Landlocked country

A landlocked country is country with no access to any oceans or seas. As an example, Austria is landlocked. France is not landlocked because it has access to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean.  A sea is also landlocked if does not have access to an ocean.  This is also called an endorheic basin.  As an example, the Caspian Sea is landlocked. The Gulf of Mexico is not landlocked because it has access to the Atlantic Ocean.

If a country is landlocked by landlocked countries (surrounded by landlocked countries), then it is doubly landlocked. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world.

 List of landlocked countries and landlocked de facto states 
 Country Area (km2) Population Continent Region Neighbouring countries Number of countries Number of countries with ocean access 652,23033,369,945 Asia Southern Asia China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan63 46877,543 Europe Southern Europe France and Spain22 29,7433,000,756 Asia Western Asia Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey43 83,8719,027,999 Europe Western Europe Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland83 86,60010,353,296 Asia Western Asia Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey5/64 207,6009,255,524 Europe Eastern Europe Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine55 38,394691,141 Asia Southern Asia China and India22 1,098,58112,054,379 Americas South America Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru54 582,0002,384,246 Africa Southern Africa Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe42 274,22221,935,389 Africa Western Africa Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Togo64 27,83411,865,821 Africa Eastern Africa DR Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania32 622,9845,454,533 Africa Middle Africa Cameroon, Chad, the Congo, DR Congo, South Sudan, and the Sudan64 1,284,00017,963,211 Africa Middle Africa Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, and the Sudan64 78,86710,516,707 Europe Eastern Europe Austria, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia42 17,3641,160,164 Africa Southern Africa Mozambique and South Africa22 1,104,300113,656,596 Africa Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, and the Sudan6/75/6 93,0289,689,010 Europe Eastern Europe Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine74 2,724,90019,644,100 Asia Central Asia China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan52 10,9081,806,279 Europe Southern Europe Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia42 199,9516,071,750 Asia Central Asia China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan41 236,800 7,749,595 Asia South-eastern Asia Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam55 30,3552,281,454 Africa Southern Africa South Africa11 16035,789 Europe Western Europe Austria and Switzerland20 2,586502,202 Europe Western Europe Belgium, France, and Germany33 118,48420,091,635 Africa Eastern Africa Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia32 1,240,19221,473,764 Africa Western Africa Algeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal75 33,8463,559,500 Europe Eastern Europe Romania, Transnistria, and Ukraine2/32 1,566,5003,227,863 Asia Eastern Asia China and Russia22 147,18130,666,598 Asia Southern Asia China and India22 1,267,00024,484,587 Africa Western Africa Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, and Nigeria74 25,7131,836,713 Europe Southern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, and Serbia4/53 406,7527,356,409 Americas South America Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil32 26,33812,955,736 Africa Eastern Africa Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda42 6131,716 Europe Southern Europe Italy11 88,3616,690,887 Europe Southern Europe Albania (via Kosovo and Metohija), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Romania85/6 49,0355,460,185 Europe Eastern Europe Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine52 3,90072,000 Asia Western Asia Georgia and Russia22 644,32911,544,905 Africa Eastern Africa The Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, the Sudan, and Uganda63 41,2848,636,896 Europe Western Europe Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Liechtenstein53 143,1009,119,347 Asia Central Asia Afghanistan, China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan41 4,163505,153 Europe Eastern Europe Moldova and Ukraine21 488,1005,636,011 Asia Central Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan41 241,03845,853,778 Africa Eastern Africa DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Tanzania53 449,10036,001,262 Asia Central Asia Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan50 0.49826 Europe Southern Europe Italy11 752,61219,610,769 Africa Eastern Africa Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe85 390,75715,121,004 Africa Eastern Africa Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia42 Total14,776,228475,818,737 N/A Percentage of the World9.9%5.9%

 Has a coastline on the inland saltwater Caspian Sea
 Has limited international recognition
 Landlocked by a single country
 Doubly landlocked

 Related pages 

 Endorheic basin


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