List of states in the world and their respective neighboring states
The list of states in the world and their respective neighboring states indicates for states, disputed states and de facto regimes ( in italics ) of the world with which states they are neighboring across land borders (in alphabetical order):
- Abkhazia: Georgia , Russia
- Afghanistan: China , Iran , Pakistan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan
- Egypt: Israel , Libya , Sudan
- Albania: Greece , Kosovo , Montenegro , North Macedonia
- Algeria: Libya , Mali , Morocco , Mauritania , Niger , Tunisia , Western Sahara (controversial)
- Andorra: France , Spain
- Angola: Democratic Republic of the Congo , Republic of the Congo , Namibia , Zambia
- Antigua and Barbuda: (island)
- Equatorial Guinea: Gabon , Cameroon
- Argentina: Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Paraguay , Uruguay
- Armenia: Azerbaijan , Georgia , Iran , Turkey
- Azerbaijan: Armenia , Georgia , Iran , Russia , Turkey through the Nakhichevan exclave
- Ethiopia: Eritrea , Djibouti , Kenya , Somalia , Sudan , South Sudan
- Australia: (island)
- Bahamas: (island)
- Bahrain: Saudi Arabia through the King Fahd Causeway Bridge
- Bangladesh: India , Myanmar
- Barbados: (island)
- Belgium: Germany , France , Luxembourg , Netherlands
- Belize: Guatemala , Mexico
- Benin: Burkina Faso , Niger , Nigeria , Togo
- Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Iran
- Bhutan: China , India
- Bolivia: Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Paraguay , Peru
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Croatia , Montenegro , Serbia
- Botswana: Namibia , Zambia , Zimbabwe , South Africa
- Brazil: Argentina , Bolivia , Guyana , Colombia , Paraguay , Peru , Suriname , Uruguay , Venezuela
- Brunei: Malaysia
- Bulgaria: Greece , North Macedonia , Romania , Serbia , Turkey
- Burkina Faso: Benin , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Mali , Niger , Togo
- Burundi: Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , Tanzania
- Chile: Argentina , Bolivia , Peru
- Republic of China (Taiwan): island
- People's Republic of China: Afghanistan , Bhutan , Hong Kong , India , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Laos , Macau , Mongolia , Myanmar , Nepal , North Korea , Pakistan , Russia , Tajikistan , Vietnam
- Cook Islands: (island)
- Costa Rica: Nicaragua , Panama
- Denmark: Germany , bridge to Sweden
- Germany: Belgium , Denmark , France , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Austria , Poland , Switzerland , Czech Republic
- Dominica: (island)
- Dominican Republic: Haiti
- Djibouti: Ethiopia , Eritrea , Somalia
- Ecuador: Colombia , Peru
- El Salvador: Guatemala , Honduras
- Ivory Coast: Burkina Faso , Ghana , Guinea , Liberia , Mali
- Eritrea: Ethiopia , Djibouti , Sudan
- Estonia: Latvia , Russia
- Fiji: (island)
- Finland: Norway , Russia , Sweden
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France: Andorra , Belgium , Germany , (through the Eurotunnel ) United Kingdom , Italy , Luxembourg , Monaco , Switzerland , Spain .
Outside Europe: Brazil and Suriname through French Guiana in South America and the Netherlands through Saint Martin in the Caribbean - Gabon: Equatorial Guinea , Cameroon , Republic of the Congo
- Gambia: Senegal
- Georgia: Abkhazia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Russia , South Ossetia , Turkey
- Ghana: Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Togo
- Grenada: (island)
- Greece: Albania , Bulgaria , North Macedonia , Turkey
- Guatemala: Belize , El Salvador , Honduras , Mexico
- Guinea: Ivory Coast , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Mali , Senegal , Sierra Leone
- Guinea-Bissau: Guinea , Senegal
- Guyana: Brazil , Suriname , Venezuela
- Haiti: Dominican Republic
- Honduras: El Salvador , Guatemala , Nicaragua
- India: Bangladesh , Bhutan , China , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan
- Indonesia: Malaysia , East Timor , Papua New Guinea
- Iraq: Iran , Jordan , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Turkey
- Iran: Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Nagorno-Karabakh , Iraq , Pakistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan
- Ireland: United Kingdom (through Northern Ireland )
- Iceland (island)
- Israel: Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine State , Syria
- Italy: France , Austria , San Marino , Switzerland , Slovenia , Vatican City
- Jamaica: (island)
- Japan: (island)
- Yemen: Oman , Saudi Arabia
- Jordan: Iraq , Israel , State of Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Syria
- Cambodia: Laos , Thailand , Vietnam
- Cameroon: Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Chad , Central African Republic
- Canada: United States
- Cape Verde: (island)
- Kazakhstan: China , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan
- Qatar: Saudi Arabia
- Kenya: Ethiopia , Somalia , South Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda
- Kyrgyzstan: China , Kazakhstan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan
- Kiribati: (island)
- Colombia: Brazil , Ecuador , Panama , Peru , Venezuela
- Comoros: (island)
- Congo, Democratic Republic: Angola , Burundi , Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , Zambia , South Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda , Central African Republic
- Congo, Republic of: Angola , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Gabon , Cameroon , Central African Republic
- Korea, North: China , Russia , South Korea
- Korea, South: North Korea
- Kosovo: Albania , North Macedonia , Serbia , Montenegro
- Croatia: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro , Slovenia , Serbia , Hungary
- Cuba: (island)
- Kuwait: Iraq , Saudi Arabia
- Laos: China , Cambodia , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam
- Lesotho: South Africa
- Latvia: Estonia , Lithuania , Russia , Belarus
- Lebanon: Israel , Syria
- Liberia: Ivory Coast , Guinea , Sierra Leone
- Libya: Egypt , Algeria , Niger , Sudan , Chad , Tunisia
- Liechtenstein: Austria , Switzerland
- Lithuania: Latvia , Poland , Russia , Belarus
- Luxembourg: Belgium , Germany , France
- Madagascar: (island)
- Malawi: Mozambique , Zambia , Tanzania
- Malaysia: Brunei , Thailand
- Maldives: (island nation)
- Mali: Algeria , Burkina Faso , Ivory Coast , Guinea , Mauritania , Niger , Senegal
- Malta: (island)
- Morocco: Algeria , Spain , Western Sahara (controversial)
- Marshall Islands: (island nation)
- Mauritania: Algeria , Mali , Senegal , Western Sahara (controversial)
- Mauritius: (island)
- Mexico: Belize , Guatemala , United States
- Micronesia: (island nation)
- Moldova: Romania , Ukraine
- Monaco: France
- Mongolia: China , Russia
- Montenegro: Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Kosovo , Croatia , Serbia
- Mozambique: Malawi , Zambia , Zimbabwe , South Africa , Swaziland , Tanzania
- Myanmar: Bangladesh , China , India , Laos , Thailand
- Namibia: Angola , Botswana , Zambia , South Africa
- Nauru: (island)
- Nepal: China , India
- New Zealand: (island nation)
- Nicaragua: Costa Rica , Honduras
- Netherlands: Belgium , Germany . Outside Europe: France (through Sint Maarten in the Caribbean )
- Niger: Algeria , Benin , Burkina Faso , Libya , Mali , Nigeria , Chad
- Nigeria: Benin , Cameroon , Niger , Chad
- North Macedonia: Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Kosovo , Serbia
- Norway: Finland , Russia , Sweden
- Oman: Yemen , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates
- Austria: Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Switzerland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Czech Republic , Hungary
- East Timor: Indonesia
- Pakistan: Afghanistan , China , India , Iran
- Palau: (island nation)
- Panama: Costa Rica , Colombia
- Papua New Guinea: Indonesia
- Paraguay: Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil
- Peru: Bolivia , Brazil , Chile , Ecuador , Colombia
- Poland: Germany , Lithuania , Russia , Slovakia , Czech Republic , Ukraine , Belarus
- Portugal: Spain
- Rwanda: Burundi , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Tanzania , Uganda
- Romania: Bulgaria , Moldova , Serbia , Ukraine , Hungary
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Russia: European neighbors: Estonia , Finland , Latvia , Lithuania , Norway , Poland , Ukraine , Belarus
Asian neighbors: Azerbaijan , China , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Mongolia , North Korea - Solomon Islands: (island nation)
- Zambia: Angola , Botswana , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , Zimbabwe , Tanzania
- Samoa: (island nation)
- San Marino: Italy
- Sao Tome and Principe: (island nation)
- Saudi Arabia: Bahrain (through the King Fahd Causeway Bridge ), Iraq , Yemen , Jordan , Qatar , Kuwait , Oman , United Arab Emirates
- Sweden: Finland , Norway . Bridge to Denmark .
- Switzerland: Germany , France , Italy , Liechtenstein , Austria
- Senegal: Gambia , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Mali , Mauritania
- Serbia: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Kosovo , Croatia , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Romania , Hungary
- Seychelles: (island nation)
- Sierra Leone: Guinea , Liberia
- Zimbabwe: Botswana , Mozambique , Zambia , South Africa
- Singapore: (island nation)
- Slovakia: Austria , Poland , Czech Republic , Ukraine , Hungary
- Slovenia: Italy , Croatia , Austria , Hungary
- Somalia: Ethiopia , Djibouti , Kenya
- Spain: Andorra , France , Portugal . Outside Europe: Morocco (through Ceuta and Melilla ). By colony: United Kingdom (through Gibraltar )
- Sri Lanka: (island)
- St. Kitts and Nevis: (island nation)
- St. Lucia: (island)
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines: (island nation)
- South Africa: Botswana , Lesotho , Mozambique , Namibia , Zimbabwe , Swaziland
- Sudan: Egypt , Ethiopia , Eritrea , Libya , South Sudan , Chad , Central African Republic
- South Sudan: Ethiopia , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Sudan , Uganda , Central African Republic
- Suriname: Brazil , Guyana , through French Guiana with France
- Swaziland: Mozambique , South Africa
- Syria: Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Turkey
- Tajikistan: Afghanistan , China , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan
- Tanzania: Burundi , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Zambia , Rwanda , Uganda
- Thailand: Cambodia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar
- Togo: Benin , Burkina Faso , Ghana
- Tonga: (island nation)
- Trinidad and Tobago: (island nation)
- Chad: Cameroon , Libya , Niger , Nigeria , Sudan , Central African Republic
- Czech Republic: Germany , Austria , Poland , Slovakia
- Tunisia: Algeria , Libya
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Turkey: European neighbors: Bulgaria , Greece .
Asian neighbors: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Iraq , Iran , Syria - Turkmenistan: Afghanistan , Iran , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan
- Tuvalu: (island)
- Uganda: Kenya , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Rwanda , South Sudan , Tanzania
- Ukraine: Moldova , Poland , Romania , Russia , Slovakia , Hungary , Belarus
- Hungary: Croatia , Austria , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Ukraine
- Uruguay: Argentina , Brazil
- Uzbekistan: Afghanistan , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan
- Vanuatu: island
- Vatican City: Italy
- Venezuela: Brazil , Guyana , Colombia
- United Arab Emirates: Oman , Saudi Arabia
- United States: Canada , Mexico
- United Kingdom: Ireland (through Northern Ireland ). Other borders: France (through the Eurotunnel ), Spain (through Gibraltar ), Cyprus (through Akrotiri and Dekelia )
- Vietnam: China , Cambodia , Laos
- Belarus: Latvia , Lithuania , Poland , Russia , Ukraine
- Western Sahara (controversial): Algeria , Morocco , Mauritania
- Central African Republic: Cameroon , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Republic of the Congo , Sudan , South Sudan , Chad
- Cyprus: (island)