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
Landlocked countries
#CountryAreaPopulationContinent
1Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²20,843,754Asia
2Mongolia1,564,116 km²3,568,978Asia
3Chad1,284,000 km²21,003,705Africa
4Niger1,267,000 km²27,917,831Africa
5Mali1,240,192 km²25,198,821Africa
6Ethiopia1,104,300 km²135,472,051Africa
7Bolivia1,098,581 km²12,581,843South America
8Zambia752,618 km²21,913,874Africa
9Afghanistan652,230 km²43,844,111Asia
10South Sudan644,329 km²12,188,788Africa
11Central African Republic622,984 km²5,513,282Africa
12Botswana581,737 km²2,562,122Africa
13Turkmenistan491,210 km²7,618,847Asia
14Uzbekistan448,978 km²37,053,428Asia
15Paraguay406,756 km²7,013,078South America
16Zimbabwe390,757 km²16,950,795Africa
17Burkina Faso274,200 km²24,074,580Africa
18Uganda241,038 km²51,384,894Africa
19Laos236,800 km²7,873,046Asia
20Belarus207,597 km²9,085,991Europe
21Kyrgyzstan199,951 km²7,343,064Asia
22Nepal147,181 km²29,618,118Asia
23Tajikistan143,100 km²10,786,734Asia
24Malawi118,484 km²22,216,120Africa
25Hungary93,011 km²9,514,251Europe
26Serbia88,499 km²6,549,143Europe
27Azerbaijan86,600 km²10,246,996Asia
28Austria83,879 km²9,208,163Europe
29Czechia78,871 km²10,886,878Europe
30Slovakia49,034 km²5,413,813Europe
31Switzerland41,291 km²9,092,436Europe
32Bhutan38,394 km²796,682Asia
33Moldova33,844 km²2,360,527Europe
34Lesotho30,355 km²2,363,325Africa
35Armenia29,743 km²3,086,700Asia
36Burundi27,834 km²14,390,003Africa
37Rwanda26,338 km²14,569,341Africa
38North Macedonia25,713 km²1,820,909Europe
39Eswatini17,364 km²1,256,174Africa
40Luxembourg2,593 km²686,970Europe
41Andorra468 km²82,904Europe
42Liechtenstein160 km²41,024Europe
43San Marino61 km²34,109Europe
44Vatican City0.49 km²882Europe

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.