0.085 km	0.085 km
France ( French Guiana )	1,183 km	0673 km	0673 km	Brazil	1,183 km in South America
		0510 km	0510 km	Suriname
France ( Saint-Martin )	0014 km	0014 km	0014 km	Netherlands , ( Sint Maarten )	14 km in the Caribbean
Ireland	499 km	499 km	499 km	United Kingdom	500 km to the UK
Spain	1.2 km	1.2 km	1.2 km	Gibraltar

Remarks:

1. ↑ As of July 1, 2013; non-contiguous border sections are separated by thick horizontal lines
2. ↑ de facto, UN demarcation line
3. ↑ Military bases, British territory and part of the customs territory of the European Union , but not part of the EU
4. ↑ shortest land border in the world
5. ↑ as régions d'outre-mer (ROM) fully integrated part of the French state and thus also part of the EU
6. ↑ the only Collectivité d'outre-mer (COM) that is part of the EU borders on the Dutch overseas territory of Sint Maarten, which is not part of the EU.

Temporal change in the length of the EU external border

Enlargement rounds of the EU from 1973 to 2013

length	since	designation	Member States
6,848 km	January 1, 1958	EEC-6	Belgium , France , Italy , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Germany
6,780 km	1st January 1973	EG-9	+ Denmark , Ireland , United Kingdom
8,008 km	January 1, 1981	EG-10	+ Greece
6,976 km	January 1, 1986	EG-12	+ Spain , Portugal
6,351 km	3rd October 1990	EG-12	+ German Democratic Republic ( German reunification )
10,606 km	January 1, 1995	EU-15	+ Finland , Sweden , Austria
12,436 km	May 1, 2004	EU-25	+ Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania , Malta , Poland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Czech Republic , Hungary , Cyprus (" EU eastward expansion ")
13,026 km	January 1, 2007	EU-27	+ Bulgaria , Romania
14,303 km	July, 1st 2013	EU-28	+ Croatia
14,803 km	February 1, 2020	EU-27	- United Kingdom

See also

• European Union territory
• Schengen Agreement
• Frontex
• List of European non-EU countries