Landlocked countries
44 countries have no coastline at all: every way out is across someone else’s border.
Landlocked16 in Africa, 14 in Europe, 12 in Asia, 2 in South America
| # | Country | Area | Population | Continent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,724,900 km² | 20,843,754 | Asia | |
| 2 | 1,564,116 km² | 3,568,978 | Asia | |
| 3 | 1,284,000 km² | 21,003,705 | Africa | |
| 4 | 1,267,000 km² | 27,917,831 | Africa | |
| 5 | 1,240,192 km² | 25,198,821 | Africa | |
| 6 | 1,104,300 km² | 135,472,051 | Africa | |
| 7 | 1,098,581 km² | 12,581,843 | South America | |
| 8 | 752,618 km² | 21,913,874 | Africa | |
| 9 | 652,230 km² | 43,844,111 | Asia | |
| 10 | 644,329 km² | 12,188,788 | Africa | |
| 11 | 622,984 km² | 5,513,282 | Africa | |
| 12 | 581,737 km² | 2,562,122 | Africa | |
| 13 | 491,210 km² | 7,618,847 | Asia | |
| 14 | 448,978 km² | 37,053,428 | Asia | |
| 15 | 406,756 km² | 7,013,078 | South America | |
| 16 | 390,757 km² | 16,950,795 | Africa | |
| 17 | 274,200 km² | 24,074,580 | Africa | |
| 18 | 241,038 km² | 51,384,894 | Africa | |
| 19 | 236,800 km² | 7,873,046 | Asia | |
| 20 | 207,597 km² | 9,085,991 | Europe | |
| 21 | 199,951 km² | 7,343,064 | Asia | |
| 22 | 147,181 km² | 29,618,118 | Asia | |
| 23 | 143,100 km² | 10,786,734 | Asia | |
| 24 | 118,484 km² | 22,216,120 | Africa | |
| 25 | 93,011 km² | 9,514,251 | Europe | |
| 26 | 88,499 km² | 6,549,143 | Europe | |
| 27 | 86,600 km² | 10,246,996 | Asia | |
| 28 | 83,879 km² | 9,208,163 | Europe | |
| 29 | 78,871 km² | 10,886,878 | Europe | |
| 30 | 49,034 km² | 5,413,813 | Europe | |
| 31 | 41,291 km² | 9,092,436 | Europe | |
| 32 | 38,394 km² | 796,682 | Asia | |
| 33 | 33,844 km² | 2,360,527 | Europe | |
| 34 | 30,355 km² | 2,363,325 | Africa | |
| 35 | 29,743 km² | 3,086,700 | Asia | |
| 36 | 27,834 km² | 14,390,003 | Africa | |
| 37 | 26,338 km² | 14,569,341 | Africa | |
| 38 | 25,713 km² | 1,820,909 | Europe | |
| 39 | 17,364 km² | 1,256,174 | Africa | |
| 40 | 2,593 km² | 686,970 | Europe | |
| 41 | 468 km² | 82,904 | Europe | |
| 42 | 160 km² | 41,024 | Europe | |
| 43 | 61 km² | 34,109 | Europe | |
| 44 | 0.49 km² | 882 | Europe |
Questions
- How many landlocked countries are there?
- 44. 44 countries have no coastline at all: every way out is across someone else’s border.
- Which has the largest area?
- Kazakhstan, with 2,724,900 km². Then Mongolia (1,564,116 km²).
- Where are they?
- 16 in Africa, 14 in Europe, 12 in Asia, 2 in South America.
- How is the list made?
- It is a filter over the independent states on Kartavera — landlocked — using the same figures as the atlas and its rankings. Territories are not included. Open it on the map to change any condition.
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Figures: area from Wikidata, population, GNI and life expectancy from the World Bank, forms of government from the CIA World Factbook. All sources.