Country statistics

Landlocked countries

Sovereign nations with no coastline of their own — interior states from Bolivia to Bhutan.

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There are roughly four dozen landlocked sovereign states — countries that touch no ocean or sea anywhere on their borders. They concentrate in central Asia, central Africa, central Europe, and the Andean interior of South America. Landlocked status profoundly shapes a country's trade economy, requiring rail, road, and pipeline corridors through neighbouring coastal states. Two countries — Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan — are doubly landlocked, meaning every neighbour is also landlocked.

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1	Afghanistan	43,844,000	652,230	Asia	Kabul
2	Andorra	88,406	468	Europe	Andorra la Vella
3	Armenia	3,076,200	29,743	Asia	Yerevan
4	Austria	9,200,931	83,871	Europe	Vienna
5	Azerbaijan	10,241,722	86,600	Asia	Baku
6	Belarus	9,109,280	207,600	Europe	Minsk
7	Bhutan	784,043	38,394	Asia	Thimphu
8	Bolivia	11,365,333	1,098,581	Americas	Sucre
9	Botswana	2,359,609	582,000	Africa	Gaborone
10	Burkina Faso	24,070,553	272,967	Africa	Ouagadougou
11	Burundi	12,332,788	27,834	Africa	Gitega
12	Central African Republic	6,470,307	622,984	Africa	Bangui
13	Chad	19,340,757	1,284,000	Africa	N'Djamena
14	Czechia	10,882,341	78,865	Europe	Prague
15	Eswatini	1,235,549	17,364	Africa	Mbabane
16	Ethiopia	111,652,998	1,104,300	Africa	Addis Ababa
17	Hungary	9,539,502	93,028	Europe	Budapest
18	Kazakhstan	20,426,568	2,724,900	Asia	Astana
19	Kosovo	1,585,566	10,908	Europe	Pristina
20	Kyrgyzstan	7,281,800	199,951	Asia	Bishkek
21	Laos	7,647,000	236,800	Asia	Vientiane
22	Lesotho	2,116,427	30,355	Africa	Maseru
23	Liechtenstein	40,900	160	Europe	Vaduz
24	Luxembourg	681,973	2,586	Europe	Luxembourg
25	Malawi	20,734,262	118,484	Africa	Lilongwe
26	Mali	22,395,489	1,240,192	Africa	Bamako
27	Moldova	2,749,076	33,847	Europe	Chișinău
28	Mongolia	3,544,835	1,564,110	Asia	Ulan Bator
29	Nepal	29,911,840	147,181	Asia	Kathmandu
30	Niger	26,312,034	1,267,000	Africa	Niamey
31	North Macedonia	1,822,612	25,713	Europe	Skopje
32	Paraguay	6,109,644	406,752	Americas	Asunción
33	Rwanda	14,104,969	26,338	Africa	Kigali
34	San Marino	34,132	61	Europe	City of San Marino
35	Serbia	6,567,783	77,589	Europe	Belgrade
36	Slovakia	5,413,813	49,037	Europe	Bratislava
37	South Sudan	15,786,898	619,745	Africa	Juba
38	Switzerland	9,082,848	41,284	Europe	Bern
39	Tajikistan	10,499,000	143,100	Asia	Dushanbe
40	Turkmenistan	7,057,841	488,100	Asia	Ashgabat
41	Uganda	45,905,417	241,550	Africa	Kampala
42	Uzbekistan	37,859,698	447,400	Asia	Tashkent
43	Vatican City	882	0	Europe	Vatican City
44	Zambia	19,693,423	752,612	Africa	Lusaka
45	Zimbabwe	17,073,087	390,757	Africa	Harare