🕸️ NeighborNet

Name all countries that border the target country.

Countries don't exist in isolation. Each nation shares borders with others, creating a web of relationships that shape trade, culture, and geopolitics. Russia shares land borders with 14 countries — the most of any nation. Island nations like Japan share none. Understanding these connections is key to understanding global politics.

NeighborNet tests your knowledge of these border relationships. Given a target country, name as many bordering nations as you can. There's no penalty for missing some — just score what you know. It's a game of systematic thinking: go around the clock, from north to east to south to west.

How to Play

• A target country is shown
• Type all countries that share a land border with it
• Each correct neighbor scores points
• Missing neighbors don't penalize — just score what you know

Learning Tips

💡 Start with well-known borders (US-Canada, France-Germany)
💡 Island nations usually have zero land neighbors
💡 Russia borders 14 countries — the most of any nation
💡 Think in terms of cardinal directions to be systematic

Countries by Continent — Borders

Africa

🇨🇩 DR Congo (9)

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

🇹🇿 Tanzania (8)

Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia

🇿🇲 Zambia (8)

Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

🇩🇿 Algeria (7)

Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco

🇸🇩 Sudan (7)

Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan

🇳🇪 Niger (7)

Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Nigeria

🇲🇱 Mali (7)

Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal

🇱🇾 Libya (6)

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia

🇹🇩 Chad (6)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan

🇿🇦 South Africa (6)

Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe

🇪🇹 Ethiopia (6)

Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan

🇲🇿 Mozambique (6)

Malawi, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

🇨🇫 Central African Republic (6)

Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan

🇸🇸 South Sudan (6)

Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

🇨🇲 Cameroon (6)

Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso (6)

Benin, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Togo

🇬🇳 Guinea (6)

Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone

🇰🇪 Kenya (5)

Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (5)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (5)

Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali

🇺🇬 Uganda (5)

DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania

🇸🇳 Senegal (5)

Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania

🇦🇴 Angola (4)

Republic of the Congo, DR Congo, Zambia, Namibia

🇲🇷 Mauritania (4)

Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Western Sahara

🇪🇬 Egypt (4)

Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan

🇳🇬 Nigeria (4)

Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger

🇳🇦 Namibia (4)

Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia

🇧🇼 Botswana (4)

Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe (4)

Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia

🇧🇯 Benin (4)

Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo

🇷🇼 Rwanda (4)

Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda

🇸🇴 Somalia (3)

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya

🇲🇦 Morocco (3)

Algeria, Western Sahara, Spain

🇬🇦 Gabon (3)

Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea

🇪🇭 Western Sahara (3)

Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco

🇬🇭 Ghana (3)

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo

🇲🇼 Malawi (3)

Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

🇪🇷 Eritrea (3)

Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan

🇱🇷 Liberia (3)

Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

🇹🇬 Togo (3)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana

🇧🇮 Burundi (3)

DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania

🇩🇯 Djibouti (3)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia

🇹🇳 Tunisia (2)

Algeria, Libya

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone (2)

Guinea, Liberia

🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau (2)

Guinea, Senegal

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea (2)

Cameroon, Gabon

🇸🇿 Eswatini (2)

Mozambique, South Africa

🇱🇸 Lesotho (1)

South Africa

🇬🇲 Gambia (1)

Senegal

Americas

🇧🇷 Brazil (10)

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

🇦🇷 Argentina (5)

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

🇵🇪 Peru (5)

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador

🇨🇴 Colombia (5)

Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela

🇧🇴 Bolivia (5)

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru

🇬🇹 Guatemala (4)

Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico

🇲🇽 Mexico (3)

Belize, Guatemala, United States

🇻🇪 Venezuela (3)

Brazil, Colombia, Guyana

🇨🇱 Chile (3)

Argentina, Bolivia, Peru

🇵🇾 Paraguay (3)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil

🇬🇾 Guyana (3)

Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela

🇸🇷 Suriname (3)

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana

🇭🇳 Honduras (3)

Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua

🇺🇸 United States (2)

Canada, Mexico

🇪🇨 Ecuador (2)

Colombia, Peru

🇺🇾 Uruguay (2)

Argentina, Brazil

🇳🇮 Nicaragua (2)

Costa Rica, Honduras

🇬🇫 French Guiana (2)

Brazil, Suriname

🇵🇦 Panama (2)

Colombia, Costa Rica

🇨🇷 Costa Rica (2)

Nicaragua, Panama

🇧🇿 Belize (2)

Guatemala, Mexico

🇸🇻 El Salvador (2)

Guatemala, Honduras

🇨🇦 Canada (1)

United States

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (1)

Haiti

🇭🇹 Haiti (1)

Dominican Republic

🇲🇫 Saint Martin (1)

Sint Maarten

🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (1)

Saint Martin

Asia

🇨🇳 China (16)

Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam

🇹🇷 Türkiye (8)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Syria

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (7)

Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

🇮🇷 Iran (7)

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan

🇮🇳 India (6)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China, Nepal, Pakistan

🇦🇫 Afghanistan (6)

Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China

🇮🇶 Iraq (6)

Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Türkiye

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (5)

China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

🇲🇲 Myanmar (5)

Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Thailand

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (5)

Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

🇱🇦 Laos (5)

Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam

🇸🇾 Syria (5)

Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye

🇯🇴 Jordan (5)

Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (5)

Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Türkiye

🇮🇱 Israel (5)

Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

🇵🇰 Pakistan (4)

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran

🇹🇭 Thailand (4)

Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (4)

Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (4)

China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

🇹🇯 Tajikistan (4)

Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

🇬🇪 Georgia (4)

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye

🇦🇲 Armenia (4)

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Türkiye

🇮🇩 Indonesia (3)

Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea

🇻🇳 Vietnam (3)

Cambodia, China, Laos

🇲🇾 Malaysia (3)

Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand

🇴🇲 Oman (3)

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

🇰🇭 Cambodia (3)

Laos, Thailand, Vietnam

🇰🇵 North Korea (3)

China, South Korea, Russia

🇵🇸 Palestine (3)

Israel, Egypt, Jordan

🇲🇳 Mongolia (2)

China, Russia

🇾🇪 Yemen (2)

Oman, Saudi Arabia

🇧🇩 Bangladesh (2)

Myanmar, India

🇳🇵 Nepal (2)

China, India

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (2)

Oman, Saudi Arabia

🇧🇹 Bhutan (2)

China, India

🇰🇼 Kuwait (2)

Iraq, Saudi Arabia

🇱🇧 Lebanon (2)

Israel, Syria

🇰🇷 South Korea (1)

North Korea

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (1)

India

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (1)

Indonesia

🇶🇦 Qatar (1)

Saudi Arabia

🇧🇳 Brunei (1)

Malaysia

Europe

🇷🇺 Russia (14)

Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine

🇩🇪 Germany (9)

Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland

🇫🇷 France (8)

Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland

🇷🇸 Serbia (8)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania

🇦🇹 Austria (8)

Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland

🇺🇦 Ukraine (7)

Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia

🇵🇱 Poland (7)

Belarus, Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine

🇭🇺 Hungary (7)

Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine

🇮🇹 Italy (6)

Austria, France, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

🇪🇸 Spain (5)

Andorra, France, Gibraltar, Portugal, Morocco

🇷🇴 Romania (5)

Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine

🇧🇾 Belarus (5)

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

🇧🇬 Bulgaria (5)

Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye

🇭🇷 Croatia (5)

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia

🇸🇰 Slovakia (5)

Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine

🇨🇭 Switzerland (5)

Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany

🇲🇰 North Macedonia (5)

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Serbia

🇲🇪 Montenegro (5)

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia

🇬🇷 Greece (4)

Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, North Macedonia

🇨🇿 Czechia (4)

Austria, Germany, Poland, Slovakia

🇱🇹 Lithuania (4)

Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia

🇱🇻 Latvia (4)

Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia

🇧🇪 Belgium (4)

France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands

🇦🇱 Albania (4)

Montenegro, Greece, North Macedonia, Kosovo

🇸🇮 Slovenia (4)

Austria, Croatia, Italy, Hungary

🇫🇮 Finland (3)

Norway, Sweden, Russia

🇳🇴 Norway (3)

Finland, Sweden, Russia

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)

Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

🇱🇺 Luxembourg (3)

Belgium, France, Germany

🇸🇪 Sweden (2)

Finland, Norway

🇪🇪 Estonia (2)

Latvia, Russia

🇳🇱 Netherlands (2)

Belgium, Germany

🇲🇩 Moldova (2)

Romania, Ukraine

🇦🇩 Andorra (2)

France, Spain

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein (2)

Austria, Switzerland

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (1)

Ireland

🇵🇹 Portugal (1)

Spain

🇮🇪 Ireland (1)

United Kingdom

🇩🇰 Denmark (1)

Germany

🇸🇲 San Marino (1)

Italy

🇬🇮 Gibraltar (1)

Spain

🇲🇨 Monaco (1)

France

🇻🇦 Vatican City (1)

Italy

Oceania

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (1)

Indonesia