Landlocked countries

44 countries have no coastline on the open sea. The largest is Kazakhstan, and most are in Africa and Europe. Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan are double-landlocked: surrounded only by other landlocked countries. All of them are below by continent, with flag, capital and area.

Last updated: November 4, 2026

Europe (14)

Country	Capital	Area	Population
Andorra	Andorra la Vella	81,900	468 km²
Austria	Vienna	9.2 million	83,871 km²
Belarus	Minsk	9.1 million	207,600 km²
Czechia	Prague	10.9 million	78,865 km²
Hungary	Budapest	9.6 million	93,028 km²
Liechtenstein	Vaduz	40,500	160 km²
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	677,000	2,586 km²
Moldova	Chișinău	2.4 million	33,846 km²
North Macedonia	Skopje	1.8 million	25,713 km²
San Marino	San Marino	34,000	61 km²
Serbia	Belgrade	6.6 million	88,361 km²
Slovakia	Bratislava	5.4 million	49,037 km²
Switzerland	Bern	9 million	41,284 km²
Vatican City	Vatican City	900	0 km²

Africa (16)

Country	Capital	Area	Population
Botswana	Gaborone	2.5 million	582,000 km²
Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	23.5 million	272,967 km²
Burundi	Gitega	14 million	27,834 km²
Central African Republic	Bangui	5.3 million	622,984 km²
Chad	N'Djamena	20.3 million	1,284,000 km²
Eswatini	Mbabane and Lobamba	1.2 million	17,364 km²
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	132.1 million	1,104,300 km²
Lesotho	Maseru	2.3 million	30,355 km²
Malawi	Lilongwe	21.7 million	118,484 km²
Mali	Bamako	24.5 million	1,240,192 km²
Niger	Niamey	27 million	1,267,000 km²
Rwanda	Kigali	14.3 million	26,338 km²
South Sudan	Juba	11.9 million	619,745 km²
Uganda	Kampala	50 million	241,550 km²
Zambia	Lusaka	21.3 million	752,612 km²
Zimbabwe	Harare	16.6 million	390,757 km²

Asia (12)

Country	Capital	Area	Population
Afghanistan	Kabul	42.6 million	652,230 km²
Armenia	Yerevan	3 million	29,743 km²
Azerbaijan	Baku	10.2 million	86,600 km²
Bhutan	Thimphu	791,500	38,394 km²
Kazakhstan	Astana	20.6 million	2,724,900 km²
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	7.2 million	199,951 km²
Laos	Vientiane	7.8 million	236,800 km²
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	3.5 million	1,564,110 km²
Nepal	Kathmandu	29.7 million	147,181 km²
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	10.6 million	143,100 km²
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	7.5 million	488,100 km²
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	36.4 million	447,400 km²

South America (2)

Country	Capital	Area	Population
Bolivia	Sucre	12.4 million	1,098,581 km²
Paraguay	Asunción	6.9 million	406,752 km²

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