List of the countries with a border

the list of the countries with a border describes völkerrechlich recognized countries with country borders to only one other country.

inland countries and enclaves

• Lesotho - from South Africa, 909 km.
• San Marino - of Italy, 39 km.
• Vatikanstadt - of Italy, 3.2 km

peninsulas

• Qatar - with Saudi Arabia, 60 km
• South Korea - with North Korea, 238 km (border: demilitarisierte zone)
• Denmark - with Germany, 68 km

half enclosed and with sea-entrance

• the Gambia - of Senegal, 740 km
• Monaco - of France, 4.4 km
• Brunei - of Malaysia, 381 km

particularly long border

• Canada - with the USA, 8893 km
• Portugal - with Spain, 1214 km

common islands

• Dominican republic - with Haiti, 360 km (Hispaniola)
• Brunei - with Malaysia, 381 km (Borneo)
• Papua New Guinea - with Indonesia, 820 km (new Guinea)
• east Timor - with Indonesia, 228 km (Timor)
• Republic of Ireland - with Great Britain, 360 km (Ireland)

see also: List of divided islands

anomalies

abnormal purchases can be divided in two categories: On the one hand the short theoretical borders by buildings; whereby however a bridge or an artificial island no land border justifies; On the other hand disputed borders:

• Denmark has additionally to its border with Germany an extremely short border to Sweden to the Öresundbrücke
• Singapore has two very short borders with Malaysia at at the Tuas Second left bridge as well as at the dam Johor Causeway
• Bahrain, which is actually an island state, has a border with Saudi Arabia on a dam (King Fahd Causeway; by planned Qatar Bahrain the Friendship Bridge a border with Qatar forms)
• Great Britain has additionally to his border with the Republic of Ireland a border with France in the euro tunnel as well as in Gibraltar a short border with Spain
• Cyprus has only one border with the Turkish Republic of north Cyprus, whereby the latter is not internationally recognized; Dhekelia (part of the British Basen of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) is in the UN-buffer zone between Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of north Cyprus, those in each case neighbour. Theoretically Cyprus borders not directly on the Turkish Republic of north Cyprus, but over a buffer zone of the UN (exception: the village Strovilia)
• South Korea does not only have a border with North Korea at the demilitarisierten border, is however from North Korea by a 4-km broad demilitarisierte zone separate
• Cuba has a short border with the military basis Guantanamo Bay (leased from the USA)

historical

it gives many countries, which had one neighbour in their history only, whereby some any longer it does not exist and others have either no more land border or meanwhile on more than one country to border.

• Korea bordered once on China ( 1860 ago), before by the Pekinger convention a second border with Russia was created
• Ciskei, a South African Homeland (to 27. April 1994)
• Dominion OF Newfoundland with Canada (to 31. To March 1949)

see also

• countries without border
• enclave
• Exklave
• island state