Landlocked Countries: The Complete List (44 Nations)

Landlocked Countries

There are 45 Landlocked Countries.

A landlocked country is one with no direct access to the ocean, entirely surrounded by other countries or, in the case of two nations, by a single one. There are 44 landlocked United Nations member states, plus Kosovo, a partially recognised state. Two are doubly landlocked, meaning every neighbour is also landlocked: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan. The largest landlocked country is Kazakhstan.

45 countriesStates with no coastline: 44 UN members plus Kosovo. Two are doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan).

No.	Country	Capital	Currency	Population
001	Afghanistan	Kabul	AFN ؋	43,844,111
006	Andorra	Andorra la Vella	EUR €	82,904
012	Armenia	Yerevan	AMD ֏	3,086,700
015	Austria	Vienna	EUR €	9,208,163
016	Azerbaijan	Baku	AZN ₼	10,246,996
021	Belarus	Minsk	BYN Br	9,085,991
026	Bhutan	Thimphu	BTN Nu.	796,682
027	Bolivia	Sucre	BOB Bs.	12,581,843
029	Botswana	Gaborone	BWP P	2,562,122
036	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	XOF Fr	24,074,580
037	Burundi	Gitega	BIF Fr	14,390,003
044	Central African Republic	Bangui	XAF Fr	5,513,282
045	Chad	N'Djamena	XAF Fr	21,003,705
059	Czechia	Prague	CZK Kč	10,886,878
071	Eswatini	Mbabane	SZL L	1,256,174
072	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	ETB Br	135,472,051
101	Hungary	Budapest	HUF Ft	9,514,251
116	Kazakhstan	Astana	KZT ₸	20,843,754
119	Kosovo	Pristina	EUR €	1,660,000
121	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	KGS с	7,343,064
122	Laos	Vientiane	LAK ₭	7,873,046
125	Lesotho	Maseru	LSL L	2,363,325
128	Liechtenstein	Vaduz	CHF Fr	41,024
130	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	EUR €	686,970
133	Malawi	Lilongwe	MWK MK	22,216,120
136	Mali	Bamako	XOF Fr	25,198,821
145	Moldova	Chișinău	MDL L	2,360,527
147	Mongolia	Ulan Bator	MNT ₮	3,568,978
155	Nepal	Kathmandu	NPR ₨	29,618,118
160	Niger	Niamey	XOF Fr	27,917,831
165	North Macedonia	Skopje	MKD den	1,820,909
174	Paraguay	Asunción	PYG ₲	7,013,078
185	Rwanda	Kigali	RWF Fr	14,569,341
194	San Marino	City of San Marino	EUR €	34,109
198	Serbia	Belgrade	RSD дин.	6,549,143
203	Slovakia	Bratislava	EUR €	5,413,813
210	South Sudan	Juba	SSP £	12,188,788
217	Switzerland	Bern	CHF Fr.	9,092,436
220	Tajikistan	Dushanbe	TJS ЅМ	10,786,734
230	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	TMT m	7,618,847
233	Uganda	Kampala	UGX Sh	51,384,894
241	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	UZS so'm	37,053,428
243	Vatican City	Vatican City	EUR €	n/a
249	Zambia	Lusaka	ZMW ZK	21,913,874
250	Zimbabwe	Harare	BWP P	16,950,795

How this list is defined

States with no coastline: 44 UN members plus Kosovo. Two are doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan).

Membership of a cultural or political grouping is not always settled, and different sources draw the line in different places. Stating the rule up front is the point: it lets you judge whether this list answers your question, instead of wondering why a country you expected is missing. Every figure in the table comes from the dataset described on the data page.

Frequently asked questions

How many landlocked countries are there?

There are 44 landlocked United Nations member states, plus Kosovo. Two of them, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked.

How many landlocked countries are there?

There are 45 landlocked countries on this list. States with no coastline: 44 UN members plus Kosovo. Two are doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan).

Which of the landlocked countries is the largest?

Kazakhstan, at 2,724,900 km², followed by Mongolia at 1,564,110 km². The smallest is Vatican City.

Which of the landlocked countries has the largest population?

Ethiopia, with about 135,472,051 people, ahead of Uganda at about 51,384,894.

Do any of the landlocked countries have more than one capital?

Yes: Eswatini (Mbabane, Lobamba).

Related lists

Populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); other fields from open datasets. Membership of cultural regions can vary between sources; this list uses the definition stated above. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated 2026-07-02. Report a correction.