Africa: Countries and Territories with the Most Land Borders

Figures as of October 8, 2026

Rank	Country / Region	Capital	Borders	Population	Area
1	DR Congo	Kinshasa	9 countries	≈116.5 million	≈2.34 million km²
2	Tanzania	Dodoma	8 countries	≈70.0 million	945,087 km²
3	Zambia	Lusaka	8 countries	≈23.0 million	752,612 km²
4	Algeria	Algiers	7 countries	47.4 million	≈2.38 million km²
5	Mali	Bamako	7 countries	≈23.9 million	≈1.24 million km²
6	Niger	Niamey	7 countries	≈27.5 million	≈1.27 million km²
7	Sudan	Khartoum	7 countries	≈53.3 million	≈1.89 million km²
8	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	6 countries	≈22.5 million	272,967 km²
9	Central African Republic	Bangui	6 countries	≈5.5 million	622,984 km²
10	Cameroon	Yaoundé	6 countries	≈29.4 million	475,442 km²
11	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	6 countries	≈111.7 million	≈1.10 million km²
12	Guinea	Conakry	6 countries	≈17.5 million	245,857 km²
13	Libya	Tripoli	6 countries	≈7.5 million	≈1.76 million km²
14	Mozambique	Maputo	6 countries	≈35.0 million	801,590 km²
15	South Sudan	Juba	6 countries	≈12.7 million	619,745 km²
16	Chad	N'Djamena	6 countries	≈20.0 million	≈1.28 million km²
17	South Africa	Pretoria	6 countries	≈63.0 million	≈1.22 million km²
18	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	5 countries	≈6.3 million	342,000 km²
19	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	5 countries	≈33.3 million	322,463 km²
20	Kenya	Nairobi	5 countries	≈54.2 million	580,367 km²
21	Senegal	Dakar	5 countries	≈19.6 million	196,722 km²
22	Uganda	Kampala	5 countries	≈45.9 million	241,550 km²
23	Angola	Luanda	4 countries	≈38.8 million	≈1.25 million km²
24	Benin	Porto-Novo	4 countries	≈13.6 million	112,622 km²
25	Botswana	Gaborone	4 countries	≈2.5 million	582,000 km²
26	Egypt	Cairo	4 countries	≈108.6 million	≈1.00 million km²
27	Mauritania	Nouakchott	4 countries	≈4.9 million	≈1.03 million km²
28	Namibia	Windhoek	4 countries	≈3.0 million	825,615 km²
29	Nigeria	Abuja	4 countries	223.8 million	923,768 km²
30	Rwanda	Kigali	4 countries	≈14.4 million	26,338 km²
31	Zimbabwe	Harare	4 countries	≈16.2 million	390,757 km²
32	Burundi	Gitega	3 countries	≈12.3 million	27,834 km²
33	Djibouti	Djibouti	3 countries	≈1.1 million	23,200 km²
34	Western Sahara	El Aaiún	3 countries	510,713	266,000 km²
35	Eritrea	Asmara	3 countries	≈3.7 million	117,600 km²
36	Gabon	Libreville	3 countries	≈2.5 million	267,668 km²
37	Ghana	Accra	3 countries	≈34.4 million	238,533 km²
38	Liberia	Monrovia	3 countries	≈5.2 million	111,369 km²
39	Morocco	Rabat	3 countries	≈37.3 million	446,550 km²
40	Malawi	Lilongwe	3 countries	≈21.2 million	118,484 km²
41	Somalia	Mogadishu	3 countries	≈20.3 million	637,657 km²
42	Togo	Lomé	3 countries	≈8.1 million	56,785 km²
43	Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	2 countries	≈1.8 million	28,051 km²
44	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	2 countries	≈1.9 million	36,125 km²
45	Sierra Leone	Freetown	2 countries	≈8.5 million	71,740 km²
46	Eswatini	Mbabane	2 countries	≈1.2 million	17,364 km²
47	Tunisia	Tunis	2 countries	≈12.0 million	163,610 km²
48	Gambia	Banjul	1 country	≈2.4 million	10,689 km²
49	Lesotho	Maseru	1 country	≈2.1 million	30,355 km²

This list was last updated on October 8, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Population and area are rounded in the table; the country pages show the exact figures.