List of countries and territories by border/area ratio
This is a list of countries and territories by border/area ratio. For each country or territory, the total length of the land borders and the total surface area are listed. As well as the ratio between these two parameters. 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.
Border/area ratio
Rank |
Country or territory |
Total length of land borders (km) |
Total surface area (km²) |
Border/area ratio (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Vatican City |
3.2 |
0.44 |
7.2727273 |
2 |
Monaco |
4.4 |
2 |
2.2000000 |
3 |
San Marino |
39 |
61 |
0.6393443 |
4 |
Liechtenstein |
76 |
160 |
0.4750000 |
5 |
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) |
10.2 |
34 |
0.3000000 |
6 |
Andorra |
120.3 |
468 |
0.2570513 |
7 |
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) |
1.2 |
6 |
0.2000000 |
8 |
Saint Martin (France) |
10.2 |
54 |
0.1888889 |
9 |
Luxembourg |
359 |
2586 |
0.1388244 |
10 |
Palestinian territories |
466 |
6220 |
0.0749196 |
11 |
Brunei |
381 |
5765 |
0.0660885 |
12 |
Slovenia |
1334 |
20273 |
0.0658018 |
13 |
The Gambia |
740 |
11295 |
0.0655157 |
14 |
Kosovo |
701 |
10887 |
0.0643887 |
15 |
Israel |
1017 |
20770 |
0.0489649 |
16 |
Belgium |
1385 |
30528 |
0.0453682 |
17 |
Montenegro |
625 |
13812 |
0.0452505 |
18 |
Switzerland |
1852 |
41284 |
0.0448600 |
19 |
Lebanon |
454 |
10452 |
0.0434367 |
20 |
Armenia |
1254 |
29743 |
0.0421612 |
21 |
Moldova |
1389 |
33846 |
0.0410388 |
22 |
Croatia |
2197 |
56594 |
0.0388204 |
23 |
Burundi |
974 |
27834 |
0.0349932 |
24 |
Rwanda |
893 |
26338 |
0.0339054 |
25 |
Slovakia |
1524 |
49037 |
0.0310786 |
26 |
Swaziland |
535 |
17364 |
0.0308109 |
27 |
Austria |
2562 |
83871 |
0.0305469 |
28 |
Lesotho |
909 |
30355 |
0.0299456 |
29 |
Macedonia |
766 |
25713 |
0.0297904 |
30 |
Bangladesh |
4246 |
143998 |
0.0294865 |
31 |
Togo |
1647 |
56785 |
0.0290041 |
32 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1459 |
51197 |
0.0284978 |
33 |
Bhutan |
1075 |
38394 |
0.0279992 |
34 |
Hong Kong (People's Republic of China) |
30 |
1104 |
0.0271739 |
35 |
Kuwait |
462 |
17818 |
0.0259288 |
36 |
El Salvador |
545 |
21041 |
0.0259018 |
37 |
Tajikistan |
3651 |
143100 |
0.0255136 |
38 |
Albania |
720 |
28748 |
0.0250452 |
39 |
Netherlands |
1027 |
41528 |
0.0247303 |
40 |
Malawi |
2881 |
118484 |
0.0243155 |
41 |
Czech Republic |
1881 |
78865 |
0.0238509 |
42 |
Hungary |
2171 |
93028 |
0.0233371 |
43 |
Azerbaijan |
2013 |
86600 |
0.0232448 |
44 |
Serbia |
2027 |
88361 |
0.0229400 |
45 |
Belize |
516 |
22966 |
0.0224680 |
46 |
Djibouti |
516 |
23200 |
0.0222414 |
47 |
Laos |
5083 |
236800 |
0.0214654 |
48 |
Georgia |
1461 |
69700 |
0.0209613 |
49 |
Guinea-Bissau |
724 |
36125 |
0.0200415 |
50 |
Nepal |
2926 |
147181 |
0.0198803 |
51 |
Lithuania |
1273 |
65300 |
0.0194946 |
52 |
Kyrgyzstan |
3878 |
199951 |
0.0193948 |
53 |
Equatorial Guinea |
539 |
28051 |
0.0192150 |
54 |
Jordan |
1635 |
89342 |
0.0183005 |
55 |
Latvia |
1150 |
64559 |
0.0178132 |
56 |
Benin |
1989 |
112622 |
0.0176608 |
57 |
Cyprus |
152 |
9251 |
0.0164307 |
58 |
Bulgaria |
1808 |
110879 |
0.0163061 |
59 |
Republic of the Congo |
5504 |
342000 |
0.0160936 |
60 |
Guatemala |
1687 |
108889 |
0.0154928 |
61 |
East Timor |
228 |
14874 |
0.0153288 |
62 |
Liberia |
1585 |
111369 |
0.0142320 |
63 |
Cambodia |
2572 |
181035 |
0.0142072 |
64 |
French Guiana (France) |
1183 |
83534 |
0.0141619 |
65 |
Vietnam |
4639 |
331212 |
0.0140061 |
66 |
Estonia |
633 |
45227 |
0.0139961 |
67 |
Belarus |
2900 |
207600 |
0.0139692 |
68 |
Uzbekistan |
6221 |
447400 |
0.0139048 |
69 |
North Korea |
1673 |
120538 |
0.0138794 |
70 |
Eritrea |
1626 |
117600 |
0.0138265 |
71 |
Guinea |
3399 |
245857 |
0.0138251 |
72 |
Honduras |
1520 |
112492 |
0.0135121 |
73 |
Senegal |
2640 |
196722 |
0.0134200 |
74 |
Sierra Leone |
958 |
71740 |
0.0133538 |
75 |
Portugal |
1214 |
92090 |
0.0131828 |
76 |
Haiti |
360 |
27750 |
0.0129730 |
77 |
Costa Rica |
639 |
51100 |
0.0125049 |
78 |
Syria |
2253 |
185180 |
0.0121665 |
79 |
Burkina Faso |
3193 |
272967 |
0.0116974 |
80 |
Guyana |
2462 |
214969 |
0.0114528 |
81 |
Macau (People's Republic of China) |
0.34 |
30 |
0.0113333 |
82 |
Uganda |
2698 |
241550 |
0.0111695 |
83 |
Romania |
2508 |
238391 |
0.0105205 |
84 |
Suriname |
1707 |
163820 |
0.0104200 |
85 |
United Arab Emirates |
867 |
83600 |
0.0103708 |
86 |
Germany |
3621 |
357114 |
0.0101396 |
87 |
Cameroon |
4591 |
475442 |
0.0096563 |
88 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
3110 |
322463 |
0.0096445 |
89 |
Paraguay |
3920 |
406752 |
0.0096373 |
90 |
Gabon |
2551 |
267668 |
0.0095305 |
91 |
Malaysia |
3147 |
330803 |
0.0095132 |
92 |
Thailand |
4863 |
513120 |
0.0094773 |
93 |
Nicaragua |
1231 |
130373 |
0.0094421 |
94 |
Greece |
1228 |
131957 |
0.0093061 |
95 |
Poland |
2788 |
312685 |
0.0089163 |
96 |
Ghana |
2094 |
238533 |
0.0087787 |
97 |
Tunisia |
1424 |
163610 |
0.0087036 |
98 |
Burma |
5876 |
676578 |
0.0086849 |
99 |
Uruguay |
1564 |
181034 |
0.0086393 |
100 |
Pakistan |
6774 |
796095 |
0.0085090 |
101 |
Afghanistan |
5529 |
652230 |
0.0084771 |
102 |
Central African Republic |
5203 |
622984 |
0.0083517 |
103 |
Iraq |
3650 |
438317 |
0.0083273 |
104 |
Chile |
6171 |
756102 |
0.0081616 |
105 |
Finland |
2690 |
338424 |
0.0079486 |
106 |
Norway |
2551 |
323802 |
0.0078783 |
107 |
Zimbabwe |
3066 |
390757 |
0.0078463 |
108 |
Ecuador |
2010 |
256369 |
0.0078403 |
109 |
Ukraine |
4663 |
603500 |
0.0077266 |
110 |
Turkmenistan |
3736 |
488100 |
0.0076542 |
111 |
Zambia |
5667 |
752612 |
0.0075298 |
112 |
South Sudan |
4797 |
644329 |
0.0074450 |
113 |
Dominican Republic |
360 |
48671 |
0.0073966 |
114 |
Panama |
555 |
75417 |
0.0073591 |
115 |
Botswana |
4015 |
582000 |
0.0068986 |
116 |
Italy |
1932 |
301336 |
0.0064114 |
117 |
Bolivia |
6743 |
1098581 |
0.0061379 |
118 |
Kenya |
3477 |
580367 |
0.0059910 |
119 |
Mali |
7243 |
1240192 |
0.0058402 |
120 |
Mozambique |
4571 |
801590 |
0.0057024 |
121 |
Venezuela |
4993 |
912050 |
0.0054745 |
122 |
Colombia |
6004 |
1141748 |
0.0052586 |
123 |
Mongolia |
8220 |
1564110 |
0.0052554 |
124 |
France |
2889 |
551500 |
0.0052384 |
125 |
Qatar |
60 |
11586 |
0.0051787 |
126 |
Ireland |
360 |
70273 |
0.0051229 |
127 |
Sweden |
2233 |
450295 |
0.0049590 |
128 |
Mauritania |
5074 |
1025520 |
0.0049477 |
129 |
Ethiopia |
5328 |
1104300 |
0.0048248 |
130 |
Namibia |
3936 |
824268 |
0.0047751 |
131 |
Chad |
5968 |
1284000 |
0.0046480 |
132 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
10730 |
2344858 |
0.0045760 |
133 |
Morocco |
2018 |
446550 |
0.0045191 |
134 |
Niger |
5697 |
1267000 |
0.0044964 |
135 |
India |
14103.1 |
3166414 |
0.0044540 |
136 |
Oman |
1374 |
309500 |
0.0044394 |
137 |
Kazakhstan |
12012 |
2724900 |
0.0044082 |
138 |
Nigeria |
4047 |
923768 |
0.0043810 |
139 |
Peru |
5536 |
1285216 |
0.0043074 |
140 |
Angola |
5198 |
1246700 |
0.0041694 |
141 |
Tanzania |
3861 |
945087 |
0.0040853 |
142 |
South Africa |
4862 |
1221037 |
0.0039819 |
143 |
Spain |
1918 |
505992 |
0.0037906 |
144 |
Somalia |
2340 |
637657 |
0.0036697 |
145 |
Sudan |
6764 |
1861484 |
0.0036337 |
146 |
Argentina |
9665 |
2780400 |
0.0034761 |
147 |
Turkey |
2648 |
783562 |
0.0033794 |
148 |
Yemen |
1746 |
527968 |
0.0033070 |
149 |
Iran |
5440 |
1648195 |
0.0033006 |
150 |
Algeria |
6343 |
2381741 |
0.0026632 |
151 |
Egypt |
2665 |
1002000 |
0.0026597 |
152 |
Libya |
4348 |
1759540 |
0.0024711 |
153 |
South Korea |
238 |
99828 |
0.0023841 |
154 |
People's Republic of China |
22147 |
9596961 |
0.0023077 |
155 |
Mexico |
4353 |
1964375 |
0.0022160 |
156 |
Saudi Arabia |
4431 |
2149690 |
0.0020612 |
157 |
Papua New Guinea |
820 |
462840 |
0.0017717 |
158 |
Brazil |
14691 |
8514877 |
0.0017253 |
159 |
Denmark |
68 |
43094 |
0.0015779 |
160 |
Western Sahara |
404 |
266000 |
0.0015188 |
161 |
United Kingdom |
360 |
242900 |
0.0014821 |
162 |
Indonesia |
2830 |
1910931 |
0.0014810 |
163 |
United States |
12034 |
9526468 |
0.0012632 |
164 |
Russia |
20017 |
17098242 |
0.0011707 |
165 |
Canada |
8893 |
9984670 |
0.0008907 |
166 |
Sri Lanka |
0.1 |
65610 |
0.0000015 |
167 |
American Samoa (United States) |
0 |
199 |
0 |
168 |
Anguilla (United Kingdom) |
0 |
91 |
0 |
169 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
0 |
442 |
0 |
170 |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
0 |
180 |
0 |
171 |
Australia |
0 |
7692024 |
0 |
172 |
Bahamas |
0 |
13943 |
0 |
173 |
Bahrain |
0 |
765 |
0 |
174 |
Barbados |
0 |
430 |
0 |
175 |
Bermuda (United Kingdom) |
0 |
54 |
0 |
176 |
Bouvet Island |
0 |
49 |
0 |
177 |
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) |
0 |
60 |
0 |
178 |
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
151 |
0 |
179 |
Cape Verde |
0 |
4033 |
0 |
180 |
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
264 |
0 |
181 |
Christmas Island (Australia) |
0 |
135 |
0 |
182 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) |
0 |
14 |
0 |
183 |
Comoros |
0 |
1862 |
0 |
184 |
Cook Islands |
0 |
236 |
0 |
185 |
Cuba |
0 |
109886 |
0 |
186 |
Curaçao (Netherlands) |
0 |
444 |
0 |
187 |
Dominica |
0 |
751 |
0 |
188 |
Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
12173 |
0 |
189 |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
0 |
1393 |
0 |
190 |
Federated States of Micronesia |
0 |
702 |
0 |
191 |
Fiji |
0 |
18272 |
0 |
192 |
French Polynesia (France) |
0 |
4000 |
0 |
193 |
French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France) |
0 |
7747 |
0 |
194 |
Greenland (Denmark) |
0 |
2166086 |
0 |
195 |
Grenada |
0 |
344 |
0 |
196 |
Guadeloupe (France) |
0 |
1630 |
0 |
197 |
Guam (United States) |
0 |
549 |
0 |
198 |
Guernsey (United Kingdom) |
0 |
78 |
0 |
199 |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Australia) |
0 |
412 |
0 |
200 |
Iceland |
0 |
103000 |
0 |
201 |
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) |
0 |
572 |
0 |
202 |
Jamaica |
0 |
10991 |
0 |
203 |
Japan |
0 |
377930 |
0 |
204 |
Jersey (United Kingdom) |
0 |
116 |
0 |
205 |
Kiribati |
0 |
811 |
0 |
206 |
Madagascar |
0 |
587041 |
0 |
207 |
Maldives |
0 |
300 |
0 |
208 |
Malta |
0 |
316 |
0 |
209 |
Marshall Islands |
0 |
181 |
0 |
210 |
Martinique (France) |
0 |
1128 |
0 |
211 |
Mauritius |
0 |
2040 |
0 |
212 |
Mayotte (France) |
0 |
374 |
0 |
213 |
Montserrat (United Kingdom) |
0 |
102 |
0 |
214 |
Nauru |
0 |
21 |
0 |
215 |
New Caledonia (France) |
0 |
18575 |
0 |
216 |
New Zealand |
0 |
270467 |
0 |
217 |
Niue (New Zealand) |
0 |
260 |
0 |
218 |
Norfolk Island (Australia) |
0 |
36 |
0 |
219 |
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) |
0 |
464 |
0 |
220 |
Palau |
0 |
459 |
0 |
221 |
Philippines |
0 |
300000 |
0 |
222 |
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
47 |
0 |
223 |
Puerto Rico (United States) |
0 |
8870 |
0 |
224 |
Réunion (France) |
0 |
2513 |
0 |
225 |
Saint Barthélemy (France) |
0 |
21 |
0 |
226 |
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) |
0 |
308 |
0 |
227 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 |
261 |
0 |
228 |
Saint Lucia |
0 |
616 |
0 |
229 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
0 |
242 |
0 |
230 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
0 |
389 |
0 |
231 |
Samoa |
0 |
2842 |
0 |
232 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
0 |
964 |
0 |
233 |
Seychelles |
0 |
452 |
0 |
234 |
Singapore |
0 |
710 |
0 |
235 |
Solomon Islands |
0 |
28896 |
0 |
236 |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
3903 |
0 |
237 |
Svalbard (Norway) |
0 |
62045 |
0 |
238 |
Taiwan |
0 |
36193 |
0 |
239 |
Tokelau (New Zealand) |
0 |
12 |
0 |
240 |
Tonga |
0 |
747 |
0 |
241 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0 |
5130 |
0 |
242 |
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) |
0 |
948 |
0 |
243 |
Tuvalu |
0 |
26 |
0 |
244 |
United States Virgin Islands (United States) |
0 |
347 |
0 |
245 |
Vanuatu |
0 |
12189 |
0 |
246 |
Wallis and Futuna (France) |
0 |
142 |
0 |
Extremes
The countries with the highest border/area ratios are some of the smallest, non-island, nations of the world, such as Vatican City, Monaco and San Marino. Many island nations, lack any land borders and thus have a border/area ratio of zero.
See also
- How Long Is the Coast of Britain?
- List of countries by area
- List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries
- List of countries that border only one other country
- List of land borders by date of establishment
- List of divided islands
- List of island nations
- List of political and geographic borders
- List of sets of countries that border one another
- List of bordering countries with greatest differences in GDP (PPP) per person
- Separation barrier
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