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Countries with the Most Borders

These countries have land borders with 7 or more other countries. See how many you can name.
(Parentheses) indicate the number including overseas regions and territories
Official JetPunk policy is that India and Sri Lanka do not share a land border on a sand bar
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Last updated: May 3, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 1, 2012
Times taken363,277
Average score68.4%
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# Borders
Country
14
China
14
Russia
9 (10)
Brazil
9
D.R. Congo
9
Germany
8
Austria
8 (11)
France
# Borders
Country
8
Serbia
8
Tanzania
8
Turkey
8
Zambia
7
Hungary
7
Iran
# Borders
Country
7
Mali
7
Niger
7
Poland
7
Saudi Arabia
7
Sudan
7
Ukraine
101 Recent Comments
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Level 69
Jan 24, 2015
Only missed Zambia.19/20.
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Level 26
May 14, 2025
same
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Level 76
Aug 2, 2015
Fun facts about the Serbia's border with Kosovo, which Serbia still considers a province of Serbia: (1) if you agree with the Serb position, then Serbia still has 8 borders, because it would then also border Albania; (2) you can drive from Serbia into Kosovo no problem, but you can't go the other way, because the Serbs don't recognise the exit stamp from "Republic of Kosovo" since they say there is no such thing! You solve that by driving briefly through a 3rd country, like Montenegro, but don't be surprised of the Serb border guards look for the Kosovo exit stamp and cross it out!
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Level 54
Apr 12, 2022
But Kosovo is part of Serbia. So all legit there.
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Level 63
Dec 6, 2023
No, it is not :p
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Level 53
May 2, 2024
kosovo is much different from Serbia I believe it should be independent
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Level 35
May 6, 2024
Kosovo’s culture is almost the same as Albanian culture, they should just move to Albania
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Level 53
Apr 17, 2025
that's like saying "the US has a lot of white people so they should all move to Europe"
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Level 76
Jan 16, 2016
Interesting photo choice - of all the border walls/fences/rivers in the world, the picture is not of a national border!
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Level 63
Jan 27, 2016
Probably one of the easiest clues for answer 1.
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Level 36
Jan 26, 2016
nice quiz. Easy though, finished with 3 minutes left
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Level 49
Mar 7, 2016
It took me like 50 times before I managed to memorize them. Every time I'd forget a different country, it was driving me insane!!!
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Level 39
Mar 29, 2016
I forgot Niger.
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Level 40
Jul 16, 2016
Got Mali just in time :-)
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Level 40
Jul 22, 2016
46 secs left pleased with that.
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Level 71
Oct 9, 2016
Happy to complete this quiz.

I feel dwarfed by that comment above.

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Level 37
Oct 9, 2016
darn it you tanzania! LOL
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Level 88
Oct 11, 2016
nice, first time i got 17...now a year later I managed to get all of them. jetpunk has made me more smart
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Level 46
Oct 12, 2016
What overseas territories does Brazil have (indicated by the brackets). I can't find out the answer anywhere.
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Level 45
Feb 21, 2018
there are overseas territories that touch mainland brazil
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Level 75
May 16, 2020
Like France's French Guiana.
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Level 34
Oct 20, 2016
Missed Serbia, Zambia and Hungary. Tough quiz.
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Level 32
Jan 22, 2017
im 10...i got 16 right on first try...ps i made some quizzes that are quizzes
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Level 36
Mar 25, 2017
I am an idiot. I got everything but Russia in under 3 minutes. =/
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Level 40
Apr 16, 2017
Missed Poland...
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Level 71
May 19, 2017
20 first try, almost forgot Hungary and Austria, great quiz
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Level 40
Jul 18, 2017
Got them all with a minute to spare pleased with that
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Level 42
Aug 22, 2017
Turkey.. WHY TURKEY, WHY?!
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Level 33
Dec 24, 2017
got Zambia at the 00:00 second wow
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Level 65
Feb 3, 2019
26 seconds left, I almost forgot about Mali..
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Level 31
Apr 4, 2019
I have no idea how did I missed France...

*cries*

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Level 47
Sep 2, 2019
The only one I missed was Turkey .·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.
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Level 37
Sep 2, 2019
Got all with 24 seconds left
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Level 74
Oct 18, 2019
missed Ukraine...
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Level 72
Oct 18, 2019
Which now has 2 more borders if you count the fake new eastern "republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk
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Level 63
Apr 27, 2020
They are Ukrainian territories temporary occupied by terrorist organizations.
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Level 85
Jul 4, 2022
Well, unfortunately right now they seem to belong to Russia. Stupid Putin :(
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Level 65
Oct 18, 2019
Got them with 40 secs left. Another classic case of getting Niger when going for Nigeria.
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Level 74
Oct 18, 2019
Got Tanzania
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Level 81
Oct 18, 2019
Q: How do you know when your continent has too many countries?

A: When one of them, roughly the size of South Carolina, borders 8 other countries. (actually two of them)

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Level 49
Jan 19, 2020
Missed Iran 🙄
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Level 82
May 7, 2020
same
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Level 78
May 3, 2020
I'm curious about why this quiz was updated. Did some borders change?
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Level 71
May 4, 2020
I believe India was removed, as Jetpunk used to consider India to border Sri Lanka on land. If so, India would border seven countries.
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Level 81
May 24, 2020
India was on here before. It's not because of Sri Lanka. I think it's because the disputed Kashmir region is no longer administered by India. That eliminates the border with Afghanistan.
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Level 63
Dec 7, 2023
Sri Lanka-India border used to be counted on Countries by Borders, so I would bet that it was that.
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Level 16
May 20, 2020
I, uh, well, missed France.

maybe i should change my name

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Level 45
May 24, 2020
Happy to see Serbia on this list! Smallest country on here that has the most borders!
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Level 81
May 24, 2020
because so many decided to break away from Yugoslavia. Sort of like bragging about receiving the most amount of hate mail.
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Level 78
May 24, 2020
Damn it I missed Zambia
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Level 80
May 25, 2020
I've counted seven countries that border Chad. Am I right?
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Level 80
Jul 22, 2020
No, just 6 – Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger.
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Level 69
Jul 4, 2020
i missed niger
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Level 29
Jul 29, 2020
Parenthesis means that other territory
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Level 37
Jul 31, 2020
i thought i put in russia and i literally realized the last 7 seconds that i missed it... smh
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Level 20
Oct 11, 2020
me: *is looking through comments and sees answers* my brain: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN
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Level 32
Dec 9, 2020
Me: Okay, you got a full two minutes left. Just figure out the last two counties.

My a-hole brain: 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗥𝗖

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Level 59
Feb 4, 2021
Missed Tanzania!
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Level 35
Feb 22, 2021
I don't believe how I missed Turkey
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Level 26
Mar 8, 2021
why is it that i always miss the most obvious ones lmao
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Level 74
Aug 12, 2021
I know right
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Level 74
Aug 12, 2021
Got Tanzania and Zambia but missed Austria, Hungary, and Serbia
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Level 30
Aug 27, 2021
Why isn't India on this list? It borders 7 countries and China borders only 13 countries
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Level 68
Sep 15, 2021
JetPunk policy is China borders Pakistan and India and Sri Lanka don't touch.
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Level 38
Jan 12, 2022
This is my old account and I was telling that India borders Afghanistan because Kashmir borders it and also I am from India.
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Level 38
Jan 12, 2022
Ok fine if I create my own website I will include that India also borders Afghanistan.
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Level 85
Jul 4, 2022
Imagine planning to make your own website just to tell people that India borders Afghanistan.
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Level 78
Dec 6, 2023
Level ten pettiness. I doubt he actually did it though.
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Level 63
Dec 7, 2023
They said "if". They seem to have meant that they concede JetPunk decides their own precedent, but if they had control, they would include India bordering Afghanistan.
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Level 68
Nov 11, 2021
Why is Tanzania listed as 8 and not 7? Looking at a map, I only see land borders with Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.
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Level 64
Nov 11, 2021
Because it also borders the DRC inside Lake Tanganyika. (Strange you didn’t also query the DRC’s number for the same reason. 🤷‍♂️)
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Level 31
Nov 11, 2021
Ngl im chuffed I got Zambia (considering it changed name too!) probably hardest one :)
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Level 88
Nov 12, 2021
LOL. It's been called Zambia since 1964.
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Level 26
Nov 13, 2021
Turkey borders Azerbaijan.
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Level 85
Jul 4, 2022
It does indeed. What an astute observation.
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Level 27
Dec 26, 2021
how did i miss poland
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Level 33
Jan 13, 2022
I missed DRC
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Level 33
Jan 13, 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo*
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Level 34
May 31, 2022
>:( missed 12
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Level 24
Sep 28, 2022
Oh my god- I missed france

WHY FRANCE 18/19

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Level 55
Mar 26, 2023
I feel so dumb. How in the world did I miss both TURKEY and POLAND? 18/20 is respectable though.
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Level 65
Apr 6, 2023
missed Mali,Zambia,Tanzania and Niger
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Level 74
Apr 10, 2023
This time missed Serbia and Zambia
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Level 67
Apr 25, 2023
Does Tanzania REALLY belong with 8 borders...?
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Level 63
Apr 28, 2023
19/19 cool
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Level 74
Apr 28, 2023
Woah got Turkey and then Iran with 3 seconds remaining, wasn't expecting to get them all
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Level 65
May 18, 2023
Zambia? Would never have guessed that one for the life of me!
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Level 54
May 21, 2024
I guessed that one about seven times. I didn’t notice it was accepted and felt like it was something down there, so I just kept guessing it.
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Level 58
Aug 21, 2023
So land borders includes borders by lakes or rivers?
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Level 26
Nov 18, 2023
ARRG 13/19 why am im so bad?
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Level 37
Nov 18, 2023
What about India????
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Level 50
Dec 6, 2023
6 I think. Myanmar, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Pakistan.
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Level 63
Dec 6, 2023
As a French it should be 10 (11) (I guess it is Saint Martin here) for France ;)
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Level 50
Dec 6, 2023
Had a minute left with 1 to go. Thought I wouldn't get it but thanks to that number in bracket, I quickly knew it was France.
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Level 51
Dec 6, 2023
I actually got 100% on one most people didn't 🥲
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Level 34
Dec 6, 2023
Tanzania Poland and Ukraine :/
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Level 48
Apr 11, 2024
Bro I had two seconds left when i put the last country (Zambia)
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Level 66
Apr 29, 2024
Old comments showed that there used to be 20 answers but now there's only 19. Which country is kicked out?
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Level 72
Mar 13, 2025
Old comments also show that India was removed
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Level 60
Jul 19, 2024
18/19 :3
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Level 27
Apr 11, 2025
Can't believe I forgot about ukraine and brazil 😂