Landlocked countries
All 44 countries with no coastline, from the ones everyone names first to the ones few people think of, with each country’s region and capital.
- 35 Plankton
- 9 Too Clever
- 0 Schooler
- 0 Rare
- 0 Deep Cut
- 0 One in a Krillion
All 44 landlocked countries
Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.
Showing all 44. Tap a name to copy it.
| Name | What it is | Continent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country in Western Europe. Capital: Bern. | Europe | Plankton | 823K | |
| Country in Southern Asia. Capital: Kathmandu. | Asia | Plankton | 550K | |
| Country in Central Asia. Capital: Astana. | Asia | Plankton | 368K | |
| Country in South America. Capital: Asunción. | South America | Plankton | 368K | |
| Country in Central Asia. Capital: Tashkent. | Asia | Plankton | 368K | |
| Country in Southern Asia. Capital: Kabul. | Asia | Plankton | 301K | |
| Country in Western Asia. Capital: Yerevan. | Asia | Plankton | 246K | |
| Country in Western Europe. Capital: Vienna. | Europe | Plankton | 246K | |
| Country in Western Asia. Capital: Baku. | Asia | Plankton | 246K | |
| Country in South America. Sucre is the constitutional capital and La Paz the seat of government. | South America | Plankton | 246K | |
| also Czech Republic | Country in Eastern Europe. Capital: Prague. | Europe | Plankton | 246K |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Addis Ababa. | Africa | Plankton | 246K | |
| Country in Eastern Europe. Capital: Minsk. | Europe | Plankton | 201K | |
| Country in Eastern Europe. Capital: Budapest. | Europe | Plankton | 201K | |
| Country in Western Europe. Capital: Luxembourg. | Europe | Plankton | 201K | |
| Country in Eastern Asia. Capital: Ulaanbaatar. | Asia | Plankton | 201K | |
| Country in Southern Europe. Capital: Belgrade. | Europe | Plankton | 201K | |
| Country in Central Asia. Capital: Bishkek. | Asia | Plankton | 165K | |
| Country in Western Europe. Capital: Vaduz. | Europe | Plankton | 165K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Kampala. | Africa | Plankton | 165K | |
| also Holy See | City-state enclaved in Rome and a UN observer state. | Europe | Plankton | 165K |
| Country in Southern Europe. Capital: Andorra la Vella. | Europe | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Southern Asia. Capital: Thimphu. | Asia | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Western Africa. Capital: Ouagadougou. | Africa | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Middle Africa. Capital: N'Djamena. | Africa | Plankton | est. | |
| Country in South-eastern Asia. Capital: Vientiane. | Asia | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Western Africa. Capital: Bamako. | Africa | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Eastern Europe. Capital: Chișinău. | Europe | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Western Africa. Capital: Niamey. | Africa | Plankton | est. | |
| also Macedonia | Country in Southern Europe. Capital: Skopje. | Europe | Plankton | 135K |
| Country in Southern Europe. Capital: City of San Marino. | Europe | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Eastern Europe. Capital: Bratislava. | Europe | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Harare. | Africa | Plankton | 135K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Kigali. | Africa | Plankton | 110K | |
| Country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat. | Asia | Plankton | 110K | |
| Country in Southern Africa. Capital: Gaborone. | Africa | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Juba. | Africa | Too Clever | 91K | |
| Country in Central Asia. Capital: Dushanbe. | Asia | Too Clever | 91K | |
| also Swaziland | Country in Southern Africa. Mbabane is the administrative capital and Lobamba the royal and legislative capital. | Africa | Too Clever | 74K |
| Country in Southern Africa. Capital: Maseru. | Africa | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Lilongwe. | Africa | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Lusaka. | Africa | Too Clever | 74K | |
| Country in Eastern Africa. Capital: Gitega. | Africa | Too Clever | 61K | |
| Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Bangui. | Africa | Too Clever | 41K |
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Questions about landlocked countries
How many countries are landlocked?
44: 43 UN member states plus Vatican City, a UN observer state. By continent: Africa 16, Asia 12, Europe 14 and South America 2.
Which countries are doubly landlocked?
Two: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan. Every country around them is landlocked too, so reaching the ocean means crossing at least two borders.
What is the largest landlocked country?
Kazakhstan, which is also the ninth-largest country in the world by area.
What are the best-known landlocked countries?
The most searched in the US are Switzerland, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Uzbekistan.
Which landlocked country is the least searched?
Central African Republic, with about 41K US searches a month. Country in Middle Africa. Capital: Bangui.
A landlocked country has no coastline on the open sea. Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan border the Caspian Sea, which is a closed body of water, so they count as landlocked. The landlocked flag comes from the open mledoze/countries dataset.
The list is the 193 member states of the United Nations plus its two observer states, the Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Territories whose status is disputed, such as Kosovo and Taiwan, and dependent territories, such as Greenland and Puerto Rico, are not included. Continents follow the UN M49 regions, with the Americas split into North America (including Central America and the Caribbean) and South America.