LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES

A country is considered landlocked if it is surrounded on all sides by one or more other States and therefore has no direct access to the coastline providing access to the seas/oceans. Today there are 49 such countries, of which five are partially recognized, so they are not usually taken into account. Thus, there are 44 landlocked states on the planet today.

Except for two representatives of South America (Bolivia and Paraguay), the remaining landlocked countries are in Africa (16), Europe (14) and Asia (12). There are three countries in the world that, in addition to being landlocked, are surrounded by only one country. These are Lesotho, surrounded by South Africa, San Marino, surrounded by Italy, and Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, the Italian capital.

In addition, there are two landlocked nations in the world that border solely on countries that are also landlocked.

1. Liechtenstein, located in central Europe, which is directly surrounded by countries such as Switzerland (to the east) and Austria (to the west).

2. Uzbekistan, located in Central Asia, surrounded by countries such as Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

Finally, we note that the largest landlocked country is Kazakhstan (Central Asia) with a land area of just over 2.7 million kilometers. The smallest landlocked state is the Vatican, with an area of only 44 hectares.

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