List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries

Last updated April 17, 2024

This is a list of countries and territories by maritime boundaries with other countries and territories. The list encompasses adjacent maritime nations and territories with a special focus on the boundaries or borders which distinguish them.

For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary" includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. However, it does not include lake or river boundaries. "Potential" maritime boundaries are included; that is, the lack of a treaty or other agreement defining the exact location of the maritime boundary does not exclude the boundary from the list.

In numbering maritime boundaries, three separate figures are included for each country and territory. The first number is the total number of distinct maritime boundaries that the country or territory shares with other countries and territories. If the country shares two or more maritime boundaries with the same country or territory and the boundaries are unconnected, the boundaries are counted separately. The second number is the total number of distinct countries or territories that the country or territory borders. In this instance, if the country or territory shares two or more maritime boundaries with the same country or territory and the boundaries are unconnected, the boundaries are only counted once. The final number is the total number of unique sovereign states ^{[lower-alpha 1]} that the country or territory shares a maritime boundary with.

Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories. States with a dagger (†) are landlocked states.

Country or territory (Territories without full sovereignty^{[lower-alpha 1]} in italics)	No. of unique maritime boundaries	No. of unique maritime neighbours	No. of unique and sovereign^{[lower-alpha 1]} maritime neighbours	Maritime boundary neighbours (Territories without full sovereignty^{[lower-alpha 1]} in italics) (#) = No. of unique maritime boundaries with that country or territory (J) = boundary settled partially or wholly by arbitration or ICJ judgment (T) = boundary settled partially or wholly by treaty
Abkhazia ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	3	3	Georgia Russia Turkey
Adélie Land ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France)	2	1	1	Australian Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Australia) (2)
Afghanistan †	0	0	0
Akrotiri and Dhekelia ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	10	3	3	Cyprus (8) Egypt Lebanon
Albania	3	3	3	Greece Italy (T)^{[t 1]} Montenegro
Algeria	4	4	4	Italy Morocco Spain Tunisia (T)
American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	5	5	5	Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 2]} Niue ^{[lower-alpha 8]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 3]} Samoa Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 4]} Tonga
Amsterdam Island and Île Saint-Paul ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France)	0	0	0
Andorra †	0	0	0
Angola	4	3	3	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2) Republic of the Congo Namibia (T)
Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	4	4	4	Antigua and Barbuda Netherlands Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 5]} United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 6]}
Antártica Chilena Province ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Chile)	3	3	3	Argentine Antarctica ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (Argentina) British Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (United Kingdom) Peter I Island ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Norway)
Antigua and Barbuda	5	5	3	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)
Argentina	3	3	3	Chile (J)^{[t 7]} (T)^{[t 8]} Falkland Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]}^{[lower-alpha 13]} (United Kingdom) Uruguay (T)
Argentine Antarctica ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Argentina)	2	2	2	Antártica Chilena Province ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (Chile) British Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (United Kingdom)
Armenia †	0	0	0
Artsakh ^{[lower-alpha 14]}†	0	0	0
Aruba ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands)	2	2	2	Dominican Republic Venezuela (T)^{[t 9]}
Ashmore and Cartier Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia)	1	1	1	Indonesia (T)
Australia →includes: → Ashmore and Cartier Islands → Christmas Island → Cocos (Keeling) Islands → Heard Island and McDonald Islands → Macquarie Island → Norfolk Island	11	7	6	East Timor (T)^{[t 10]} Indonesia (4) (T) Kerguelen Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France) (T)^{[t 11]} New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]}(France) (T)^{[t 11]} New Zealand (2) (T)^{[t 12]} Papua New Guinea (2) (T) Solomon Islands (T)^{[t 13]}
Australia ^{[lower-alpha 18]}	8	6	6	East Timor (T)^{[t 10]} Indonesia (2) (T) New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) (T)^{[t 11]} New Zealand (T)^{[t 12]} Papua New Guinea (2) (T) Solomon Islands (T)^{[t 13]}
Australian Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Australia)	4	3	3	Adélie Land ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (France) (2) Queen Maud Land ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Norway) Ross Dependency ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (New Zealand)
Austria †	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	4	4	4	Iran ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Kazakhstan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Russia ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Turkmenistan ^{[lower-alpha 19]}
Azores ^{[lower-alpha 20]} (Portugal)	0	0	0
Bahamas	4	4	4	Cuba Haiti Turks and Caicos Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) United States
Bahrain	3	3	3	Iran (T) Qatar (J) Saudi Arabia (T)
Baker Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Howland Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Kiribati
Bangladesh	2	2	2	Myanmar India
Barbados	5	5	4	Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Martinique ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago (J)^{[t 14]}
Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 21]} (France)	2	2	2	Madagascar Mauritius
Belarus †	0	0	0
Belgium	3	3	3	France (T) Netherlands (T) United Kingdom (T)
Belize	3	3	3	Guatemala Honduras Mexico
Benin	3	3	3	Ghana Nigeria Togo
Bermuda ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	0	0	0
Bhutan †	0	0	0
Bolivia †	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1	1	Croatia (T)
Botswana †	0	0	0
Bouvet Island ^{[lower-alpha 22]}	0	0	0
Brazil	2	2	2	French Guiana ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Uruguay (T)
British Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (United Kingdom)	3	3	3	Antártica Chilena Province ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (Chile) Argentine Antarctica ^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} (Argentina) Queen Maud Land ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Norway)
British Indian Ocean Territory ^{[lower-alpha 5]}^{[lower-alpha 23]} (United Kingdom)	1	1	1	Maldives
British Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	2	2	1	Puerto Rico ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 6]} United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 6]}
Brunei	2	1	1	Malaysia (2)
Bulgaria	2	2	2	Romania Turkey(T)^{[lower-alpha 24]}
Burkina Faso †	0	0	0
Myanmar	3	3	3	Bangladesh India (T) Thailand (T)
Burundi †	0	0	0
Cambodia	2	2	2	Thailand Vietnam
Cameroon	2	2	2	Equatorial Guinea Nigeria (J) (T)
Canada	6	3	3	Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) Saint Pierre and Miquelon ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (J)^{[t 15]} (T) United States (4) (J)^{[t 16]} (T)
Cape Verde	3	3	3	The Gambia Mauritania (T)^{[t 17]} Senegal (T)^{[t 18]}
Cayman Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	4	4	4	Colombia Cuba Honduras (T)^{[t 19]} Jamaica
Central African Republic †	0	0	0
Chad †	0	0	0
Chile	2	2	2	Argentina (J)^{[t 7]} (T)^{[t 8]} Peru (J)^{[t 20]} (T)
People's Republic of China ^{[lower-alpha 26]}	11	11	9	Brunei Indonesia Japan Malaysia North Korea South Korea Philippines Taiwan Vietnam (T) Hong Kong ^{[lower-alpha 27]} (SAR of China) (2) Macau ^{[lower-alpha 28]} (SAR of China) (2)
Christmas Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia)	1	1	1	Indonesia (T)
Clipperton Island ^{[lower-alpha 29]} (France)	0	0	0
Cocos (Keeling) Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia)	0	0	0
Colombia	12	10	10	Cayman Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Costa Rica (2) (T) Dominican Republic (T) Ecuador (T) Haiti (T)^{[t 21]} Honduras (T) Jamaica (T) Nicaragua (J) Panama (2) (T) Venezuela
Comoros	7	7	5	Glorioso Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 30]} (France) Madagascar Mayotte ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Mozambique Réunion ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) Seychelles Tanzania
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	1	1	Angola (2)
Republic of the Congo	2	2	2	Angola Gabon
Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand)	5	5	3	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 2]} French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 22]} Kiribati Niue ^{[lower-alpha 8]} (New Zealand) Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand)
Costa Rica	7	4	4	Colombia (2) (T) Ecuador (T) Nicaragua (2) Panama (2) (T)
Côte d'Ivoire	2	2	2	Ghana Liberia
Croatia	4	4	4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (T) Italy (T) Montenegro Slovenia
Crozet Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France)	0	0	0
Cuba	8	8	7	Bahamas Cayman Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Haiti (T)^{[t 23]} Honduras Jamaica (T)^{[t 24]} Mexico (T) Navassa Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 31]} (United States) United States (T)^{[t 25]}
Curaçao ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands)	2	2	2	Dominican Republic Venezuela (T)^{[t 9]}
Cyprus	14	7	7	Akrotiri and Dhekelia ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (8) (T) Egypt (T) Greece (T) Israel Lebanon Syria Turkey (T)
Czech Republic †	0	0	0
Denmark ^{[lower-alpha 32]}	6	5	5	Germany (2) (J) (T) Norway (T) Poland Sweden (T) United Kingdom (T)
Denmark, Kingdom of →includes: → Denmark → Faroe Islands → Greenland	13	9	7	Canada (T) Germany (2) (J) (T) Iceland (2) (T) Jan Mayen ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway) (J) (T) Norway (T) Poland Svalbard ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway) (T) Sweden (2) (T) United Kingdom (2) (T)
Djibouti	3	3	3	Eritrea Somalia Yemen
Dominica	3	3	2	Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T)^{[t 26]} Martinique ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T)^{[t 26]} Venezuela
Dominican Republic	8	7	6	Colombia (T) Haiti (2) Aruba ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands) Curaçao ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands) Puerto Rico ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Turks and Caicos Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 27]} Venezuela (T)
East Timor	4	2	2	Australia (T)^{[t 10]} Indonesia (3)
Ecuador	3	3	3	Colombia Costa Rica (T) Peru (T)
Egypt	9	9	9	Cyprus (T) Palestine ^{[lower-alpha 34]} Greece Israel Jordan Libya Saudi Arabia Sudan Turkey
El Salvador	3	3	3	Guatemala Honduras (J) Nicaragua
Equatorial Guinea	6	4	4	Cameroon Gabon (2) (T) Nigeria (T)^{[t 28]} São Tomé and Príncipe (2) (T)^{[t 29]}
Eritrea	4	4	4	Djibouti Saudi Arabia Sudan Yemen (J)^{[t 30]}
Estonia	4	4	4	Finland (T) Latvia (T) Russia Sweden (T)
Eswatini (Swaziland) †	0	0	0
Ethiopia †	0	0	0
Europa Island, Bassas da India, and Juan de Nova Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 21]} (France)	2	2	2	Madagascar Mauritius
Falkland Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]}^{[lower-alpha 13]} (United Kingdom)	1	1	1	Argentina
Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark)	3	3	3	Iceland Norway (T) United Kingdom (T)
Fiji	6	6	5	New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) (T)^{[t 31]} New Zealand Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 31]}
Finland	3	3	3	Estonia (T) Russia (T) Sweden (T)
France ^{[lower-alpha 35]}	9	7	5	Belgium (T) Guernsey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom) Italy (T) Jersey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom) Monaco (2) (T) Spain (2) (T) United Kingdom (J) (T)
France (including French overseas departments, collectivities, and territories) →includes: → Clipperton Island → French Guiana → French Polynesia → French Southern and Antarctic Lands ^{[lower-alpha 37]} → Guadeloupe → Martinique → Mayotte → New Caledonia → Réunion → Saint Barthélemy → Saint Martin → Saint Pierre and Miquelon → Wallis and Futuna	53	39	30	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 5]} Antigua and Barbuda (2) Australia (T)^{[t 11]} Barbados (2) (T) Belgium (T) Brazil (T) Canada (J)^{[t 15]} (T) Comoros (3) Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 22]} Dominica (2) (T)^{[t 26]} Fiji (2) (T)^{[t 31]} Guernsey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom) Heard Island and McDonald Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 11]} Italy (T) Jersey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom) Kiribati Madagascar (3) (T) Mauritius (2) (T)^{[t 32]} Monaco (2) (T) Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 5]} Mozambique (2) Netherlands Norfolk Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 11]} Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 33]} Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia (T)^{[t 34]} Samoa Seychelles (T)^{[t 35]} Sint Maarten ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands) Solomon Islands (T)^{[t 36]} Spain (2) (T) Suriname Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) Tonga (T)^{[t 37]} Tuvalu (T)^{[lower-alpha 38]} United Kingdom (J) (T) Vanuatu Venezuela (2) (T)
French Guiana ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France)	2	2	2	Brazil (T) Suriname
French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)	3	3	3	Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 22]} Kiribati Pitcairn Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 33]}
French Southern and Antarctic Lands ^{[lower-alpha 37]}^{[lower-alpha 39]} (France)	6	6	6	Heard Island and McDonald Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 11]} Comoros Madagascar Mauritius Mozambique Seychelles (T)^{[t 35]}
Gabon	4	3	3	Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea (2) (T) São Tomé and Príncipe (T)^{[t 38]}
The Gambia	3	2	2	Cape Verde Senegal (2) (T)
Georgia	2	2	2	Russia Turkey (T)
Germany	6	5	5	Denmark (2) (J) (T) Netherlands (J) (T) Poland (T) Sweden (T) United Kingdom (T)
Ghana	4	4	4	Benin Côte d'Ivoire Nigeria Togo
Gibraltar ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	3	2	2	Morocco Spain (2)
Glorioso Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 30]} (France)	3	3	3	Comoros Madagascar Seychelles (T)^{[t 35]}
Greece	6	6	6	Albania Cyprus (T) Egypt Italy (T) Libya Turkey (J)
Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark)	4	4	3	Canada (T) Iceland (T) Jan Mayen ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway) (J) (T) Svalbard ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway) (T)
Grenada	2	2	2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago
Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France)	5	5	5	Antigua and Barbuda Barbados (T) Dominica (T)^{[t 26]} Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 5]} Venezuela (T)
Guam ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Federated States of Micronesia
Guatemala	5	4	4	Belize El Salvador Honduras Mexico (2) (T)
Guernsey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom)	2	2	1	France Jersey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom)
Guinea	2	2	2	Guinea-Bissau (J) Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau	2	2	2	Guinea (J) Senegal (J) (T)
Guyana	3	3	3	Suriname (J) Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
Haiti	8	7	7	Bahamas Colombia (T)^{[t 21]} Cuba (T)^{[t 23]} Dominican Republic (2) Jamaica Navassa Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 31]} (United States) Turks and Caicos Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia)	1	1	1	Kerguelen Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France) (T)^{[t 11]}
Honduras	9	8	8	Belize Cayman Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 19]} Colombia (T) Cuba El Salvador (J) Guatemala Mexico (T) Nicaragua (2) (J)
Hong Kong ^{[lower-alpha 27]} (People's Republic of China)	2	1	0	People's Republic of China (2)
Howland Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Baker Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Kiribati
Hungary †	0	0	0
Iceland	3	3	2	Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) Jan Mayen ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway) (T)
Île Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France)	0	0	0
India	7	7	7	Bangladesh Myanmar (T) Indonesia (T) Maldives (T) Pakistan Sri Lanka (T) Thailand (T)
Indonesia	17	12	10	Ashmore and Cartier Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T) Australia (2) (T) Christmas Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T) East Timor (3) India (T) Malaysia (3) (J) (T) Palau Papua New Guinea (2) (T) Philippines Singapore (T) Thailand (T) Vietnam (T)
Iran	12	10	10	Azerbaijan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Bahrain (T) Iraq Kuwait Oman (2) (T) Pakistan Qatar (T) Saudi Arabia (T) Turkmenistan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} United Arab Emirates (2) (T)
Iraq	2	2	2	Iran Kuwait (J)
Ireland	2	1	1	United Kingdom (T)
Isle of Man ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom)	0^{[lower-alpha 40]}	0^{[lower-alpha 40]}	0^{[lower-alpha 40]}
Israel	5	5	5	Cyprus Egypt Palestine Jordan (T) Lebanon
Italy	11	11	11	Albania (T)^{[t 1]} Algeria Croatia (T) France (T) Greece (T) Libya Malta Montenegro (T) Slovenia (T) Spain (T) Tunisia (T)^{[t 39]}
Jamaica	5	5	5	Cayman Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Colombia (T) Cuba (T)^{[t 24]} Haiti Navassa Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 31]} (United States)
Jan Mayen ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway)	2	2	2	Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (J) (T) Iceland (T)
Japan	6	6	6	People's Republic of China North Korea South Korea (T) Northern Mariana Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Philippines Russia (T)^{[t 40]} Taiwan
Jarvis Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Kiribati
Jersey ^{[lower-alpha 36]}	2	2	1	France Guernsey ^{[lower-alpha 36]} (United Kingdom)
Johnston Atoll ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	0	0	0
Jordan	3	3	3	Egypt Israel (T) Saudi Arabia
Juan de Nova Island, Bassas da India, and Europa Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 21]} (France)	2	2	2	Madagascar Mauritius
Kazakhstan	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	Azerbaijan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Russia ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Turkmenistan ^{[lower-alpha 19]}
Kenya	2	2	2	Somalia Tanzania (T)
Kerguelen Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]} (France)	1	1	1	Heard Island and McDonald Islands ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 11]}
Kingman Reef ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Palmyra Atoll ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Kiribati
Kiribati	9	9	6	Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Howland Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Baker Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Jarvis Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Kingman Reef ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Palmyra Atoll ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Marshall Islands Nauru Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) Tuvalu
North Korea	5	4	4	People's Republic of China Japan South Korea (2) Russia (T)
South Korea	4	3	3	People's Republic of China Japan (T) North Korea (2)
Kosovo ^{[lower-alpha 41]}†	0	0	0
Kuwait	3	3	3	Iran Iraq (J) Saudi Arabia (T)
Kyrgyzstan †	0	0	0
Laos †	0	0	0
Latvia	3	3	3	Estonia (T) Lithuania Sweden (T)
Lebanon	4	4	4	Akrotiri and Dhekelia ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Cyprus Israel Syria
Lesotho †	0	0	0
Liberia	2	2	2	Côte d'Ivoire Sierra Leone
Libya	5	5	5	Egypt Greece Italy Malta (J) (T) Tunisia (J) (T)
Liechtenstein †	0	0	0
Lithuania	3	3	3	Latvia Russia (T) Sweden (T)
Luxembourg †	0	0	0
Macau ^{[lower-alpha 28]} (People's Republic of China)	2	1	0	People's Republic of China (2)
Macquarie Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia)	1	1	1	New Zealand (T)^{[t 12]}
Madagascar	6	6	4	Comoros French Southern and Antarctic Lands ^{[lower-alpha 39]}^{[lower-alpha 42]}^{[lower-alpha 43]}^{[lower-alpha 44]} (France) Mayotte ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Mozambique Réunion ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Seychelles
Madeira ^{[lower-alpha 20]} (Portugal)	2	2	2	Morocco Spain (T)
Malawi †	0	0	0
Malaysia	10	6	6	Brunei (2) Indonesia (3) (J) (T) Philippines Singapore (J) (T)^{[t 41]} Thailand (2) (T) Vietnam
Maldives	3	3	3	British Indian Ocean Territory ^{[lower-alpha 5]}^{[lower-alpha 23]} (United Kingdom) India (T) Sri Lanka (T)
Mali †	0	0	0
Malta	2	2	2	Italy Libya (J) (T)
Marshall Islands	4	4	4	Kiribati Federated States of Micronesia (T)^{[t 42]} Nauru Wake Island ^{[lower-alpha 45]} (United States)
Martinique ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France)	4	4	4	Barbados (T) Dominica (T)^{[t 26]} Saint Lucia ^{[t 34]} Venezuela (T)
Mauritania	3	3	3	Cape Verde (T)^{[t 17]} Senegal Western Sahara ^{[lower-alpha 46]} (T)^{[t 43]}
Mauritius	3	3	2	Réunion ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T)^{[t 32]} Seychelles (T) Tromelin Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 44]} (France)
Mayotte ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)	2	2	2	Comoros Madagascar
Mexico	7	5	5	Belize Cuba (T) Guatemala (2) (T) Honduras (T) United States (2) (T)
Federated States of Micronesia	4	4	4	Guam ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Marshall Islands (T)^{[t 42]} Palau (T) Papua New Guinea
Midway Atoll ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	0	0	0
Moldova †	0	0	0
Monaco	2	1	1	France (2) (T)
Mongolia †	0	0	0
Montenegro	3	3	3	Albania Croatia Italy (T)
Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	4	4	4	Antigua and Barbuda Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T)^{[t 5]} Saint Kitts and Nevis Venezuela
Morocco	8	5	4	Algeria Madeira ^{[lower-alpha 20]} (Portugal) Portugal Spain (4) Western Sahara ^{[lower-alpha 46]}
Mozambique	6	6	5	Comoros French Southern and Antarctic Lands ^{[lower-alpha 39]}^{[lower-alpha 47]} (France) Madagascar Réunion ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) South Africa Tanzania (T)
Namibia	2	2	2	Angola (T) South Africa (T)
Nauru	2	2	2	Kiribati Marshall Islands
Navassa Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 31]} (United States)	3	3	3	Cuba Haiti Jamaica
Nepal †	0	0	0
Netherlands ^{[lower-alpha 48]}	10	9	6	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Belgium (T) Germany (J) (T) United Kingdom (T) Venezuela (T)^{[t 9]} Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (2) Saint Kitts and Nevis United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)
Netherlands, Kingdom of the →includes: → Aruba → Curaçao → Netherlands → Sint Maarten	12	11	8	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Belgium (T) Dominican Republic Germany (T) Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (2) Saint Kitts and Nevis United Kingdom (T) United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Venezuela (T)^{[t 9]}
New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France)	6	6	5	Australia (T)^{[t 11]} Fiji (T)^{[t 31]} Norfolk Island (Australia) (T)^{[t 11]} Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands (T)^{[t 36]} Vanuatu
New Zealand ^{[lower-alpha 49]}	4^{[lower-alpha 50]}	5^{[lower-alpha 50]}	3	Australia ^{[lower-alpha 50]} (T)^{[t 12]} Fiji Macquarie Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 12]} Norfolk Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]}^{[lower-alpha 50]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 12]} Tonga
New Zealand, Realm of →includes: → Cook Islands → New Zealand → Niue → Tokelau	11^{[lower-alpha 50]}	10^{[lower-alpha 50]}	7	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (3) (T)^{[t 2]}^{[t 3]}^{[t 4]} Australia ^{[lower-alpha 50]} (T)^{[t 12]} Fiji French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 22]} Kiribati Macquarie Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 12]} Norfolk Island ^{[lower-alpha 16]}^{[lower-alpha 50]} (Australia) (T)^{[t 12]} Samoa Tonga Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)
Nicaragua	6	4	4	Colombia (J) Costa Rica (2) El Salvador Honduras (2) (J)
Niger †	0	0	0
Nigeria	5	5	5	Benin Cameroon (J) (T) Equatorial Guinea (T)^{[t 28]} Ghana São Tomé and Príncipe (T)^{[t 44]}
Niue ^{[lower-alpha 8]} (New Zealand)	3	3	2	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 3]} Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) Tonga
Norfolk Island ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (Australia)	2	2	2	New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) (T)^{[t 11]} New Zealand (T)^{[t 12]}
North Macedonia †	0	0	0
Northern Cyprus ^{[lower-alpha 51]}	4	3	3	Cyprus (2) Syria Turkey
Northern Mariana Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Japan
Norway ^{[lower-alpha 52]}	5	5	4	Denmark (T) Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) Russia (T) Sweden (T) United Kingdom (J) (T)
Norway, Kingdom of (plus dependent Norwegian territories) →includes: → Bouvet Island → Jan Mayen → Norway → Svalbard	7	7	5	Denmark (T) Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (J) (T) Iceland Russia (T) Sweden (T) United Kingdom (J) (T)
Oman	7	4	4	Iran (2) (T) Pakistan (T) United Arab Emirates (3) Yemen (T)
Pakistan	3	3	3	India Iran Oman (T)
Palau	3	3	3	Indonesia Federated States of Micronesia (T) Philippines
Palestine ^{[lower-alpha 34]}	2	2	2	Egypt Israel
Palmyra Atoll ^{[lower-alpha 6]} and Kingman Reef ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	1	1	1	Kiribati
Panama	4	2	2	Colombia (2) (T) Costa Rica (2) (T)
Papua New Guinea	7	5	5	Australia (2) (T) Indonesia (2) (T) Federated States of Micronesia New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) Solomon Islands (T)^{[t 45]}
Paraguay †	0	0	0
Peru	2	2	2	Chile (J)^{[t 20]} (T) Ecuador (T)
Peter I Island ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1	1	1	Antártica Chilena Province ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Chile)
Philippines	6	6	6	People's Republic of China Indonesia Japan Malaysia Palau Vietnam Taiwan
Pitcairn Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	1	1	1	French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 33]}
Poland	4	4	4	Denmark Germany (T) Russia (T) Sweden (T)
Portugal ^{[lower-alpha 53]}	5	2	2	Morocco (2) Spain (3) (T)
Puerto Rico ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	3	3	3	British Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Dominican Republic Venezuela (T)^{[t 46]}
Qatar	6	4	4	Bahrain (J) Iran (2) (T) Saudi Arabia (2) (T) United Arab Emirates (T)
Queen Maud Land ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Norway)	2	2	2	Australian Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Australia) British Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (United Kingdom)
Réunion ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France)	4	4	4	Comoros Madagascar (T) Mauritius (T)^{[t 32]} Mozambique
Romania	3	3	3	Bulgaria Russia (de facto) Ukraine (J)^{[t 47]}^{[lower-alpha 54]}
Ross Dependency ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (New Zealand)	1	1	1	Australian Antarctic Territory ^{[lower-alpha 3]} (Australia)
Russia	15	15	15	Azerbaijan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Estonia Finland (T) Georgia Japan (T)^{[t 40]} Kazakhstan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} North Korea (T) Lithuania (T) Norway (T) Poland (T) Romania (de facto) Sweden (T) Turkey (T) Ukraine United States (T)^{[t 48]}^{[lower-alpha 55]}
Rwanda †	0	0	0
Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)	4	4	3	Antigua and Barbuda Netherlands Saint Kitts and Nevis Sint Maarten ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands)
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis	5	5	5	Antigua and Barbuda Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Netherlands Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Venezuela
Saint Lucia	4	4	4	Barbados Martinique ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T)^{[t 34]} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela
Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]}	3	3	2	Netherlands Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 5]} Sint Maarten ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)	1	1	1	Canada (J)^{[t 15]} (T)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	5	5	Barbados Grenada Saint Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela
Samoa	4	4	4	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) Tonga Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)
San Marino †	0	0	0
São Tomé and Príncipe	4	3	3	Equatorial Guinea (2) (T)^{[t 29]} Gabon (T)^{[t 38]} Nigeria (T)^{[t 44]}
Saudi Arabia	11	10	10	Bahrain (T) Egypt Eritrea Iran (T) Jordan Kuwait (T) Qatar (2) (T) Sudan United Arab Emirates (T)^{[t 49]} Yemen (T)
Senegal	5	4	4	Cape Verde (T)^{[t 18]} The Gambia (2) (T) Guinea-Bissau (J) (T) Mauritania
Serbia †	0	0	0
Seychelles	5	5	5	Comoros Glorioso Islands ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 30]} (France) (T)^{[t 35]} Madagascar Mauritius (T) Tanzania (T)
Sierra Leone	2	2	2	Guinea Liberia
Singapore	2	2	2	Indonesia (T) Malaysia (J) (T)^{[t 41]}
Sint Maarten ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands)	1	2	2	Saint Barthélemy ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)
Slovakia †	0	0	0
Slovenia	2	2	2	Croatia Italy (T)
Solomon Islands	4	4	4	Australia (T)^{[t 13]} New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) (T)^{[t 36]} Papua New Guinea (T)^{[t 45]} Vanuatu
Somalia	3	3	3	Djibouti Kenya Yemen
Somaliland ^{[lower-alpha 56]}	3	3	3	Djibouti Somalia Yemen
South Africa	2	2	2	Mozambique Namibia (T)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	0	0	0
South Ossetia ^{[lower-alpha 57]}†	0	0	0
South Sudan †	0	0	0
Spain	14	8	7	Algeria France (2) (T) Gibraltar ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (2) Italy (T) Madeira ^{[lower-alpha 20]} (Portugal) (T) Morocco (4) Portugal (2) (T) Western Sahara ^{[lower-alpha 46]}
Sri Lanka	2	2	2	India (T) Maldives (T)
Sudan	3	3	3	Egypt Eritrea Saudi Arabia
Suriname	2	2	2	French Guiana ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) Guyana (J)
Svalbard ^{[lower-alpha 33]} (Norway)	2	2	2	Greenland ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) Russia ^{[lower-alpha 58]} (T)
Sweden	10	9	9	Denmark (2) (T) Estonia (T) Finland (T) Germany (T) Latvia (T) Lithuania (T) Norway (T) Poland (T) Russia (T)
Switzerland †	0	0	0
Syria	3	3	3	Cyprus Lebanon Turkey
Taiwan	3	3	3	People's Republic of China Japan Philippines
Tajikistan †	0	0	0
Tanzania	4	4	4	Comoros Kenya (T) Mozambique (T) Seychelles (T)
Thailand	7	6	6	Myanmar (T) Cambodia India (T) Indonesia (T) Malaysia (2) (T) Vietnam (T)
Togo	2	2	2	Benin Ghana
Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand)	5	5	4	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 4]} Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) Kiribati Samoa Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)
Tonga	6	6	5	American Samoa ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) Fiji New Zealand Niue ^{[lower-alpha 8]} (New Zealand) Samoa Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 37]}
Transnistria ^{[lower-alpha 59]}†	0	0	0
Tromelin Island ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 44]} (France)	2	2	2	Madagascar Mauritius
Trinidad and Tobago	5	5	5	Barbados (J)^{[t 14]} Grenada Guyana Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela (T)
Tunisia	3	3	3	Algeria (T) Italy (T)^{[t 39]} Libya (J) (T)
Turkey	9	9	9	Bulgaria (T) Cyprus (T) Egypt Georgia (T) Greece (J) Russia (T) Syria Ukraine (T) (de jure) Libya ^{[lower-alpha 60]}
Turkmenistan	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	3^{[lower-alpha 19]}	Azerbaijan ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Iran ^{[lower-alpha 19]} Kazakhstan ^{[lower-alpha 19]}
Turks and Caicos Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom)	3	3	3	Bahamas Dominican Republic (T)^{[t 27]} Haiti
Tuvalu	3	3	3	Fiji Kiribati Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[lower-alpha 38]}
Uganda	0	0	0
Ukraine	3	3	3	Romania (J)^{[t 47]} Russia Turkey (T) (de jure)^{[lower-alpha 61]}
United Arab Emirates	7	4	4	Iran (2) (T) Oman (3) Qatar (T) Saudi Arabia (T)^{[t 49]}
United Kingdom ^{[lower-alpha 62]}	9	8	7	Belgium (T) Denmark (T) Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) France (J) (T) Germany (T) Ireland (2) (T) Netherlands (T) Norway (J) (T)
United Kingdom (plus British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies) →including: → Akrotiri and Dhekelia → Anguilla → Bermuda → British Indian Ocean Territory ^{[lower-alpha 23]} → British Virgin Islands → Cayman Islands → Falkland Islands → Gibraltar → Guernsey → Isle of Man → Jersey → Montserrat → Pitcairn Islands → Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands → Turks and Caicos Islands	42	30	25	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Belgium (T) Colombia Cuba Cyprus (8) Denmark (T) Dominican Republic (T)^{[t 27]} Egypt Faroe Islands ^{[lower-alpha 25]} (Denmark) (T) France (3) (T) French Polynesia ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 33]} Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (J) (T)^{[t 5]} Germany (T) Haiti Honduras (T)^{[t 19]} Ireland (2) (T) Jamaica Lebanon Maldives Morocco Netherlands (T) Norway (J) (T) Puerto Rico ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 6]} Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Martin ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France) (T)^{[t 5]} Spain (2) United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 6]} Venezuela
United States ^{[lower-alpha 63]}	9	5	5	Bahamas Canada (4) (J)^{[t 16]} (T) Cuba (T)^{[t 25]} Mexico (2) (T) Russia (T)^{[t 48]}
United States (including insular areas) →includes: → American Samoa → Baker Island → Guam → Howland Island → Jarvis Island → Johnston Atoll → Kingman Reef → Midway Atoll → Navassa Island → Northern Mariana Islands → Palmyra Atoll → Puerto Rico → United States Virgin Islands → Wake Island	28	21	18	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 6]} Bahamas British Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 6]} Canada (4) (J)^{[t 16]} (T) Cook Islands ^{[lower-alpha 7]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 2]} Cuba (2) (T)^{[t 25]} Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Japan Kiribati (3) Marshall Islands Mexico (2) (T) Federated States of Micronesia Netherlands Niue ^{[lower-alpha 8]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 3]} Russia (T)^{[t 48]} Samoa Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) (T)^{[t 4]} Tonga Venezuela (T)^{[t 46]}
United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States)	4	4	3	Anguilla ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 6]} British Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) (T)^{[t 6]} Netherlands Venezuela (T)^{[t 46]}
Uruguay	2	2	2	Argentina (T) Brazil (T)
Uzbekistan †	0	0	0
Vanuatu	3	3	3	Fiji New Caledonia ^{[lower-alpha 17]} (France) Solomon Islands
Vatican City †	0	0	0
Venezuela	15	15	12	Aruba ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands) (T)^{[t 9]} Colombia Curaçao ^{[lower-alpha 15]} (Netherlands) (T)^{[t 9]} Dominica Dominican Republic (T) Guadeloupe ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Guyana Martinique ^{[lower-alpha 12]} (France) (T) Montserrat ^{[lower-alpha 5]} (United Kingdom) Puerto Rico ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 46]} Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago (T) United States Virgin Islands ^{[lower-alpha 6]} (United States) (T)^{[t 46]}
Vietnam	6	6	6	Cambodia People's Republic of China (T) Indonesia (T) Malaysia Philippines Thailand (T)
Wake Island ^{[lower-alpha 45]} (United States)	1	1	1	Marshall Islands
Wallis and Futuna ^{[lower-alpha 10]} (France)	5	5	5	Fiji (T)^{[t 31]} Samoa Tokelau ^{[lower-alpha 9]} (New Zealand) Tonga (T)^{[t 37]} Tuvalu (T)^{[lower-alpha 38]}
Western Sahara ^{[lower-alpha 46]}	3	3	3	Mauritania (T)^{[t 43]} Morocco Spain
Yemen	5	5	5	Djibouti Eritrea (J)^{[t 30]} Oman (T) Saudi Arabia (T) Somalia
Zambia †	0	0	0
Zimbabwe †	0	0	0

Notes

Explanatory Notes

1 2 3 4 The concept of state sovereignty is somewhat imprecise and there are disagreements about whether certain territories are sovereign. There are currently 195 states that are generally regarded as "fully" or “mostly” sovereign: this includes the 193 member states of the United Nations plus Vatican City and Palestine. Some of these states have under their jurisdiction territories, dependencies, or collectivities that are clearly non-sovereign geographical areas. These territories are generally regarded as being subsumed within the overarching sovereignty of the governing state. For example, the United Kingdom holds sovereignty over the territory of Gibraltar, even though Gibraltar is not considered to be part of the United Kingdom. There are a few territories in the world that are neither clearly sovereign nor clearly subsumed under another state's sovereignty. Often, these territories have declared themselves to be sovereign, but they are either not widely recognized as such or lack some of the necessary conditions for sovereign statehood. In these cases, explanatory footnotes indicate how the territory is treated for the purposes of this list.
↑ In 1992, Abkhazia declared sovereignty from Georgia. Georgia disputes the declaration and considers Abkhazia to be part of its territory. The only sovereign states that recognize Abkhazia's sovereignty are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. Because of the low level of international recognition, Abkhazia is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 This is a territorial claim in Antarctica. Territorial claims in Antarctica have been recognized only between the few countries making claims in the area. Because some of the claims overlap and there is a low number of recognition for these claims, Antarctic territorial claims are not included in this chart when listing countries' neighbouring countries and territories. The specific Antarctic claims are included in this chart, but only in reference to each other.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 This territory is part of the widely dispersed French Southern and Antarctic Lands, an overseas territory of France.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 This territory is not sovereign but is a British Overseas Territory. Its territory constitutes part of the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom but strictly speaking is not part of the United Kingdom itself.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 This territory is not sovereign, but is an insular area of the United States. U.S. territories are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand. The Cook Islands controls a portion of its own foreign affairs, including the establishment and regulation of borders. However, the Cook Islands is not a member of the United Nations and is part of the Realm of New Zealand, with Cook Island people being New Zealand citizens. For purposes of this list, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, and Tokelau are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
1 2 3 4 5 Niue is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand. Niue controls a portion of its own foreign affairs, including the establishment and regulation of borders. However, Niue is not a member of the United Nations and is part of the Realm of New Zealand, with Niuean people being New Zealand citizens. For purposes of this list, Niue, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Tokelau are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory within the Realm of New Zealand. For purposes of this list, Tokelau, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Niue are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 This territory is not sovereign, but is an overseas collectivity of France, and as such it is part of the sovereign territory of France.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Claims to territory overlap.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 This territory is not sovereign but is an overseas department and an overseas region of France. As such, it is sovereign French territory that is an integral part of the French Republic.
1 2 Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, which is a British Overseas Territory.
↑ The Republic of Artsakh (then the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) declared independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. However, neither Azerbaijan nor any other state or international organization has recognized Artsakh as a sovereign state. For this reason, Artsakh is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For purposes of this list, Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 This territory is not sovereign but is part of the sovereign territory of Australia.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 New Caledonia is not sovereign but is a sui generis collectivity of France and as such it is part of the sovereign territory of France.
↑ Excluding outlying island territories.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The maritime boundary is in the Caspian Sea. Some consider the Caspian Sea to be a lake.
1 2 3 4 This territory is not sovereign but is an autonomous region of Portugal. Its territory constitutes a constituent part of the sovereign territory of Portugal.
1 2 3 Madagascar claims sovereignty over Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island.
↑ This territory is not sovereign and is a dependent territory of Norway. It is not part of the Kingdom of Norway, but it is considered to be part of the sovereign territory of Norway.
1 2 3 Mauritius claims sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and does not recognise the British Indian Ocean Territory. In 2019 116 UN members voted to support Mauritius’claim; 6 voted in support of the United Kingdom.
↑ There is also a possible quadripoint with Ukraine (de jure) or Russia (de facto).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 This territory is not sovereign, but is a country within the Kingdom of Denmark. For purposes of this list, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.
↑ For information on the Republic of China, see the listing in this table under "Taiwan".
1 2 Hong Kong is not sovereign but since 1997 has been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong has a high degree of autonomy, including separate passports and a defined international boundary within China, but it is not considered a separate sovereign state for the purposes of this list.
1 2 Macau is not sovereign but since 1999 has been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Macau has a high degree of autonomy, including separate passports and a defined international boundary within China, but it is not considered a separate sovereign state for the purposes of this list.
↑ Clipperton Island is not sovereign but is property of the government of France; as such, it is part of the sovereign territory of France.
1 2 3 Madagascar claims sovereignty over the Glorioso Islands.
1 2 3 4 Haiti claims sovereignty over Navassa Island, which is a United States insular area.
↑ Does not include the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent part of the Kingdom of Norway.
1 2 Although it lacks other indicators of legal sovereignty, Palestine is recognized by about 137 countries and is an observer of the United Nations, which makes it de jure sovereign and will be counted in this list as such.
↑ Excluding French overseas departments, collectivities, and territories.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This territory is not sovereign but it a British Crown Dependency. Crown Dependencies are possessions of the British Crown but strictly speaking are not part of the United Kingdom.
1 2 Excluding Adélie Land.
1 2 3 Provisional agreement only.
1 2 3 This territory is not sovereign but is an overseas territory of France.
1 2 3 The Isle of Man shares maritime boundaries with countries of the United Kingdom but has no maritime boundaries with other sovereign states.
↑ In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Although Kosovo's sovereignty has been recognized by 108 states, it is not a member of the United Nations and Serbia disputes its sovereignty, claiming that Kosovo remains one of its provinces. International Court of Justice decided in 2010 that Kosovo's declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. For purposes of this list, Kosovo is considered to be a sovereign country.
↑ More specifically, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island
↑ Madagascar claims sovereignty on Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands and Juan de Nova Island
1 2 3 Mauritius claims sovereignty over Tromelin Island.
1 2 The Marshall Islands claims sovereignty over Wake Island, which is an insular area of the United States.
1 2 3 4 Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory. Administration is split between Morocco and the largely unrecognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim sovereignty over the entire territory (see Legal status of Western Sahara). For purposes of this list, Western Sahara is considered to be a sovereign country.
↑ More specifically, Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island.
↑ Does not include Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
↑ Does not include the Cook Islands, Niue, or Tokelau.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 There is a maritime boundary between Norfolk Island and New Zealand, but it is a continuation of the boundary between Australia proper and New Zealand.
↑ In 1983, Northern Cyprus declared independence from Cyprus. Northern Cyprus's sovereignty has been recognized by one United Nations member state, Turkey. It is not a member of the UN, and Cyprus disputes its sovereignty. For purposes of this list, Northern Cyprus is not considered to be a sovereign country.
↑ Not including Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, or Svalbard.
↑ Includes autonomous regions of Portugal.
↑ There is also a possible quadripoint with Turkey.
↑ There is also a possible quadripoint with Bulgaria (de facto).
↑ Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991. However, neither Somalia nor any other state or international organization has recognized Somaliland as a sovereign state. For this reason, Somaliland is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.
↑ In 1990, South Ossetia declared sovereignty from Georgia. Georgia disputes the declaration and considers South Ossetia to be part of its territory. The only sovereign states that recognize South Ossentia's sovereignty are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. Because of the low level of international recognition, South Ossetia is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.
↑ The maritime boundary between Norway and Russia is continuous from the north edge of the European mainland to the sea between Svalbard and Franz Josef Land. In other words, there are not two separate Russian maritime boundaries for Russia–Norway and Russia–Svalbard. Svalbard therefore acts only to extend the otherwise existing Russia–Norway boundary.
↑ In the early 1990, Transnistria attempted to separate itself, first from the Moldavian SSR and then from sovereign Moldova. Moldova disputes Transnistrian sovereignty and considers it to be part of its territory. There are no sovereign states that recognize Transnistria's sovereignty. Because of the lack of international recognition, Transnistria is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.
↑ There is also a possible quadripoint with Romania.
↑ There is also a possible quadripoint with Bulgaria (de jure).
↑ The United Kingdom does not include British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.
↑ Excluding U.S. insular areas.

Treaty and Agreement Notes

1 2 See Albania–Italy Boundary Agreement.
1 2 3 4 See Cook Islands – United States Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 3 4 See Niue – United States Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 3 4 See Treaty of Tokehega.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 See 1996 France – United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Agreements.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 See 1993 United Kingdom – United States Maritime Boundary Treaties.
1 2 See Beagle Channel Arbitration.
1 2 See Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina.
1 2 3 4 5 6 See Netherlands–Venezuela Boundary Treaty.
1 2 3 See Timor Sea Treaty.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 See Australia–France Marine Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 See Australia – New Zealand Maritime Treaty.
1 2 3 See Australia – Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 See Barbados v. Trinidad and Tobago.
1 2 3 See Canada–France Maritime Boundary Case.
1 2 3 See Alaska boundary dispute; Pig War.
1 2 See Cape Verde – Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty.
1 2 See Cape Verde – Senegal Maritime Delimitation Treaty.
1 2 3 See Honduras – United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Treaty.
1 2 See Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile (Peru v. Chile).
1 2 See Liévano–Brutus treaty.
1 2 3 4 See Cook Islands – France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 See Cuba–Haiti Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 See Cuba–Jamaica Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 3 Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 3 4 5 See Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 3 See Dominican Republic – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 See Equatorial Guinea – Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 See Equatorial Guinea – São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 See Hanish Islands conflict.
1 2 3 4 5 See Fiji–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 3 See France–Mauritius Delimitation Convention.
1 2 3 4 See 1983 France – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention.
1 2 3 See France – Saint Lucia Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 3 4 See France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 3 See France – Solomon Islands Maritime Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 3 See France–Tonga Maritime Delimitation Convention.
1 2 See Gabon – São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Border Agreement.
1 2 See Italy–Tunisia Delimitation Agreement.
1 2 See Treaty of Shimoda.
1 2 See Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement of 1927. This treaty was supplemented by a treaty between Malaysia and Singapore in 1995.
1 2 See Marshall Islands – Federated States of Micronesia Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 Treaty is between Mauritania and Morocco. Morocco claims sovereignty over Western Sahara.
1 2 See Nigeria – São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Zone Treaty.
1 2 See Papua New Guinea – Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 3 4 5 See United States – Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty.
1 2 See Maritime delimitation between Romania and Ukraine.
1 2 3 See USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement.
1 2 See Treaty of Jeddah (1974).

References

Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. ISBN 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586
Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ISBN 9780792311874; ISBN 9789041119544; ISBN 9789041103451; ISBN 9789004144613; ISBN 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092
Jagota, S. P. (1985). Maritime Boundary. Martinis Nijhoff: Dordrecht. ISBN 9789024731336; ISBN 9789024726165; OCLC 1175640
Prescott, John Robert Victor. (1985). The Maritime Political Boundaries of the World. London: Methuen. ISBN 9780416417500; OCLC 12582178

External links

Maritime Space: Maritime Zones and Maritime Delimitation, un.org
United States Department of State (1990). "Limits in the Sea No. 108: Maritime Boundaries of the World"
VLIZ Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, VLIZ

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[sovereign-1] 1 2 3 4 The concept of state sovereignty is somewhat imprecise and there are disagreements about whether certain territories are sovereign. There are currently 195 states that are generally regarded as "fully" or “mostly” sovereign: this includes the 193 member states of the United Nations plus Vatican City and Palestine. Some of these states have under their jurisdiction territories, dependencies, or collectivities that are clearly non-sovereign geographical areas. These territories are generally regarded as being subsumed within the overarching sovereignty of the governing state. For example, the United Kingdom holds sovereignty over the territory of Gibraltar, even though Gibraltar is not considered to be part of the United Kingdom. There are a few territories in the world that are neither clearly sovereign nor clearly subsumed under another state's sovereignty. Often, these territories have declared themselves to be sovereign, but they are either not widely recognized as such or lack some of the necessary conditions for sovereign statehood. In these cases, explanatory footnotes indicate how the territory is treated for the purposes of this list.

[abkhazia-2] In 1992, Abkhazia declared sovereignty from Georgia. Georgia disputes the declaration and considers Abkhazia to be part of its territory. The only sovereign states that recognize Abkhazia's sovereignty are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. Because of the low level of international recognition, Abkhazia is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.

[antarctic-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 This is a territorial claim in Antarctica. Territorial claims in Antarctica have been recognized only between the few countries making claims in the area. Because some of the claims overlap and there is a low number of recognition for these claims, Antarctic territorial claims are not included in this chart when listing countries' neighbouring countries and territories. The specific Antarctic claims are included in this chart, but only in reference to each other.

[fsal-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 This territory is part of the widely dispersed French Southern and Antarctic Lands, an overseas territory of France.

[bot-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 This territory is not sovereign but is a British Overseas Territory. Its territory constitutes part of the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom but strictly speaking is not part of the United Kingdom itself.

[ust-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 This territory is not sovereign, but is an insular area of the United States. U.S. territories are considered to be part of the sovereign territory of the United States.

[cook-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Cook Islands is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand. The Cook Islands controls a portion of its own foreign affairs, including the establishment and regulation of borders. However, the Cook Islands is not a member of the United Nations and is part of the Realm of New Zealand, with Cook Island people being New Zealand citizens. For purposes of this list, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, and Tokelau are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.

[niue-10] 1 2 3 4 5 Niue is a self-governing country in free association with New Zealand. Niue controls a portion of its own foreign affairs, including the establishment and regulation of borders. However, Niue is not a member of the United Nations and is part of the Realm of New Zealand, with Niuean people being New Zealand citizens. For purposes of this list, Niue, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Tokelau are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.

[tokelau-12] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tokelau is a non-self-governing territory within the Realm of New Zealand. For purposes of this list, Tokelau, the Cook Islands, New Zealand, and Niue are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.

[foc-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 This territory is not sovereign, but is an overseas collectivity of France, and as such it is part of the sovereign territory of France.

[overlap-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Claims to territory overlap.

[fod-18] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 This territory is not sovereign but is an overseas department and an overseas region of France. As such, it is sovereign French territory that is an integral part of the French Republic.

[falkland-21] 1 2 Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, which is a British Overseas Territory.

[22] The Republic of Artsakh (then the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) declared independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. However, neither Azerbaijan nor any other state or international organization has recognized Artsakh as a sovereign state. For this reason, Artsakh is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.

[netherlands-23] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For purposes of this list, Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.

[aust-25] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 This territory is not sovereign but is part of the sovereign territory of Australia.

[newcaledonia-28] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 New Caledonia is not sovereign but is a sui generis collectivity of France and as such it is part of the sovereign territory of France.

[31] Excluding outlying island territories.

[caspian-32] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 The maritime boundary is in the Caspian Sea. Some consider the Caspian Sea to be a lake.

[portugal-33] 1 2 3 4 This territory is not sovereign but is an autonomous region of Portugal. Its territory constitutes a constituent part of the sovereign territory of Portugal.

[bassas-35] 1 2 3 Madagascar claims sovereignty over Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island.

[norwayt-36] This territory is not sovereign and is a dependent territory of Norway. It is not part of the Kingdom of Norway, but it is considered to be part of the sovereign territory of Norway.

[chagos-37] 1 2 3 Mauritius claims sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago and does not recognise the British Indian Ocean Territory. In 2019 116 UN members voted to support Mauritius’claim; 6 voted in support of the United Kingdom.

[38] There is also a possible quadripoint with Ukraine (de jure) or Russia (de facto).

[denmark-39] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 This territory is not sovereign, but is a country within the Kingdom of Denmark. For purposes of this list, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland are considered constituent parts of one sovereign state.

[46] For information on the Republic of China, see the listing in this table under "Taiwan".

[hk-47] 1 2 Hong Kong is not sovereign but since 1997 has been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong has a high degree of autonomy, including separate passports and a defined international boundary within China, but it is not considered a separate sovereign state for the purposes of this list.

[macau-48] 1 2 Macau is not sovereign but since 1999 has been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Macau has a high degree of autonomy, including separate passports and a defined international boundary within China, but it is not considered a separate sovereign state for the purposes of this list.

[49] Clipperton Island is not sovereign but is property of the government of France; as such, it is part of the sovereign territory of France.

[glorioso-51] 1 2 3 Madagascar claims sovereignty over the Glorioso Islands.

[navassa-55] 1 2 3 4 Haiti claims sovereignty over Navassa Island, which is a United States insular area.

[57] Does not include the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

[norway-58] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This territory is not sovereign, but is a constituent part of the Kingdom of Norway.

[palestine-61] 1 2 Although it lacks other indicators of legal sovereignty, Palestine is recognized by about 137 countries and is an observer of the United Nations, which makes it de jure sovereign and will be counted in this list as such.

[66] Excluding French overseas departments, collectivities, and territories.

[crowndep-67] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This territory is not sovereign but it a British Crown Dependency. Crown Dependencies are possessions of the British Crown but strictly speaking are not part of the United Kingdom.

[notadelie-68] 1 2 Excluding Adélie Land.

[provisional-75] 1 2 3 Provisional agreement only.

[fot-76] 1 2 3 This territory is not sovereign but is an overseas territory of France.

[isleofman-78] 1 2 3 The Isle of Man shares maritime boundaries with countries of the United Kingdom but has no maritime boundaries with other sovereign states.

[kosovo-81] In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. Although Kosovo's sovereignty has been recognized by 108 states, it is not a member of the United Nations and Serbia disputes its sovereignty, claiming that Kosovo remains one of its provinces. International Court of Justice decided in 2010 that Kosovo's declaration of independence was not in violation of international law. For purposes of this list, Kosovo is considered to be a sovereign country.

[82] More specifically, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island and Tromelin Island

[Mad-83] Madagascar claims sovereignty on Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands and Juan de Nova Island

[tromelin-84] 1 2 3 Mauritius claims sovereignty over Tromelin Island.

[wake-87] 1 2 The Marshall Islands claims sovereignty over Wake Island, which is an insular area of the United States.

[sahara-88] 1 2 3 4 Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory. Administration is split between Morocco and the largely unrecognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim sovereignty over the entire territory (see Legal status of Western Sahara). For purposes of this list, Western Sahara is considered to be a sovereign country.

[90] More specifically, Bassas da India, Europa Island, and Juan de Nova Island.

[91] Does not include Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

[92] Does not include the Cook Islands, Niue, or Tokelau.

[nznorfolk-93] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 There is a maritime boundary between Norfolk Island and New Zealand, but it is a continuation of the boundary between Australia proper and New Zealand.

[95] In 1983, Northern Cyprus declared independence from Cyprus. Northern Cyprus's sovereignty has been recognized by one United Nations member state, Turkey. It is not a member of the UN, and Cyprus disputes its sovereignty. For purposes of this list, Northern Cyprus is not considered to be a sovereign country.

[96] Not including Bouvet Island, Jan Mayen, or Svalbard.

[98] Includes autonomous regions of Portugal.

[101] There is also a possible quadripoint with Turkey.

[103] There is also a possible quadripoint with Bulgaria (de facto).

[105] Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991. However, neither Somalia nor any other state or international organization has recognized Somaliland as a sovereign state. For this reason, Somaliland is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.

[ossetia-106] In 1990, South Ossetia declared sovereignty from Georgia. Georgia disputes the declaration and considers South Ossetia to be part of its territory. The only sovereign states that recognize South Ossentia's sovereignty are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Nauru. Because of the low level of international recognition, South Ossetia is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.

[107] The maritime boundary between Norway and Russia is continuous from the north edge of the European mainland to the sea between Svalbard and Franz Josef Land. In other words, there are not two separate Russian maritime boundaries for Russia–Norway and Russia–Svalbard. Svalbard therefore acts only to extend the otherwise existing Russia–Norway boundary.

[transnistria-108] In the early 1990, Transnistria attempted to separate itself, first from the Moldavian SSR and then from sovereign Moldova. Moldova disputes Transnistrian sovereignty and considers it to be part of its territory. There are no sovereign states that recognize Transnistria's sovereignty. Because of the lack of international recognition, Transnistria is not considered a sovereign state for the purposes of this list and is not included in other countries' listings of neighbouring countries and territories.

[109] There is also a possible quadripoint with Romania.

[110] There is also a possible quadripoint with Bulgaria (de jure).

[111] The United Kingdom does not include British Overseas Territories or Crown Dependencies.

[112] Excluding U.S. insular areas.

[albaniaitaly-6] 1 2 See Albania–Italy Boundary Agreement.

[cookusa-9] 1 2 3 4 See Cook Islands – United States Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[niueusa-11] 1 2 3 4 See Niue – United States Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[nzusa-13] 1 2 3 4 See Treaty of Tokehega.

[franceukcaribbean-15] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 See 1996 France – United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Agreements.

[ukusacaribbean-16] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 See 1993 United Kingdom – United States Maritime Boundary Treaties.

[argentinachilejudgment-19] 1 2 See Beagle Channel Arbitration.

[argentinachiletreaty-20] 1 2 See Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina.

[netherlandsvenezuela-24] 1 2 3 4 5 6 See Netherlands–Venezuela Boundary Treaty.

[australiaeasttimor-26] 1 2 3 See Timor Sea Treaty.

[australiafrance-27] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 See Australia–France Marine Delimitation Agreement.

[australianewzealand-29] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 See Australia – New Zealand Maritime Treaty.

[australiasolomon-30] 1 2 3 See Australia – Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[barbadostrinidad-34] 1 2 See Barbados v. Trinidad and Tobago.

[canadafrancejudgment-40] 1 2 3 See Canada–France Maritime Boundary Case.

[canadausajudgments-41] 1 2 3 See Alaska boundary dispute; Pig War.

[capeverdemauritania-42] 1 2 See Cape Verde – Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty.

[capeverdesenegal-43] 1 2 See Cape Verde – Senegal Maritime Delimitation Treaty.

[hondurasuk-44] 1 2 3 See Honduras – United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Treaty.

[chileperujudgment-45] 1 2 See Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile (Peru v. Chile).

[colombiahaiti-50] 1 2 See Liévano–Brutus treaty.

[cookfrance-52] 1 2 3 4 See Cook Islands – France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.

[cubahaiti-53] 1 2 See Cuba–Haiti Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[cubajamaica-54] 1 2 See Cuba–Jamaica Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[cubaunitedstates-56] 1 2 3 Cuba – United States Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[dominicafrance-59] 1 2 3 4 5 See Dominica–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.

[dominicanrepublicturks-60] 1 2 3 See Dominican Republic – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[equatorialguineanigeria-62] 1 2 See Equatorial Guinea – Nigeria Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[equatorialguineasaotome-63] 1 2 See Equatorial Guinea – São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[eritreayemen-64] 1 2 See Hanish Islands conflict.

[fijifrance-65] 1 2 3 4 5 See Fiji–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement.

[mauritiusreunion-69] 1 2 3 See France–Mauritius Delimitation Convention.

[franceukpacific-70] 1 2 3 4 See 1983 France – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention.

[francesaintlucia-71] 1 2 3 See France – Saint Lucia Delimitation Agreement.

[franceseychelles-72] 1 2 3 4 See France–Seychelles Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[francesolomon-73] 1 2 3 See France – Solomon Islands Maritime Delimitation Agreement.

[francetonga-74] 1 2 3 See France–Tonga Maritime Delimitation Convention.

[gabonsaotome-77] 1 2 See Gabon – São Tomé and Príncipe Maritime Border Agreement.

[italytunisia-79] 1 2 See Italy–Tunisia Delimitation Agreement.

[japanrussia-80] 1 2 See Treaty of Shimoda.

[malaysiasingapore-85] 1 2 See Straits Settlement and Johore Territorial Waters Agreement of 1927. This treaty was supplemented by a treaty between Malaysia and Singapore in 1995.

[marshallmicronesia-86] 1 2 See Marshall Islands – Federated States of Micronesia Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[mauritaniamorocco-89] 1 2 Treaty is between Mauritania and Morocco. Morocco claims sovereignty over Western Sahara.

[nigeriasaotome-94] 1 2 See Nigeria – São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Zone Treaty.

[pngsolomon-97] 1 2 See Papua New Guinea – Solomon Islands Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[usavenezuela-99] 1 2 3 4 5 See United States – Venezuela Maritime Boundary Treaty.

[romaniaukraine-100] 1 2 See Maritime delimitation between Romania and Ukraine.

[russiausa-102] 1 2 3 See USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement.

[saudiarabiauae-104] 1 2 See Treaty of Jeddah (1974).

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