Man, Isle ofHigh Court of Justice (justices are appointed by theLord Chancellor of England on the nomination of the lieutenantgovernor)
Marshall IslandsSupreme Court; High Court
MartiniqueCourt of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
MauritaniaSupreme Court or Cour Supreme; Court of Appeals; lowercourts
MauritiusSupreme Court
MayotteSupreme Court or Tribunal Superieur d'Appel
MexicoSupreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de JusticiaNacional (justices or ministros are appointed by the president withconsent of the Senate)
Micronesia, Federated States ofSupreme Court
MoldovaSupreme Court; Constitutional Court (the sole authority forconstitutional judicature)
MonacoSupreme Court or Tribunal Supreme (judges appointed by themonarch on the basis of nominations by the National Council)
MongoliaSupreme Court (serves as appeals court for people's andprovincial courts but rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts;judges are nominated by the General Council of Courts and approvedby the president)
MontserratEastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based in Saint Lucia,one judge of the Supreme Court is a resident of the islands andpresides over the High Court)
MoroccoSupreme Court (judges are appointed on the recommendation ofthe Supreme Council of the Judiciary, presided over by the monarch)
MozambiqueSupreme Court (the court of final appeal; some of itsprofessional judges are appointed by the president and some areelected by the Assembly); other courts include an AdministrativeCourt, customs courts, maritime courts, courts marshal, labor courtsnote: although the constitution provides for the creation of aseparate Constitutional Court, one has never been established; inits absence the Supreme Court reviews constitutional cases
NamibiaSupreme Court (judges appointed by the president on therecommendation of the Judicial Service Commission)
NauruSupreme Court
NepalSupreme Court or Sarbochha Adalat (chief justice is appointedby the monarch on recommendation of the Constitutional Council; theother judges are appointed by the monarch on the recommendation ofthe Judicial Council)
NetherlandsSupreme Court or Hoge Raad (justices are nominated forlife by the monarch)
Netherlands AntillesJoint High Court of Justice (judges appointedby the monarch)
New CaledoniaCourt of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; County Courts; JointCommerce Tribunal Court; Children's Court
New ZealandHigh Court; Court of Appeal
NicaraguaSupreme Court or Corte Suprema (16 judges elected forfive-year terms by the National Assembly)
NigerState Court or Cour d'Etat; Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel
NigeriaSupreme Court (judges appointed by the President); FederalCourt of Appeal (judges are appointed by the federal government onthe advice of the Advisory Judicial Committee)
NiueSupreme Court of New Zealand; High Court of Niue
Norfolk IslandSupreme Court; Court of Petty Sessions
Northern Mariana IslandsCommonwealth Supreme Court; Superior Court;Federal District Court
NorwaySupreme Court or Hoyesterett (justices appointed by themonarch)
OmanSupreme Courtnote: the nascent civil court system, administered by region, hasjudges who practice secular and Sharia (Islamic) law
PakistanSupreme Court (justices appointed by the president);Federal Islamic or Shari'a Court
PalauSupreme Court; National Court; Court of Common Pleas
PanamaSupreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (ninejudges appointed for 10-year terms); five superior courts; threecourts of appeal
Papua New GuineaSupreme Court (the chief justice is appointed bythe governor general on the proposal of the National ExecutiveCouncil after consultation with the minister responsible forjustice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and LegalServices Commission)
ParaguaySupreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia(judges appointed on the proposal of the Council of Magistrates orConsejo de la Magistratura)
PeruSupreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (judgesare appointed by the National Council of the Judiciary)
PhilippinesSupreme Court (15 justices are appointed by thepresident on the recommendation of the Judicial and Bar Council andserve until 70 years of age); Court of Appeals; Sandigan-bayan(special court for hearing corruption cases of government officials)
Pitcairn IslandsIsland Court (island magistrate, appointed by thegovernor, presides over the court)
PolandSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president on therecommendation of the National Council of the Judiciary for anindefinite period); Constitutional Tribunal (judges are chosen bythe Sejm for nine-year terms)
PortugalSupreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (judgesappointed for life by the Conselho Superior da Magistratura)
Puerto RicoSupreme Court; Appellate Court; Court of First Instancecomposed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court(justices for all these courts appointed by the governor with theconsent of the Senate)
QatarCourt of Appealnote: under the new judiciary law issued in 2003, the former twocourt systems, civil and Islamic law, have been merged under ahigher court, the Court of Cassation, to be established for appeals
ReunionCourt of Appeals or Cour d'Appel
RomaniaSupreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by thepresident on the recommendation of the Superior Council ofMagistrates)
RussiaConstitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court ofArbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by theFederation Council on the recommendation of the president
RwandaSupreme Court; communal courts; appeals courts
Saint HelenaSupreme Court; Magistrate's Court; Small Debts Court;Juvenile Court
Saint Kitts and NevisEastern Caribbean Supreme Court (based onSaint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides in Saint Kittsand Nevis)
Saint LuciaEastern Caribbean Supreme Court (jurisdiction extends toAnguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica,Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and SaintVincent and the Grenadines)
Saint Pierre and MiquelonSuperior Tribunal of Appeals or TribunalSuperieur d'Appel
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEastern Caribbean Supreme Court(based on Saint Lucia; one judge of the Supreme Court resides inSaint Vincent and the Grenadines)
SamoaSupreme Court; Court of Appeal; Land and Titles Court
San MarinoCouncil of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII
Sao Tome and PrincipeSupreme Court (judges are appointed by theNational Assembly)
Saudi ArabiaSupreme Council of Justice
SenegalConstitutional Court; Council of State; Court of FinalAppeals or Cour de Cassation; Court of Appeals; note - the judicialsystem was reformed in 1992
Serbia and MontenegroThe Court of Serbia and Montenegro; judges areelected by the Serbia and Montenegro Parliament for six-year termsnote: since the promulgation of the 2003 Constitution, the FederalCourt has constitutional and administrative functions; it has anequal number of judges from each republic
SeychellesCourt of Appeal; Supreme Court; judges for both courtsare appointed by the president
Sierra LeoneSupreme Court; Appeals Court; High Court
SingaporeSupreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the presidentwith the advice of the prime minister, other judges are appointed bythe president with the advice of the chief justice); Court of Appeals
SlovakiaSupreme Court (judges are elected by the National Council);Constitutional Court (judges appointed by president from group ofnominees approved by the National Council)
SloveniaSupreme Court (judges are elected by the National Assemblyon the recommendation of the Judicial Council); Constitutional Court(judges elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly andnominated by the president)
Solomon IslandsCourt of Appeal
Somaliafollowing the breakdown of national government, most regionshave reverted to either Islamic (Shari'a) law with a provision forappeal of all sentences, or traditional clan-based arbitration
South AfricaConstitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals; HighCourts; Magistrate Courts
SpainSupreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
Sri LankaSupreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courtsare appointed by the president
SudanSupreme Court; Special Revolutionary Courts
SurinameCourt of Justice (justices are nominated for life)
SwazilandHigh Court; Court of Appeal; judges for both courts areappointed by the monarch
SwedenSupreme Court or Hogsta Domstolen (judges are appointed bythe prime minister and the cabinet)
SwitzerlandFederal Supreme Court (judges elected for six-year termsby the Federal Assembly)
SyriaSupreme Constitutional Court (justices are appointed forfour-year terms by the president); High Judicial Council; Court ofCassation; State Security Courts
TaiwanJudicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president withconsent of the Legislative Yuan)
TajikistanSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
TanzaniaPermanent Commission of Enquiry (official ombudsman); Courtof Appeal (consists of a chief justice and four judges); High Court(consists of a Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by thepresident; holds regular sessions in all regions); District Courts;Primary Courts (limited jurisdiction and appeals can be made to thehigher courts)
ThailandSupreme Court or Sandika (judges appointed by the monarch)
TogoCourt of Appeal or Cour d'Appel; Supreme Court or Cour Supreme
TokelauSupreme Court in New Zealand exercises civil and criminaljurisdiction in Tokelau
TongaSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the monarch); Court ofAppeal (consists of the Privy Council with the addition of the chiefjustice of the Supreme Court)
Trinidad and TobagoSupreme Court of Judicature (comprised of theHigh Court of Justice and the Court of Appeals; the chief justice isappointed by the president after consultation with the primeminister and the leader of the opposition; other justices areappointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial and LegalService Commission); High Court of Justice; Court of Appeals; thehighest court of appeal is the Privy Council in London
TunisiaCourt of Cassation or Cour de Cassation
TurkeyConstitutional Court; High Court of Appeals (Yargitay);Council of State (Danistay); Court of Accounts (Sayistay); MilitaryHigh Court of Appeals; Military High Administrative Court
TurkmenistanSupreme Court (judges are appointed by the president)
Turks and Caicos IslandsSupreme Court
TuvaluHigh Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to presideover its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court ofAppeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction)
UgandaCourt of Appeal (judges are appointed by the president andapproved by the legislature); High Court (judges are appointed bythe president)
UkraineSupreme Court; Constitutional Court
United Arab EmiratesUnion Supreme Court (judges are appointed bythe president)
United KingdomHouse of Lords (highest court of appeal; severalLords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life);Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprisingthe Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the CrownCourts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
United StatesSupreme Court (its nine justices are appointed forlife on condition of good behavior by the president withconfirmation by the Senate); United States Courts of Appeal; UnitedStates District Courts; State and County Courts
UruguaySupreme Court (judges are nominated by the president andelected for 10-year terms by the General Assembly)
UzbekistanSupreme Court (judges are nominated by the president andconfirmed by the Supreme Assembly)
VanuatuSupreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the presidentafter consultation with the prime minister and the leader of theopposition, three other justices are appointed by the president onthe advice of the Judicial Service Commission)
VenezuelaSupreme Tribunal of Justice or Tribuna Suprema de Justicia(magistrates are elected by the National Assembly for a single12-year term)
VietnamSupreme People's Court (chief justice is elected for afive-year term by the National Assembly on the recommendation of thepresident)
Virgin IslandsUS District Court of the Virgin Islands (under ThirdCircuit jurisdiction); Territorial Court (judges appointed by thegovernor for 10-year terms)
Wallis and Futunanone; justice generally administered under Frenchlaw by the high administrator, but the three traditional kingsadminister customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata-Utu
YemenSupreme Court
ZambiaSupreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices areappointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdictionto hear civil and criminal cases)
ZimbabweSupreme Court; High Court
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@2095 Labor force
Afghanistan11.8 million (2001 est.)
Albania1.35 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2003est.)
Algeria9.6 million (2003)
American Samoa14,000 (1996)
Andorra33,000 (2001 est.)
Angola5.57 million (2003 est.)
Anguilla6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda30,000
Argentina14.92 million (2003)
Armenia1.4 million (2001)
Aruba41,500 (1997 est.)
Australia10.19 million (37256)
Austria3.425 million (2003)
Azerbaijan4.99 million (2003)
Bahamas, The156,000 (1999)
Bahrain350,000note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(2003 est.)
Bangladesh64.02 millionnote: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman,Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billionin 1998-99 (2003)
Barbados128,500 (2001 est.)
Belarus4.8 million (2000 est.)
Belgium4.73 million (2003)
Belize90,000note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel(2001 est.)
BeninNA (1996)
Bermuda37,470 (2000)
BhutanNAnote: massive lack of skilled labor (1997 est.)
Bolivia4.1 million (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina1.026 million (2001)
Botswana264,000 formal sector employees (2000)
Brazil82.59 million (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands4,911 (1980)
Brunei143,400note: includes foreign workers and military personnel; temporaryresidents make up about 40% of labor force (1999 est.)
Bulgaria3.333 million (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso5 millionnote: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually toneighboring countries for seasonal employment (2003)
Burma22.14 million (2003 est.)
Burundi2.99 million (2002)
Cambodia7 million (2003 est.)
Cameroon6.49 million NA (2003)
Canada17.04 million (2003 est.)
Cape VerdeNA (1980)
Cayman Islands19,820 (1995)
Central African RepublicNA (2000 est.)
ChadNA (2002)
Chile6 million (2003 est.)
China778.1 million (2003 est.)
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA
Colombia20.34 million (2003 est.)
Comoros144,500 (1996 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the14.51 million (1993 est.)
Congo, Republic of theNA (2000 est.)
Cook Islands8,000 (1996)
Costa Rica1.758 million (2003)
Cote d'Ivoire6.64 million 68% agricultural (2003)
Croatia1.69 million (2003)
Cuba4.58 millionnote: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2003 est.)
Cyprus330,000 Republic of Cyprus: 306,000; north Cyprus: 95,025(2003)
Czech Republic5.25 million (2003 est.)
Denmark2.863 million (2003 est.)
Djibouti282,000 (2000)
Dominica25,000 (1999 est.)
Dominican Republic2.3 million - 2.6 million (2000 est.)
East TimorNA
Ecuador4.36 million (urban) (2003)
Egypt20.19 million (2003 est.)
El Salvador2.62 million (2003)
Equatorial GuineaNA (October 2000)
EritreaNA (1999)
Estonia654,000 (2003 est.)
EthiopiaNA (2001 est.)
European Union211.1 million
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)1,100 (est.)
Faroe Islands24,250 (October 2000)
Fiji137,000 (1999)
Finland2.599 million (2003 est.)
France27.39 million (2003 est.)
French Guiana58,800 (1997)
French Polynesia70,000 (1996)
Gabon610,000 (2003)
Gambia, The400,000 (1996)
Gaza StripNA (1997)
Georgia2.1 million (2001 est.)
Germany42.63 million (2003)
Ghana10 million (2003 est.)
Gibraltar14,800 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (1999)
Greece4.39 million (2003 est.)
Greenland24,500 (1999 est.)
Grenada42,300 (1996)
Guadeloupe125,900 (1997)
Guam60,000 (2000 est.)
Guatemala3.84 million (2003 est.)
Guernsey31,320 (2000)
Guinea3 million (1999)
Guinea-Bissau480,000 (1999)
Guyana418,000 (2001 est.)
Haiti3.6 millionnote: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City)NA
Honduras2.41 million (2003 est.)
Hong Kong3.5 million (2003 est.)
Hungary4.164 million (2003)
Iceland160,000 (2003)
India472 million (2003)
Indonesia105.7 million (2003)
Iran22.32 millionnote: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
Iraq7.8 million (2004 est.)
Ireland1.871 million (2003)
Israel2.61 million (2003 est.)
Italy24.15 million (2003 est.)
Jamaica1.13 million (2003)
Japan66.66 million (2003)
Jersey57,050 (1996)
Jordan1.36 million (2003)
Kazakhstan7.634 million (2003)
Kenya11.45 million (2003 est.)
Kiribati7,870 economically active, not including subsistencefarmers (2001 est.)
Korea, North9.6 million
Korea, South22.92 million (2003)
Kuwait1.38 millionnote: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force. (2003est.)
Kyrgyzstan2.7 million (2000)
Laos2.6 million (2001 est.)
Latvia1.18 million (2003 est.)
Lebanon1.5 millionnote: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers(2001 est.)
Lesotho838,000 (2000)
Libya1.51 million (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein29,000 of whom 19,000 are foreigners; 13,000 commutefrom Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (31 December2001)
Lithuania1.642 million (2003 est.)
Luxembourg200,000 (of whom 87,400 are foreign cross-border workersprimarily from France, Belgium, and Germany) (2003)
Macau214,000 (2002)
Macedonia860,000 (2003 est.)
Madagascar7.3 million (2000)
Malawi4.5 million (2001 est.)
Malaysia10.26 million (2003 est.)
Maldives88,000 (2000)
Mali3.93 million (2001 est.)
Malta160,000 (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of36,610 (1998)
Marshall Islands28,700 (1996 est.)
Martinique165,900 (1998)
Mauritania786,000 (2001)
Mauritius560,000 (2003)
Mayotte48,800 (2000)
Mexico34.11 million (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States ofNA (2000 est.)
Moldova1.383 million (2003)
Monaco30,540 (January 1994)
Mongolia1.4 million (2001)
Montserrat4,521 ; note - lowered by flight of people from volcanicactivity (2000 est.)
Morocco10.84 million (2003)
Mozambique9.2 million (2000 est.)
Namibia760,000 (2003)
Nepal 10 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (1996 est.)
Netherlands7.46 million (2003)
Netherlands Antilles89,000 (2000)
New Caledonia79,400 (including 15,018 unemployed, 1996)
New Zealand2.008 million (2003 est.)
Nicaragua1.91 million (2003)
Niger70,000 receive regular wages or salaries (2002 est.)
Nigeria54.36 million (2003 est.)
NiueNA (1998 est.)
Norfolk IslandNA
Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (June 1995)
Norway2.38 million (2003 est.)
Oman920,000 (2002 est.)
Pakistan43.98 millionnote: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and useof child labor (2003)
Palau9,845 (2000)
Panama1.19 millionnote: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilledlabor (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea3.25 million (2003)
Paraguay2.15 million (2003 est.)
Peru8.63 million (2003 est.)
Philippines34.56 million (2003)
Pitcairn Islands12 able-bodied men (1997)
Poland16.92 million (2003 est.)
Portugal5.409 million (2003)
Puerto Rico1.3 million (2000)
Qatar140,000 (2003 est.)
Reunion309,900 (2000)
Romania9.28 million (2003 est.)
Russia71.68 million (2003 est.)
Rwanda4.6 million (2000)
Saint Helena 3,500 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis18,170 (June 1995)
Saint Lucia43,800 (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon3,261 (1999)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines67,000 (1984 est.)
Samoa90,000 (2000 est.)
San Marino18,500 (1999)
Sao Tome and PrincipeNA
Saudi Arabia6.43 millionnote: more than 35% of the population in the 15-64 age group isnon-national (2003)
Senegal4.62 million NA (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro2.93 million (2003 est.)
Seychelles30,900 (1996)
Sierra Leone1.369 million (1981 est.)
Singapore2.2 million (2003)
Slovakia2.58 million (2003)
Slovenia875,000 (2003)
Solomon Islands26,840 (1999)
Somalia3.7 million (very few are skilled laborers)
South Africa16.35 million economically active (2003)
Spain18.82 million (2003)
Sri Lanka7.17 million (2003)
Sudan11 million (1996 est.)
Suriname100,000
SvalbardNA
Swaziland383,200 (2000)
Sweden4.449 million (2003 est.)
Switzerland3.72 million (2003)
Syria4.97 million (2003 est.)
Taiwan10.08 million (2003)
Tajikistan3.187 million (2000)
Tanzania18.56 million (2003)
Thailand34.9 million (2003 est.)
Togo1.74 million (1996)
TokelauNA
Tonga33,910 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago590,000 (2003)
Tunisia3.461 millionnote: shortage of skilled labor (2003 est.)
Turkey23.79 millionnote: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2003)
Turkmenistan2.34 million (1996)
Turks and Caicos Islands4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu7,000 (2001 est.)
Uganda12.09 million (2003 est.)
Ukraine21.29 million (2003)
United Arab Emirates2.16 millionnote: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national(2003)
United Kingdom29.6 million (2003)
United States147.4 million (includes unemployed) (2003)
Uruguay1.56 million (2003)
Uzbekistan14.2 million (2003 est.)
VanuatuNA
Venezuela11.38 million (2003)
Vietnam45.74 million (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands48,900 (2003 est.)
Wallis and FutunaNA
West BankNA
Western Sahara12,000
WorldNA
Yemen5.79 million (2003 est.)
Zambia4.59 million (2003)
Zimbabwe4.17 million (2003 est.)
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@2096 Land boundaries (km)
Afghanistantotal: 5,529 kmborder countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km,Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km
Albaniatotal: 720 kmborder countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Serbia andMontenegro 287 km
Algeriatotal: 6,343 kmborder 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
American Samoa0 km
Andorratotal: 120.3 kmborder countries: France 56.6 km, Spain 63.7 km
Angolatotal: 5,198 kmborder countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,511 km (ofwhich 225 km is the boundary of discontiguous Cabinda Province),Republic of the Congo 201 km, Namibia 1,376 km, Zambia 1,110 km
Anguilla0 km
Antarctica 0 km note: see entry on Disputes - international
Antigua and Barbuda0 km
Argentinatotal: 9,665 kmborder countries: Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km,Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km
Armeniatotal: 1,254 kmborder countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivanexclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
Aruba0 km
Ashmore and Cartier Islands0 km
Australia0 km
Austriatotal: 2,562 kmborder countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330km, Switzerland 164 km
Azerbaijantotal: 2,013 kmborder 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-Naxcivanexclave) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
Bahamas, The0 km
Bahrain0 km
Baker Island0 km
Bangladesh total: 4,246 km border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
Barbados0 km
Bassas da India0 km
Belarustotal: 2,900 kmborder countries: Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 407 km,Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
Belgiumtotal: 1,385 kmborder countries: France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km,Netherlands 450 km
Belizetotal: 516 kmborder countries: Guatemala 266 km, Mexico 250 km
Benintotal: 1,989 kmborder countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km,Togo 644 km
Bermuda0 km
Bhutantotal: 1,075 kmborder countries: China 470 km, India 605 km
Boliviatotal: 6,743 kmborder countries: Argentina 832 km, Brazil 3,400 km, Chile 861 km,Paraguay 750 km, Peru 900 km
Bosnia and Herzegovinatotal: 1,459 kmborder countries: Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km
Botswanatotal: 4,013 kmborder countries: Namibia 1,360 km, South Africa 1,840 km, Zimbabwe813 km
Bouvet Island0 km
Braziltotal: 14,691 kmborder countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia1,643 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
British Indian Ocean Territory0 km
British Virgin Islands0 km
Bruneitotal: 381 kmborder countries: Malaysia 381 km
Bulgariatotal: 1,808 kmborder countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km,Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km
Burkina Fasototal: 3,193 kmborder countries: Benin 306 km, Cote d'Ivoire 584 km, Ghana 549 km,Mali 1,000 km, Niger 628 km, Togo 126 km
Burmatotal: 5,876 kmborder countries: Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km,Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km
Burunditotal: 974 kmborder countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo 233 km, Rwanda290 km, Tanzania 451 km
Cambodiatotal: 2,572 kmborder countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Cameroontotal: 4,591 kmborder countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km,Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298km, Nigeria 1,690 km
Canada total: 8,893 km border countries: US 8,893 km (includes 2,477 km with Alaska)
Cape Verde0 km
Cayman Islands0 km
Central African Republictotal: 5,203 kmborder countries: Cameroon 797 km, Chad 1,197 km, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 467 km, Sudan1,165 km
Chadtotal: 5,968 kmborder countries: Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km
Chiletotal: 6,171 kmborder countries: Argentina 5,150 km, Bolivia 861 km, Peru 160 km
Chinatotal: 22,117 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km,India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km,Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km,Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 kmregional borders: Hong Kong 30 km, Macau 0.34 km
Christmas Island0 km
Clipperton Island0 km
Cocos (Keeling) Islands0 km
Colombiatotal: 6,004 kmborder countries: Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km,Peru 1,496 km (est.), Venezuela 2,050 km
Comoros0 km
Congo, Democratic Republic of thetotal: 10,730 kmborder countries: Angola 2,511 km (of which 225 km is the boundaryof Angola's discontiguous Cabinda Province), Burundi 233 km, CentralAfrican Republic 1,577 km, Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda217 km, Sudan 628 km, Tanzania 459 km, Uganda 765 km, Zambia 1,930 km
Congo, Republic of thetotal: 5,504 kmborder countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central AfricanRepublic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon1,903 km
Cook Islands0 km
Coral Sea Islands0 km
Costa Ricatotal: 639 kmborder countries: Nicaragua 309 km, Panama 330 km
Cote d'Ivoiretotal: 3,110 kmborder countries: Burkina Faso 584 km, Ghana 668 km, Guinea 610 km,Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
Croatiatotal: 2,197 kmborder countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south)25 km, Slovenia 670 km
Cubatotal: 29 kmborder countries: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 kmnote: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remainspart of Cuba
CyprusNA; boundaries with Akrotiri and Dhekelia are being resurveyed
Czech Republictotal: 1,881 kmborder countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km,Slovakia 215 km
Denmarktotal: 68 kmborder countries: Germany 68 km
Djiboutitotal: 516 kmborder countries: Eritrea 109 km, Ethiopia 349 km, Somalia 58 km
Dominica0 km
Dominican Republictotal: 360 kmborder countries: Haiti 360 km
East Timortotal: 228 kmborder countries: Indonesia 228 km
Ecuadortotal: 2,010 kmborder countries: Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km
Egypttotal: 2,665 kmborder countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km,Sudan 1,273 km
El Salvadortotal: 545 kmborder countries: Guatemala 203 km, Honduras 342 km
Equatorial Guineatotal: 539 kmborder countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
Eritreatotal: 1,626 kmborder countries: Djibouti 109 km, Ethiopia 912 km, Sudan 605 km
Estoniatotal: 633 kmborder countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km
Ethiopiatotal: 5,328 kmborder countries: Djibouti 349 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 861 km,Somalia 1,600 km, Sudan 1,606 km
Europa Island0 km
European Uniontotal: 11,214.8 kmborder countries: Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050km, Bulgaria 494 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein34.9 km, Macedonia 246 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Romania443 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 206 km, Ukraine 726 kmnote: data for European Continent only
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)0 km
Faroe Islands0 km
Fiji0 km
Finlandtotal: 2,690 kmborder countries: Norway 736 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km
Francetotal: 2,889 kmborder countries: Andorra 56.6 km, Belgium 620 km, Germany 451 km,Italy 488 km, Luxembourg 73 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Spain 623 km,Switzerland 573 km
French Guiana total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km
French Polynesia0 km
French Southern and Antarctic Lands0 km
Gabontotal: 2,551 kmborder countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km,Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Gambia, Thetotal: 740 kmborder countries: Senegal 740 km
Gaza Striptotal: 62 kmborder countries: Egypt 11 km, Israel 51 km
Georgiatotal: 1,461 kmborder countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km,Turkey 252 km
Germanytotal: 3,621 kmborder countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km
Ghanatotal: 2,094 kmborder countries: Burkina Faso 549 km, Cote d'Ivoire 668 km, Togo877 km
Gibraltar total: 1.2 km border countries: Spain 1.2 km
Glorioso Islands0 km
Greecetotal: 1,228 kmborder countries: Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km, Turkey 206 km,Macedonia 246 km
Greenland0 km
Grenada0 km
Guadeloupe total: 10.2 km border countries: Netherlands Antilles (Sint Maarten) 10.2 km
Guam0 km
Guatemalatotal: 1,687 kmborder countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256km, Mexico 962 km
Guernsey0 km
Guineatotal: 3,399 kmborder countries: Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km,Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km
Guinea-Bissautotal: 724 kmborder countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
Guyanatotal: 2,462 kmborder countries: Brazil 1,119 km, Suriname 600 km, Venezuela 743 km
Haititotal: 360 kmborder countries: Dominican Republic 360 km
Heard Island and McDonald Islands0 km
Holy See (Vatican City)total: 3.2 kmborder countries: Italy 3.2 km
Hondurastotal: 1,520 kmborder countries: Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342 km, Nicaragua922 km
Hong Kong total: 30 km regional border: China 30 km
Howland Island0 km
Hungarytotal: 2,171 kmborder countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km,Serbia and Montenegro 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km,Ukraine 103 km
Iceland0 km
Indiatotal: 14,103 kmborder countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Indonesiatotal: 2,830 kmborder countries: East Timor 228 km, Malaysia 1,782 km, Papua NewGuinea 820 km
Irantotal: 5,440 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km,Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km
Iraqtotal: 3,650 kmborder countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, SaudiArabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km
Irelandtotal: 360 kmborder countries: UK 360 km
Israeltotal: 1,017 kmborder countries: Egypt 266 km, Gaza Strip 51 km, Jordan 238 km,Lebanon 79 km, Syria 76 km, West Bank 307 km
Italytotal: 1,932.2 kmborder countries: Austria 430 km, France 488 km, Holy See (VaticanCity) 3.2 km, San Marino 39 km, Slovenia 232 km, Switzerland 740 km
Jamaica0 km
Jan Mayen0 km
Japan0 km
Jarvis Island0 km
Jersey0 km
Johnston Atoll0 km
Jordantotal: 1,635 kmborder countries: Iraq 181 km, Israel 238 km, Saudi Arabia 744 km,Syria 375 km, West Bank 97 km
Juan de Nova Island0 km
Kazakhstantotal: 12,012 kmborder countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Kenyatotal: 3,477 kmborder countries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km,Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km
Kingman Reef0 km
Kiribati0 km
Korea, Northtotal: 1,673 kmborder countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km
Korea, Southtotal: 238 kmborder countries: North Korea 238 km
Kuwaittotal: 462 kmborder countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km
Kyrgyzstantotal: 3,878 kmborder countries: China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Tajikistan 870km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km
Laostotal: 5,083 kmborder countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km,Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
Latviatotal: 1,150 kmborder countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km,Russia 217 km
Lebanontotal: 454 kmborder countries: Israel 79 km, Syria 375 km
Lesothototal: 909 kmborder countries: South Africa 909 km
Liberiatotal: 1,585 kmborder countries: Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone306 km
Libyatotal: 4,348 kmborder countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km,Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
Liechtensteintotal: 76 kmborder countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km
Lithuaniatotal: 1,273 kmborder countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km,Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Luxembourgtotal: 359 kmborder countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km
Macautotal: 0.34 kmregional border: China 0.34 km
Macedoniatotal: 766 kmborder countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km,Serbia and Montenegro 221 km
Madagascar0 km
Malawitotal: 2,881 kmborder countries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, Zambia 837 km
Malaysiatotal: 2,669 kmborder countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
Maldives0 km
Malitotal: 7,243 kmborder countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km,Senegal 419 km
Malta0 km
Man, Isle of0 km
Marshall Islands0 km
Martinique0 km
Mauritaniatotal: 5,074 kmborder countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km,Western Sahara 1,561 km
Mauritius0 km
Mayotte0 km
Mexico total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km
Micronesia, Federated States of0 km
Midway Islands0 km
Moldovatotal: 1,389 kmborder countries: Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
Monacototal: 4.4 kmborder countries: France 4.4 km
Mongoliatotal: 8,220 kmborder countries: China 4,677 km, Russia 3,543 km
Montserrat0 km
Moroccototal: 2,017.9 kmborder countries: Algeria 1,559 km, Western Sahara 443 km, Spain(Ceuta) 6.3 km, Spain (Melilla) 9.6 km
Mozambiquetotal: 4,571 kmborder countries: Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa 491 km, Swaziland105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe 1,231 km
Namibiatotal: 3,936 kmborder countries: Angola 1,376 km, Botswana 1,360 km, South Africa967 km, Zambia 233 km
Nauru0 km
Navassa Island0 km
Nepaltotal: 2,926 kmborder countries: China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km
Netherlandstotal: 1,027 kmborder countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km
Netherlands Antillestotal: 10.2 kmborder countries: Guadeloupe (Saint Martin) 10.2 km
New Caledonia0 km
New Zealand0 km
Nicaraguatotal: 1,231 kmborder countries: Costa Rica 309 km, Honduras 922 km
Nigertotal: 5,697 kmborder 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
Nigeriatotal: 4,047 kmborder countries: Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger1,497 km
Niue0 km
Norfolk Island0 km
Northern Mariana Islands0 km
Norwaytotal: 2,551 kmborder countries: Finland 736 km, Sweden 1,619 km, Russia 196 km
Omantotal: 1,374 kmborder countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km
Pakistantotal: 6,774 kmborder countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912km, Iran 909 km
Palau0 km
Palmyra Atoll0 km
Panamatotal: 555 kmborder countries: Colombia 225 km, Costa Rica 330 km
Papua New Guineatotal: 820 kmborder countries: Indonesia 820 km
Paracel Islands0 km
Paraguaytotal: 3,920 kmborder countries: Argentina 1,880 km, Bolivia 750 km, Brazil 1,290 km
Perutotal: 5,536 kmborder countries: Bolivia 900 km, Brazil 1,560 km, Chile 160 km,Colombia 1,496 km (est.), Ecuador 1,420 km
Philippines0 km
Pitcairn Islands0 km
Polandtotal: 2,788 kmborder countries: Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia444 km, Ukraine 526 km
Portugal total: 1,214 km border countries: Spain 1,214 km
Puerto Rico 0 km
Qatar total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km