Countries with the Most People Bordering Them

Name the countries that have the greatest combined population in the countries that border them.

Land borders only. Sea borders excluded.

Population as of 8 June 2025. More info here.

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First submitted	November 27, 2017
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Population	# Borders	Country
3.14 bil	5	Myanmar
3.02 bil	4	Pakistan
2.89 bil	2	Bhutan
2.89 bil	2	Nepal
2.17 bil	14	China
1.94 bil	6	India
1.83 bil	6	Afghanistan
1.67 bil	5	Laos
1.62 bil	5	Kazakhstan
1.62 bil	3	North Korea
1.59 bil	14	Russia
1.57 bil	2	Mongolia
1.52 bil	2	Bangladesh
1.51 bil	4	Tajikistan
1.49 bil	4	Kyrgyzstan
1.45 bil	3	Vietnam
454 mil	7	Iran
426 mil	10	France
414 mil	6	South Sudan
377 mil	7	Niger
370 mil	3	Mexico

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89 Comments

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Level 57

Nov 27, 2017

Great quiz!

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Level 77

Nov 28, 2017

Thanks.

Level 76

Sep 26, 2019

Yea very interesting and original!

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Level 65

Nov 28, 2017

Nice! Maybe this could be extended by having it for each continent...

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Level 77

Nov 28, 2017

Thanks. I'm working on it.

Level 84

Nov 28, 2017

Nice idea :)

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Level 71

Nov 28, 2017

Aka countries which border China, India or USA + 2 wild cards. :-D

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Level 74

Nov 29, 2017

Countries that border China or India. No need for America, only one answer borders it.

Level 76

Sep 26, 2019

Basicly yes, Actually you could leave India out aswell, it only gives Bangladesh. So countries bordering China + Bangladesh, Mexico, France and Malaysia.

Level 55

Apr 18, 2024

India also gives China

Level 76

Sep 26, 2019

Ow, and iran. Funnily, the extra ones where indeed the toughest ones, for me atleast. Missed 3 of those, got everything else.

Level 29

Jan 26, 2024

The country in Africa?

Level 75

Aug 3, 2022

*or identify as France

Level 74

Jun 8, 2025

of the 5 that don't border china or India, only one borders USA

Level 65

Sep 30, 2025

populations change when you comment on something a decade old

Level 67

Dec 24, 2025

This is a silly comment, isn’t it?

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Level 75

Nov 28, 2017

Counting the border with Brazil, France has about 418 million.

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Level 58

Nov 28, 2017

France surely should be on here, with its border with Germany, Italy, Spain and Brazil it should be here with 395 million (without the other the populations of the other bordering countries

Level ∞

Nov 28, 2017

My mistake. Those borders were missing from my database!

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Level 92

Apr 20, 2019

Once again, France cheats with Guiana.

Level 45

Dec 13, 2019

I keep forgeting that border with brazil...

Level 76

Aug 1, 2023

also borders the Netherlands

Level 74

Sep 29, 2025

Not in the same way.

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Level 79

Nov 28, 2017

Nice idea, but it ends up just being countries that border India/China. It would work a lot better if the number of answers was expanded to 30/40 or so, I think.

Level 82

Nov 29, 2017

Or just make 'Countries with the most people bordering them with exceptions'.

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Level 78

Apr 4, 2018

Sure, but it's kind of fun having a highest-population quiz in which Bhutan is third.

Level 50

Mar 14, 2018

Somehow I almost forgot Burma/Myanmar

Level 65

May 18, 2020

@tschalla i second that

Level 73

Jul 7, 2020

Well, the photograph of Pagan at the top of the quiz did provide a clue. :)

Level 43

Mar 22, 2018

Thought Niger would make it but it's apparently a bit short

Level 76

Jul 21, 2025

It does now

Level 79

Apr 4, 2018

If Mexico is in this quiz, why isn't Canada? Both border the USA

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Level 67

Apr 4, 2018

because Mexico borders other countries too, namely Belize and Guatemala. Canada borders only USA

Level 79

Apr 4, 2018

Mexico also has borders with Guatemala and Belize, which gives it about another 17 million. Looks like just enough to bump it onto the quiz.

Level 32

Apr 4, 2018

If this quiz was a little further, Canada would be on here.

Level 58

Apr 4, 2018

South Sudan has to be a close miss!

Will be on here in a few years for sure..

Level 57

Apr 4, 2018

Very close! 320.2 million people!

Level 80

Aug 31, 2020

Bolivia is also quite close at around 310 million, but I doubt it will make the list any time soon

Level 74

Aug 9, 2021

It's on now. And it's going up fast.

Level 42

Apr 4, 2018

Surprised myself by getting all these.. interesting quiz though!

Level 37

Apr 4, 2018

I think I did not understand the quiz. i just got 4.

Level 69

Apr 4, 2018

Great idea! This kinda devolved, though, into a quiz called "What borders India and China?" All the same, it's really interesting to think about some of these lesser known nations with such hordes of people living just across their borders. An upheaval on one location could quickly turn into a real humanitarian crisis for a neighbor.

Level 69

Apr 4, 2018

Fun! A quiz "countries with the *least* people bordering them" might be an interesting more difficult version!

Level 53

Apr 4, 2018

that wouldn't work because it will just be islands. If you dont include islands that might be good though

Level 76

Sep 26, 2019

errr islands dont border ANY countries, so they wouldnt be on it by default.

Level 32

Apr 4, 2018

Yeah, that would be a good idea.

Level 53

Apr 4, 2018

can you guys check out my account and maybe try my quizzes!

Level 70

Apr 4, 2018

Damn French Guiana gets me every time! :-P

Level 62

Apr 4, 2018

100%!

Level 89

Apr 5, 2018

I thought Bolivia would make it, but I seems to be just over 300 million.

Level 25

Apr 6, 2018

When you run out of countries bordering india and/or china.

Level 54

Apr 6, 2018

Why is there such a lack of African countries? As well, what are the nearest misses?

Level 73

Jul 7, 2020

Because Africa is cut up into 54 countries, and the population of the whole continent is somewhat less than EITHER China or India.

Level 54

Apr 7, 2018

It seems that the aforementioned South Sudan will be on this quiz in the very near future. As well, it seems that Niger will also be making the quiz soon; my rough calculations show Niger at around 300 million.

If Sudan did not split, it would definitely make the quiz.

Level 63

Apr 12, 2019

Quite interesting.

Level 82

May 26, 2020

I was so busy remembering all the countries that border China and India that I guessed all but two - you guessed it: China and India! What a donkey!

Level 80

Jul 26, 2021

Just saw your comment. Basically said the same thing below.

Level 30

May 27, 2021

Heyy Can I translate this quiz in french ?

Level 71

Jul 24, 2021

Nice Quiz!

Level 66

Jul 25, 2021

Liked the idea very much!

Stupidly neglected to answer Iran -_-'

Thanks!

Level 80

Jul 26, 2021

Concentrated on getting the harder ones - the sub-1 billion ones - first and then just listed all countries that border China and India. Was stuck with two remaining, until, with little time to go, I realised I hadn't done China and India themselves.

Level 63

Aug 6, 2021

Would be a nice to have the same quiz, but excluding countries bordering India and China, that would be interesting :v)

Level 79

Aug 6, 2021

Just missed South Sudan, I guessed several African countries including Sudan but didn't really think of it

Level 52

Apr 2, 2022

i can't believe i forgot china and india...

Level 55

Apr 29, 2022

So close to getting South Sudan, I tried a few Sub-Saharan countries but gave up at Uganda...

Level 28

May 9, 2022

I got South Sudan but not Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan lol

Level 68

Sep 26, 2022

I was tricked by the franco-brazilian border and I'm always remember them in other quizzes and I'm a braziian myself.

Level 68

Oct 17, 2022

This time I remembered France-Brazil border.

Level 59

Jan 18, 2023

Super lame to include France.

Level 63

May 18, 2023

I agree it's only on there because of exclaves

Level 75

Jul 31, 2023

lmao whats Alaska then

Level 53

Apr 22, 2023

would have never guessed south sudan

Level 63

May 18, 2023

If you think about it, borders Sudan, Ethiopia, etc, lots of high population countries.

Level 67

May 29, 2023

France get a massive score thanks to its border with Monaco

Level 64

Jun 6, 2023

Most of these are countries that border India or China, or both :P

Level 74

Jul 31, 2023

Only having one in Africa surprised me - I bet that's gonna change soon.

Level 76

Jul 31, 2023

My dyslexic brain thought the quiz name was “Countries with the most Boring people” I was kind of bummed when I reread it lol

Level 33

Jul 31, 2023

how does mexico only border 300 mil

Level 55

Aug 1, 2023

Just name the countries that border China lmao

Level 58

Aug 10, 2023

So basically Countries bordering China and India

Level 61

Sep 30, 2024

Lol, got all of them except the first and last ones

Level 49

Oct 16, 2024

I thought suriname would be on here but it only would be 280m

Level 58

Oct 18, 2024

wouldn't Malaysia make the list? its border population is 362M

Level 55

Mar 10, 2025

Thailand(71,636,793) + Indonesia(285,037,446) + Brunei(465,378) = 357,139,617 people. Barely off the chart by about 5 million.

Level 57

Jun 8, 2025

Wow Brunei has a lot of people…

Level 73

Aug 17, 2025

Was surprised Chad didn't make it, then I checked and apparently they barely missed out with 361M

Level 70

Sep 21, 2025

Thought about Sudan with Egypt and Ethiopia, and I was like "wow it almost borders DR Congo" and didn't even think to try South Sudan

Level 34

Sep 29, 2025

June 8 is my birthday 😯

Level 46

Sep 30, 2025

And to think that the first answer was the value of pi