Landlocked countries | Full List, Population & Data
Countries with no direct ocean access — completely enclosed by land.
Countries
45
Population
628M
Total area
17,567,341 km²
Countries
| # | Country | Capital | Population | Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 112M | 1,104,300 |
| 2 | Uganda | Kampala | 46M | 241,550 |
| 3 | Afghanistan | Kabul | 44M | 652,230 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 38M | 447,400 |
| 5 | Nepal | Kathmandu | 30M | 147,181 |
| 6 | Niger | Niamey | 26M | 1,267,000 |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | 24M | 272,967 |
| 8 | Mali | Bamako | 22M | 1,240,192 |
| 9 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 21M | 118,484 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 20M | 2,724,900 |
| 11 | Zambia | Lusaka | 20M | 752,612 |
| 12 | Chad | N'Djamena | 19M | 1,284,000 |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 17M | 390,757 |
| 14 | South Sudan | Juba | 16M | 619,745 |
| 15 | Rwanda | Kigali | 14M | 26,338 |
| 16 | Burundi | Gitega | 12M | 27,834 |
| 17 | Bolivia | Sucre | 11M | 1,098,581 |
| 18 | Czechia | Prague | 11M | 78,865 |
| 19 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | 10M | 143,100 |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 10M | 86,600 |
| 21 | Hungary | Budapest | 9.5M | 93,028 |
| 22 | Austria | Vienna | 9.2M | 83,871 |
| 23 | Belarus | Minsk | 9.1M | 207,600 |
| 24 | Switzerland | Bern | 9.1M | 41,284 |
| 25 | Laos | Vientiane | 7.6M | 236,800 |
| 26 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 7.3M | 199,951 |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | 7.1M | 488,100 |
| 28 | Serbia | Belgrade | 6.6M | 77,589 |
| 29 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 6.5M | 622,984 |
| 30 | Paraguay | Asunción | 6.1M | 406,752 |
| 31 | Slovakia | Bratislava | 5.4M | 49,037 |
| 32 | Mongolia | Ulan Bator | 3.5M | 1,564,110 |
| 33 | Armenia | Yerevan | 3.1M | 29,743 |
| 34 | Moldova | Chișinău | 2.7M | 33,847 |
| 35 | Botswana | Gaborone | 2.4M | 582,000 |
| 36 | Lesotho | Maseru | 2.1M | 30,355 |
| 37 | North Macedonia | Skopje | 1.8M | 25,713 |
| 38 | Kosovo | Pristina | 1.6M | 10,908 |
| 39 | Eswatini | Mbabane | 1.2M | 17,364 |
| 40 | Bhutan | Thimphu | 784K | 38,394 |
| 41 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 682K | 2,586 |
| 42 | Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 88.4K | 468 |
| 43 | Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 40.9K | 160 |
| 44 | San Marino | City of San Marino | 34.1K | 61 |
| 45 | Vatican City | Vatican City | 882 | 0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Landlocked countries | Full List, Population & Data list currently contains 45 countries, based on data from multiple authoritative sources. See the full table above for every entry.
We filter our country database using rules described in each list (for example landlocked = no sea coastline in the source data). This page shows 45 matching countries.
Country profiles combine REST Countries (borders, UN membership), CIA World Factbook (coastline, government type, elevation), and World Bank and WHO indicators.