The CIA World Factbook Edition 1999 Geography
Land boundaries In 36 editions of 36.
Land boundaries was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1999 edition carries it in 262 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
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- 2025
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World
1 entryAfrica
62 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 6,343 km
- border countries:
- Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km
Angola
- total:
- 5,198 km
- border countries:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km of which 220 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province, Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Benin
- total:
- 1,989 km
- border countries:
- Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
Burkina Faso
- total:
- 3,192 km
- border countries:
- Benin 306 km, Ghana 548 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km
Burundi
- total:
- 974 km
- border countries:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda 290 km, Tanzania 451 km
Cameroon
- total:
- 4,591 km
- border countries:
- Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km
Central African Republic
- total:
- 5,203 km
- border countries:
- Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan 1,165 km
Chad
- total:
- 5,968 km
- border countries:
- Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 10,271 km
- border countries:
- Angola 2,511 km, Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 5,504 km
- border countries:
- Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km
Cote d'Ivoire
- total:
- 3,110 km
- border countries:
- Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
Egypt
- total:
- 2,689 km
- border countries:
- Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 255 km, Libya 1,150 km, Sudan 1,273 km
Ethiopia
- total:
- 5,311 km
- border countries:
- Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, Sudan 1,606 km
Gabon
- total:
- 2,551 km
- border countries:
- Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Guinea
- total:
- 3,399 km
- border countries:
- Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km
Kenya
- total:
- 3,446 km
- border countries:
- Ethiopia 830 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km
Libya
- total:
- 4,383 km
- border countries:
- Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
Mali
- total:
- 7,243 km
- border countries:
- Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km
Mauritania
- total:
- 5,074 km
- border countries:
- Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km
Morocco
- total:
- 2,017.9 km
- border countries:
- Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km
Mozambique
- total:
- 4,571 km
- border countries:
- Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km
Namibia
- total:
- 3,824 km
- border countries:
- Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa 855 km, Zambia 233 km
Niger
- total:
- 5,697 km
- border countries:
- Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina Faso 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km
Nigeria
- total:
- 4,047 km
- border countries:
- Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km
Rwanda
- total:
- 893 km
- border countries:
- Burundi 290 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 217 km, Tanzania 217 km, Uganda 169 km
Senegal
- total:
- 2,640 km
- border countries:
- The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km
South Africa
- total:
- 4,750 km
- border countries:
- Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 855 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km
Sudan
- total:
- 7,687 km
- border countries:
- Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km
Tanzania
- total:
- 3,402 km
- border countries:
- Burundi 451 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 km, Rwanda 217 km, Uganda 396 km, Zambia 338 km
Uganda
- total:
- 2,698 km
- border countries:
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km
Zambia
- total:
- 5,664 km
- border countries:
- Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania 338 km, Zimbabwe 797 km
Zimbabwe
- total:
- 3,066 km
- border countries:
- Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km, Zambia 797 km
Antarctic Region
5 entriesArctic Region
4 entriesAsia
23 entriesAfghanistan
- total:
- 5,529 km
- border countries:
- China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km
Armenia
- total:
- 1,254 km
- border countries:
- Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
Azerbaijan
- total:
- 2,013 km
- border countries:
- Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
China
- total:
- 22,143.34 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, Hong Kong 30 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Macau 0.34 km, Mongolia 4,673 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km
Georgia
- total:
- 1,461 km
- border countries:
- Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km
India
- total:
- 14,103 km
- border countries:
- Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Kazakhstan
- total:
- 12,012 km
- border countries:
- China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 1,673 km
- border countries:
- China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km
Kyrgyzstan
- total:
- 3,878 km
- border countries:
- China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km
Pakistan
- total:
- 6,774 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km
Russia
- total:
- 19,917 km
- border countries:
- Azerbaijan 284 km, Belarus 959 km, China (southeast) 3,605 km, China (south) 40 km, Estonia 294 km, Finland 1,313 km, Georgia 723 km, Kazakhstan 6,846 km, North Korea 19 km, Latvia 217 km, Lithuania (Kaliningrad Oblast) 227 km, Mongolia 3,441 km, Norway 167 km, Poland (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Ukraine 1,576 km
Tajikistan
- total:
- 3,651 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Turkmenistan
- total:
- 3,736 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km
Uzbekistan
- total:
- 6,221 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesEurope
46 entriesAlbania
- total:
- 720 km
- border countries:
- Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km (114 km with Serbia, 173 km with Montenegro)
Austria
- total:
- 2,562 km
- border countries:
- Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km
Belarus
- total:
- 3,098 km
- border countries:
- Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Belgium
- total:
- 1,385 km
- border countries:
- France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- total:
- 1,459 km
- border countries:
- Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km (312 km with Serbia, 215 km with Montenegro)
Bulgaria
- total:
- 1,808 km
- border countries:
- Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all with Serbia), Turkey 240 km
Croatia
- total:
- 2,197 km
- border countries:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro 266 km (241 km with Serbia; 25 km with Montenegro), Slovenia 670 km
Czech Republic now Czechia
- total:
- 1,881 km
- border countries:
- Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 215 km
France
- total:
- 2,892.4 km
- border countries:
- Andorra 60 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km, Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km, Switzerland 573 km
Germany
- total:
- 3,621 km
- border countries:
- Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km
Greece
- total:
- 1,210 km
- border countries:
- Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 228 km
Hungary
- total:
- 2,009 km
- border countries:
- Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km (all with Serbia), Slovakia 515 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km
Italy
- total:
- 1,932.2 km
- border countries:
- Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (Vatican City) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
Latvia
- total:
- 1,150 km
- border countries:
- Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217 km
Lithuania
- total:
- 1,273 km
- border countries:
- Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia
- total:
- 748 km
- border countries:
- Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km (all with Serbia)
Poland
- total:
- 2,888 km
- border countries:
- Belarus 605 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km
Romania
- total:
- 2,508 km
- border countries:
- Bulgaria 608 km, Hungary 443 km, Moldova 450 km, Serbia and Montenegro 476 km (all with Serbia), Ukraine (north) 362 km, Ukraine (east) 169 km
Serbia and Montenegro
- total:
- 2,246 km
- border countries:
- Albania 287 km (114 km with Serbia, 173 km with Montenegro), Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km (312 km with Serbia, 215 km with Montenegro), Bulgaria 318 km (with Serbia), Croatia (north) 241 km (with Serbia), Croatia (south) 25 km (with Montenegro), Hungary 151 km (with Serbia), The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 221 km (with Serbia), Romania 476 km (with Serbia)
note: the internal boundary between Montenegro and Serbia is 211 km
Slovakia
- total:
- 1,355 km
- border countries:
- Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km
Slovenia
- total:
- 1,334 km
- border countries:
- Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Italy 232 km, Hungary 102 km
Spain
- total:
- 1,919.1 km
- border countries:
- Andorra 65 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km
Switzerland
- total:
- 1,852 km
- border countries:
- Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km
Ukraine
- total:
- 4,558 km
- border countries:
- Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km
Middle East
17 entriesIran
- total:
- 5,440 km
- border countries:
- Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km
Iraq
- total:
- 3,631 km
- border countries:
- Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 242 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 331 km
Israel
- total:
- 1,006 km
- border countries:
- Egypt 255 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km, Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
Jordan
- total:
- 1,619 km
- border countries:
- Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 728 km, Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 4,415 km
- border countries:
- Iraq 814 km, Jordan 728 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km
Syria
- total:
- 2,253 km
- border countries:
- Iraq 605 km, Israel 76 km, Jordan 375 km, Lebanon 375 km, Turkey 822 km
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 2,627 km
- border countries:
- Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 331 km, Syria 822 km
North America
6 entriesUnited States
- total:
- 12,248 km
- border countries:
- Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Cuba 29 km (US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay), Mexico 3,326 km
note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba
Oceania
34 entriesSouth America
14 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 9,665 km
- border countries:
- Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km
Bolivia
- total:
- 6,743 km
- border countries:
- Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km, Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
Brazil
- total:
- 14,691 km
- border countries:
- Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km
Colombia
- total:
- 7,408 km
- border countries:
- Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 2,900 km, Venezuela 2,050 km
Peru
- total:
- 6,940 km
- border countries:
- Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km, Colombia 2,900 km, Ecuador 1,420 km
Southeast Asia
18 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 5,876 km
- border countries:
- Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km
Laos
- total:
- 5,083 km
- border countries:
- Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
Thailand
- total:
- 4,863 km
- border countries:
- Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1999, “Land boundaries”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/land-boundaries/1999.