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Countries Without Land Borders

42 sovereign countries (and 33 territories) share no land border with any other country. Australia is the largest.

Sovereign countries without land borders

Territories

7,741,220 km²

Largest: Australia

36,289 km

Longest coastline: Philippines

No land border

#	Country	Area	Coastline
1	Australia	7,741,220 km²	25,760 km
2	Greenland	2,166,086 km²	44,087 km
3	Madagascar	587,041 km²	4,828 km
4	Japan	377,915 km²	29,751 km
5	Philippines	300,000 km²	36,289 km
6	New Zealand	268,838 km²	15,134 km
7	Cuba	110,860 km²	3,735 km
8	Iceland	103,000 km²	4,970 km
9	Sri Lanka	65,610 km²	1,340 km
10	Taiwan	35,980 km²	1,566 km
11	Solomon Islands	28,896 km²	5,313 km
12	New Caledonia	18,575 km²	2,254 km
13	Fiji	18,274 km²	1,129 km
14	Bahamas	13,880 km²	3,542 km
15	Vanuatu	12,189 km²	2,528 km
16	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	12,173 km²	1,288 km
17	Jamaica	10,991 km²	1,022 km
18	Cyprus	9,251 km²	648 km
19	Puerto Rico	9,104 km²	501 km
20	Trinidad and Tobago	5,128 km²	362 km
21	French Polynesia	4,167 km²	2,525 km
22	Cape Verde	4,033 km²	965 km
23	Samoa	2,831 km²	403 km
24	Comoros	2,235 km²	340 km
25	Mauritius	2,040 km²	177 km
26	Virgin Islands	1,910 km²	188 km
27	Faroe Islands	1,393 km²	1,117 km
28	Hong Kong	1,108 km²	733 km
29	Sao Tome and Principe	964 km²	209 km
30	Turks and Caicos Islands	948 km²	389 km
31	Kiribati	811 km²	1,143 km
32	Bahrain	760 km²	161 km
33	Dominica	751 km²	148 km
34	Tonga	747 km²	419 km
35	Singapore	719 km²	193 km
36	Micronesia	702 km²	6,112 km
37	Saint Lucia	616 km²	158 km
38	Isle of Man	572 km²	160 km
39	Guam	544 km²	126 km
40	Northern Mariana Islands	464 km²	1,482 km
41	Palau	459 km²	1,519 km
42	Seychelles	455 km²	491 km
43	Curacao	444 km²	364 km
44	Antigua and Barbuda	443 km²	153 km
45	Barbados	430 km²	97 km
46	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	394 km²	60 km
47	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	389 km²	84 km
48	Grenada	344 km²	121 km
49	Malta	316 km²	197 km
50	Maldives	298 km²	644 km
51	Cayman Islands	264 km²	160 km
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis	261 km²	135 km
53	Niue	260 km²	64 km
54	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	242 km²	120 km
55	Cook Islands	236 km²	120 km
56	American Samoa	224 km²	116 km
57	Marshall Islands	181 km²	370 km
58	Aruba	180 km²	69 km
59	British Virgin Islands	151 km²	80 km
60	Wallis and Futuna	142 km²	129 km
61	Christmas Island	135 km²	139 km
62	Jersey	116 km²	70 km
63	Montserrat	102 km²	40 km
64	Anguilla	91 km²	61 km
65	Guernsey	78 km²	50 km
66	British Indian Ocean Territory	60 km²	698 km
67	Bermuda	54 km²	103 km
68	Pitcairn Islands	47 km²	51 km
69	Norfolk Island	36 km²	32 km
70	Macau	28 km²	41 km
71	Tuvalu	26 km²	24 km
72	Saint Barthelemy	25 km²	—
73	Nauru	21 km²	30 km
74	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	14 km²	26 km
75	Tokelau	12 km²	101 km

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain).

Island nations

Countries without a land border are almost all island nations — from large archipelagos such as Australia, Madagascar, Japan and Philippines to tiny Pacific and Caribbean states. Their only neighbours are across the sea.

Islands that do share a border

Not every island country is border-free: Ireland shares its island with the United Kingdom, Haiti with the Dominican Republic, Timor-Leste with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with Indonesia — so they are not on this list.

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Frequently asked questions

Which countries have no land borders?

42 sovereign countries, including Australia, Madagascar, Japan, Philippines, New Zealand, Cuba, Iceland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Solomon Islands.

What is the largest country without a land border?

Australia (7,741,220 km²).

Does the United Kingdom have a land border?

Yes — with Ireland on the island of Ireland, so it is not on this list.